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Subject: Re: [geda-user] How to get readline support in gschem REPL?
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On 31 December 2015 at 03:59, John Doty <jpd AT noqsi DOT com> wrote:
>> Can the REPL in gschem create a netlist?
>
> I think it can in principle, as it has access to the data. But I think it would take a lot of work. Gschem lacks the gnetlist infrastructure. It would be like writing a compiler in your text editor’s macro language.

Ok, this was the statement I was looking for. The complexity of the task.

>
>> I want to bypass gnetlist,
>
> Why not just launch gnetlist from gschem? You can do that.
>

If I want to get rid of gnetlist in my flow because it hampers my
design flow because of its limitations, why should I bother?

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Svenn