Resource File

Gschem is highly configurable. All configuration is handled through a scheme based rc file. Gschem looks for three rc files:

• system-gschemrc: This is usually installed in /usr/share/share/gEDA and is required for gschem to run.

• $HOME/.gEDA/gschemrc: A per user file. Users should put defaults in this file they want to apply to all sessions.

• local directory gschemrc: This file holds the per project defaults. Things like component-library or source-library keywords go into this file.

The order of searching for these three files is as above (first system-gschemrc, then $HOME/.gEDA/gschemrc, and finally the local gschemrc).

A few rules about changing the files:

• Don't break any syntax rules. Doing so will cause the scheme interpreter (guile) to stop interpreting.

• Keywords/defaults always override what came before, with the exception of cumulative keywords (like component-library).

For more info as to what can be configured, please look in system-gschemrc.

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