> This seems to be an issue which confuses newbies. Confused about gafrc? Yes. > I thought gnetlist is run at one point when I use the gsch2pcb utility. > gnetlist uses gnetlistrc and gafrc. What I put was originally a gafrc and I > added some lines from a gsch2pcb project config file. The gsch2pcb is > complaining about possibly unbalanced parantheses, but I thought the syntax > required one pair. Could you please edit my gafrc? Thanks,
Frank > > gafrc > > ----- > > schematics /mnt/sda2/frank/geda_pcb/cti/cti.sch NOT NEEDED AT ALL, OR JUST > > TAKE OUT THE CTI.SCH? > > elements-dir /mnt/sda2/frank/gEDAfrank > > components-dir /mnt/sda2/frank/gEDAfrank > > (component-library "/mnt/sda2/frank/gEDAfrank") WHAT DO I DO ABOUT THE > > PARENTHESES? > > output-name cti500a NOT NEEDED? On Thu, 19 Apr 2007 14:56:51 -0400 (EDT), "Stuart Brorson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > In include my gafrc file. It probably has too many lines. Could you > > please cut out the unnecessary ones? > > Thanks, > > Frank > > > > gafrc > > ----- > > schematics /mnt/sda2/frank/geda_pcb/cti/cti.sch > > elements-dir /mnt/sda2/frank/gEDAfrank > > components-dir /mnt/sda2/frank/gEDAfrank > > (component-library "/mnt/sda2/frank/gEDAfrank") > > output-name cti500a > > This is not a gafrc file. I belive you are confused about which > program needs which config file, and what the config files look like. > Here's a summary: > > gschem, gnetlist, gattrib, etc. > Config file = gafrc. > It contains scheme directives like this: > (component-library "/mnt/sda2/frank/gEDAfrank") > > > gsch2pcb: > Config file = whatever you want to call it. I call mine project.rc. > It contains name/value pairs like this: > schematics /mnt/sda2/frank/geda_pcb/cti/cti.sch > elements-dir /mnt/sda2/frank/gEDAfrank > components-dir /mnt/sda2/frank/gEDAfrank > output-name cti500a > > With these file names, the design flow is: > > gschem cti.sch > > gsch2pcb project.rc > > pcb cti500a.pcb > > > Stuart > > p.s. Note to developers: Perhaps we should spend some time at the > code sprint fixing gsch2pcb so that it uses the gafrc rather than its > own config file. This seems to be an issue which confuses newbies. > Since we're gonna make gsch2pcb export PCB commands (a major change), > now is a good time to implement this type of improvement also. I'd be > happy to take a stab at it. Just MHO. > > > > _______________________________________________ > geda-user mailing list > geda-user@moria.seul.org > http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user -- Transistor Toaster [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list geda-user@moria.seul.org http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user