Re: gEDA-user: How to use common symbols on multiple computers using pcb

2008-10-07 Thread Steven Michalske
All of my boards are in version control. so they all are really tied together well. i just check out a revision of that repository that has everything where it was back then and it just works. it might be cool to put geda and gschem in the mix at that level too, so that the tools used

Re: gEDA-user: How to use common symbols on multiple computers using pcb

2008-10-07 Thread David Kuehling
> "Steven" == Steven Michalske <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > i put mine into source control, so that i can go back in time and work > on old files easily enough > when schematics reference a symbol you used years ago and you have > updated it, you may need the older one for the schematic.

Re: gEDA-user: How to use common symbols on multiple computers using pcb

2008-10-05 Thread Steven Michalske
i put mine into source control, so that i can go back in time and work on old files easily enough when schematics reference a symbol you used years ago and you have updated it, you may need the older one for the schematic. you checkout a copy from that date. and it works. On Oct 5, 2

Re: gEDA-user: How to use common symbols on multiple computers using pcb

2008-10-05 Thread John Luciani
After I verify a footprint I place the footprint file in a single "production" directory. All machines on my network retrieve footprints from the same directory using NFS. To create a PCB I run a script containing the following line -- gsch2pcb --use-files --elements-dir FOOTPRINT_DIR $@ There

gEDA-user: How to use common symbols on multiple computers using pcb

2008-10-05 Thread Christian Wolf
Hello to everybody, I am new to gEDA. I was a bit frustrated that I have to draw and install that much symbols and footprints on my own. Now I will have to work on multiples machines (physical different). I have just found out how to get it working that I can share all my self-drawn symbols us