On Wed, Sep 18, 20= 13 at 3:30 PM, Rob Butts <r DOT butts2 AT gmail DOT com> wrote:

got it ~ creating a gs= chemrc in my home is perfect

Thanks

On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 3:16 PM, Stephen R. Besch &l= t;sbesch AT buffalo DOT ed= u> wrote:

Rob,

You can indeed put a gschemrc into each project to handle stuff that is pro= ject specific. However, you can also have a per-user gschemrc in you're= home directory. If you put the file there, it will work for all projects t= hat you create and anything in the project's gschemrc will take precede= nce if there is a conflict. If anyone else uses the system, they have their= own gschemrc to customize as they please. =A0I haven't done much with = system-gschemrc, other than to customize it by adding/subtracting comments.= If you really need to change it, you'll have to change the access priv= ileges with sudo chmod to be world writeable. Just remember to change them = back when finished and to save a copy of the original file. You may just br= eak gschem by changing something in this file and then not remember exactly= what it was changed from. I would really recommend using /home/yourUserNam= e/.gEDA/gschemrc. The only time I would use system-gschemrc is in th= e case where there are multiple users that all need to be constrained to us= e the same settings for consistency across the group.

On 09/18/2013 03:04 PM, Rob Butts wrote:

I'd like to change the system-gschemrc file if I can ~ this way I don&#= 39;t
have to make up new gschemrc files for each project. =A0It is read only. = =A0Can
I place a gshcemrc file in the gaf folder and have it for all subfolders?

On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 2:22 PM, Rob Butts <r DOT butts2 AT gmail DOT com> wrote:

Great!

Thanks!

On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 2:15 PM, Stephen R. Besch <sbesch AT buffalo DOT edu>wrote:

Rob,

I should also mention that I find the easiest way to generate a new
symbol from an old one is to insert the old one onto a schematic, select it=
and click on the Hierarchy...Down Symbol command from the top menu bar.
Then use the File menu to save the symbol in your local library, probably with a new name. Type "en" followed by "et" (and accept= the Translation
entry box that results from the "et" command.

Now you can edit the symbol to you're hearts content. When done, hit &q= uot;en"
followed by "et" to re-hide hidden attributes and translate the s= ymbol back
to 0, =A0save a final time and you're almost done.
Before you lose track of it, use the hierarchy UP command to return to
the main schematic and delete the now unneeded "old" symbol.

Note that gschem won't see the new symbol until after the next restart.=

On 09/18/2013 02:01 PM, Rob Butts wrote:

Thanks!

I know where the resistor symbols are in gschem. =A0Now I now where the
symbol file is.

Thanks for showing me how to add the attributes!

On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 1:39 PM, Stephen R. Besch <sbesch AT buffalo DOT edu

wrote:

=A0 On 09/18/2013 01:16 PM, Rob Butts wrote:

=A0 I know this is a much discussed subject but I haven't followed it m= uch

and
reading the results of a search is confusing this non-guru-linux user.

I was just about to locate the resistor symbol to make my own version
with
attributes of footprint, part number, digikey part number...

Does this exist?

=A0 =A0There are 2 questions posed here. First, is there a symbol for a

resistor in the standard library? Yes there is. Look in the MISC
category
and pick one of those as a staring point. The other question is: Does
any
one already have such a customized resistor symbol? The answer to this
is
also yes. However, since attribute preferences and component style will
differ, you're probably better off rolling your own. I would also
suggest
that you add your custom attributes to the gschemrc file located the
.gEDA
folder found in your home directory. =A0Then when you click on the
attribute
Drop down when adding an attribute, your custom choices will be there.
=A0 =A0This has 2 advantages: 1) You don't have to type them every time= , and
2)
it avoids having slight differences in the spelling of the attributes
when
constructing parts.

gschemrc is also where you define the location of your custom component
library(s). So, you would add something like this:

(component-library "${HOME}/gaf/your_local-sym_****directory&qu= ot;)

(attribute-name "Vendor")
(attribute-name "VendorPN")
(attribute-name "Manufacturer")

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