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Date:	Tue, 14 Apr 2015 13:31:58 +0200
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Subject:	Re: [geda-user] Multiple symbols for a single device?
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On Tue, Apr 14, 2015 at 07:22:08AM -0400, JAMES HARIG wrote:
> Hi Everyone,
> 
> I'm playing around with gEDA again.  Every time I do, I learn
> something new.  I'm working with symbols right now, and noticed that
> Bill Gatliff (http://www.gedasymbols.org/user/bill_gatliff/) separated
> the ATMEGA48/8/168 device into separate symbols.  Is this what I
> should do for devices with many pins? 

Yes. 

> What special logic hooks the
> symbols back together when I convert to PCB? Is it just the refdes, or
> is there something else I should do also?

Only the refdes, that's why you have to number these parts manually.

    Gabriel

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