gEDA-dev: referencing or embedding symbols?

[John Griessen]

Kai-Martin Knaak wrote:

> Currently, there is no easy way to fully control where gschem and 
> gsch2pcb look for symbols and footprints. It is even difficult to make 
> them ignore the systems libraries. (see the threads in geda user on this 
> topic)

> 
> Note, this thread is _not_ about a reduction of flexibility. It is about 
> default settings. This mainly affects how gschem should behave for the 
> uninitiated newbie and intermediate users.


I think a better default for gschem and pcb would be a small subset that covers
most easily buildable parts like SMT R and C plus radial R and C,
and not the whole set of possible libraries.  Then adding little used
potentially bad footprints or symbols with tricky details would not come up for newbies.

To do this would require a way to fully and obviously control where gschem and
gsch2pcb look for symbols and footprints.  I think that's important.

John Griessen