gschem(1)

1gschem(1)                       1.8.2.20130925                       gschem(1)
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NAME

6       gschem - gEDA/gaf Schematic Capture
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SYNOPSIS

9       gschem [OPTION ...] [--] [FILE ...]
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DESCRIPTION

12       gschem is a schematic capture application, and is part of the gEDA (GPL
13       Electronic Design Automation) toolset.  It is used to  draw  electronic
14       schematics,  which  describe  the  logical  structure  of  an  circuit.
15       Schematics are made up of symbols, which represent the  various  compo‐
16       nents  in  the circuit, and are obtained either from a standard library
17       or created by the user.  The connections between components represented
18       by  nets  (wires).   Schematics may be printed to a PostScript file for
19       printing or further conversion to other output formats.  Output to var‐
20       ious image formats is also supported.
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22       gschem can also be used for editing symbols for use in schematics.
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OPTIONS

26       -q, --quiet
27               Quiet mode. Turn off all warnings/notes/messages.
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29       -v, --verbose
30               Verbose mode.  Output all diagnostic information.
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32       -r, --config-file=FILE
33               Specify  an  additional  configuration  file.   Normally gschem
34               searches   for   the   system    configuration    file,    then
35               `$HOME/.gEDA/gschemrc',  and  finally  for a `gschemrc' file in
36               the current working directory.  This option allows the user  to
37               specify an additional rc file which is read after all the other
38               rc files have been are read.
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40       -L DIRECTORY
41               Prepend DIRECTORY to the list of directories to be searched for
42               Scheme files.
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44       -s FILE Specify a Scheme script to be executed at startup.
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46       -c EXPR Specify a Scheme expression to be evaluated at startup.
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48       -o, --output=FILE
49               Specify  a  filename  for PostScript output.  This command line
50               argument is useful when running gschem from a shell script  and
51               with  a Scheme script.  The filename can be changed through the
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54       -p      Automatically place the window. This may be useful  if  running
55               gschem from the command line and generating output.
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57       -h, --help
58               Print a help message.
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60       -V, --version
61               Print gschem version information.
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63       --      Treat all remaining arguments as schematic or symbol filenames.
64               Use this if you have  a  schematic  or  symbol  filename  which
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SCHEMATIC AND SYMBOL FILES

69       Optionally,  schematic  or symbol FILEs may be specified on the command
70       line.  Any schematic or symbols specified are loaded at startup as sep‐
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73       If no FILEs are specified, a blank schematic is created for editing.
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ENVIRONMENT

77       GEDADATA
78               specifies  the  search  directory for Scheme and rc files.  The
79               default is `${prefix}/share/gEDA'.
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82               specifies the search directory for rc files.   The  default  is
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AUTHORS

87       See the `AUTHORS' file included with this program.
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COPYRIGHT

91       Copyright © 1999-2011 gEDA Contributors.  License GPLv2+: GNU GPL
92       version 2 or later.  Please see the `COPYING' file included with this
93       program for full details.
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95       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
96       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.
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