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Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2012 15:07:24 -0500
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  Wow, sweet!  Thank you!

            -Dave

On 11/18/2012 03:00 PM, Peter TB Brett wrote:
> We are pleased to announce a new stable release of the 'gschem and
> Friends' Electronic Design Suite, part of the GPL Electronic Design
> Automation project.  The gEDA/gaf suite (this package) provides
> schematic capture, netlisting, bill of materials generation, and
> many other features.
> 
> gEDA/gaf version 1.8.0 contains many important enhancements and
> bug fixes, and we encourage distributions to pick up the new
> version as soon as possible.
> 
> Download ========
> 
> Source code: 
> ftp://ftp.geda-project.org/geda-gaf/stable/v1.8/1.8.0/geda-gaf-1.8.0.tar.gz
>
>  Checksum: 
> ftp://ftp.geda-project.org/geda-gaf/stable/v1.8/1.8.0/geda-gaf-1.8.0.md5sum
>
>  README: 
> ftp://ftp.geda-project.org/geda-gaf/stable/v1.8/1.8.0/geda-gaf-1.8.0-README.txt
>
>  NEWS (release notes): 
> ftp://ftp.geda-project.org/geda-gaf/stable/v1.8/1.8.0/geda-gaf-1.8.0-NEWS.txt
>
>  Release Highlights ==================
> 
> * gEDA is now compatible with Guile 2.x (recommended).
> 
> * A greatly expanded Scheme API has been added to gEDA/gaf for use
> by extension authors.  See the `geda-scheme' Info manual for more 
> details.  Existing extensions may need to be modified to load the 
> `(geda deprecated)' or `(gschem deprecated)' modules.
> 
> * The `component-library-search' function for `gafrc' files now
> skips directories without symbols, and searches for libraries
> recursively.
> 
> * `gschem' supports keybindings with more than one modifier key. 
> Keystrokes may use extended modifiers (Super, Hyper and Meta), and
> key bindings can be modified in any rc file or interactively using
> the `global-set-key' function.
> 
> * `gschem' now displays help files and component documentation on
> all platforms, including Windows.
> 
> * `gsch2pcb' correctly handles footprint names containing hyphens
> (`-').
> 
> * Greatly improved error reporting in almost all tools, including 
> improved detection of syntax errors in schematic files and 
> configuration problems.
> 
> Reporting bugs ==============
> 
> If you have found a bug, please report it to 
> <http://bugs.launchpad.net/geda>.
> 


-- 
Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA