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On Wed, 1 Apr 2015 17:51:37 -0400
Russell Nelson <russnelson AT gmail DOT com> wrote:

> In other words, when you create a footprint or symbol, the only way
> to use it is to pull it out of gedasymbols. So when you create a
> symbol or footprint, you can simultaneously creating it on
> gedasymbols. If you happen to be offline, well, you can pull it out
> of your cached copy. But when you refresh, the refresh works
> bidirectionally. Everything you've created becomes available to
> everyone else.
> 
> Yes, I realize that, for constructed symbols, the gedasymbols library
> will blow up. Oh well. As long as the constructed symbols have
> reasonable names, people will be able to find them.

That involves too much dependence on Internet, and we must let the user to
decide not to put the symbols on gedasymbols.