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Re: gEDA: need a symbol-eps converter for gedasymbols


On Mar 5, 2006, at 9:38 AM, John Luciani wrote:

You could probably do this by writing a script that (1) creates
a schematic file with a single symbol, (2) prints a postscript file
(using gschem-print.scm), (3) ps2epsi, (4) imagemagick to get to png.


No need for step 1: geda-print.scm works fine on .sym files.

I've got a makefile that makes a pdf report using rules like:

S2PS=gschem -p -o $@ -s../../print.scm $<

%.sym.ps : %.sym
	$(S2PS)

%.ps : %.sch
	$(S2PS)

NoqsiIP.ps : subcircuits $(PRINTABLES)
	a2ps -1 --toc -o NoqsiIP.ps $(PRINTABLES)

NoqsiIP.pdf : NoqsiIP.ps
	ps2pdf NoqsiIP.ps

PRINTABLES is an ordered list of files including drawings, documentation, and netlists.

This shows the real advantages of gEDA's modular approach: the usual Unix scripting tools can easily be used to set up an automated custom flow.

The only annoyance is here that I can't use this approach remotely on my server without an X connection: gschem insists on flashing a couple of windows at me when it prints.

John Doty              Noqsi Aerospace, Ltd.
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