>> (define default-titleblock "title-B-wcjc.sym") (define gedasymbols >> "/home/cullen/gaf/wcjc/symbols") > > This is ok. >
>> cul...@nnnnn:~$ cat .gEDA/gafrc >> (define gedasymbols "/home/cullen/gaf/wcjc/symbols") > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > (..snip..) >> None of the above three listed symbols appear in the "Select >> Component..." dialog box, under "local", where I think they should >> appear. What am I missing? > > The define command in your gafrc just defines a local variable > "gedasymbol". However, gschem and gsch2pcb do not know about this > variable. ah! > > To add your local path to the search path for symbols, you have to > execute the command "component-library" with the desired path. > Simple example: > (component-library "/home/foo/bar/gedalib") > > To add the current working directory to the search path you can > use the "." command of the shell: > (component-library ".") right! Now I see. > > The define statement can be used to build a more complex path and > reuse this path with several component-library statements. Example: > > (define symbolspath (build-path (getenv "HOME") "geda" "symbols")) > (component-library (build-path symbolspath "titleblock")) > (component-library (build-path symbolspath "power")) > (component-library (build-path symbolspath "misc")) > > Hope, this helps, Yes! Thanks very much! _______________________________________________ geda-user mailing list [email protected] http://www.seul.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/geda-user
