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2xschem(1)                        xschem manual                       xschem(1)
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NAME

7       xschem - schematic capture and netlisting EDA tool
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SYNPOSIS

10       xschem [options] [inputfile]
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DECSRIPTION

13       Xschem is a schematic capture program, it allows creation of hierarchi‐
14       cal representation of circuits with a top down approach.
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OPTIONS

17       -h, --help
18              Print help and exit.
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22              Do a netlist of the given schematic cell.
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34              Run a  simulation  of  the  current  schematc  file  (spice/Ver‐
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115              Set  debug  level:  1, 2, 3,...: C program debug, -1, -2, -3...:
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121       /usr/share/xschem/xschemrc
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126              user configuration; if exists overrides  settings  from  default
127              configuration;  may  be  partial:  settings  not overridden will
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137              builtin essentials, such as font and missing symbol graphics.
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