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On Oct 3, 2015, at 10:09 PM, Kai-Martin Knaak <kmk AT familieknaak DOT de> =
wrote:

> John Doty wrote:
>=20
>> But gEDA is a toolkit, not a tool, and it plays well with other
>> toolkits. So, the answer I gave was =93I generate the tables and the
>> netlists automatically from the same design data.=94
>=20
> Your ability to do so is a consequence of the specific file format.
> This is not connected in any way to a tool vs tool kit dichotomy.
> These are orthogonal design decisions. A tool kit might save
> schematics in an impenetrable binary format. And an integrated EDA
> tool may save schematics in gschem format.

Part of the trick is pins2gsch.awk, that merges tsv tables into the =
flow. And that requires that gnetlist is a separate, downstream tool.

To have a properly open toolkit, friendly to various helpers like this, =
requires a suitable file format, yes. Also suitable factoring of the =
other tools.

>=20
> ---<)kaimartin(>---
>=20
>=20

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
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