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Subject: Re: [geda-user] Proposal: Library handling
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On Wed, 19 Feb 2020, John Doty wrote:
> What works for me is to copy a library symbol, give it a name like 
> “bypass_cap” or “low_speed_opamp” that reflects its role in the project, 
> and place it in the project’s symbol directory.

The idea would be that you add this directory as a project-local library 
(much as you currently do).

> This approach, however, starts out clumsily with gschem as it is (lots 
> of manual copying). The benefits come later. It would be nice if gschem 
> supported this approach fluently.

How would such support look like?

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