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From: DJ Delorie <dj AT delorie DOT com>
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Subject: Re: [geda-user] gschem interaction from external processes
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Date: Mon, 02 Sep 2019 16:57:59 -0400
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"Majenko Technologies (matt AT majenko DOT co DOT uk) [via geda-user AT delorie DOT com]"
<geda-user AT delorie DOT com> writes:
> The way this system is designed, yes, I need to save and revert. You
> need to ensure that the file is saved before running gsch2pcb
> otherwise it won't know what he current elements are. And you need to
> revert afterwards so that any removed elements vanish in PCB.

I guess my question is "do you really need to run the obsolete gsch2pcb,
instead of the new file->import that bypasses it and has much better
functionality?"

File->Import does not use gsch2pcb, it uses a different netlist filter
that lets you do in-place updates.