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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
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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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93              Use <file> as output for plot export (png, svg, postscript/pdf)
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120              Set debug level: 1, 2, 3,...: C program debug,  -1,  -2,  -3...:
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126       /usr/share/xschem/xschemrc
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131              user  configuration;  if  exists overrides settings from default
132              configuration; may be  partial:  settings  not  overridden  will
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137              local/per-project  configuration;  if  exists overrides settings
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