Re: gEDA-dev: Proposal for a gschem Tools menu for list of scripts

[al davis <ad151-at-NOSPAMfreeelectron_dot_net>]

On Friday 23 November 2007, Peter TB Brett wrote:
> We already have it:

Not really ...

> (1) Write a Scheme function which does what you need
> (2) Add it to menu definitions in system-gschemrc

Let's think of the "export" procedure ....  
you save the schematic, go out to a shell and type something like:

"gnetlist -g spice-sdb ......"

What does that mean?

"-g" means "run a guile script".

What's a "guile script"?

etc ....



What we need is a simple way to define a menu ..

Think about an "export" menu.

I want to see a menu listing the formats ..

spice
pcb
verilog
vhdl
pdf
ps
...  and for a user who can't program in any language 
to be able to edit a simple file to add more ..

How about this simple file:
======= ~/.gEDA/menu-export.cfg ========
## menu export
spice fxs "gnetlist -g spice-sdb $$"
pcb fxp "gsch2pcb $$"
verilog fxv "gnucap-trans --in gschem --out verilog $$"
vhdl fxh "gnetlist -g vams $$"
.......etc.....
============

Suppose I want to add a top level "simulate" ...

We have a file:
====== ~/.gEDA/menu-top.cfg =======
## menu top
File "" menu file
Edit "" menu edit
Buffer "" menu buffer
.....
Attributes "" menu attributes
Options "" menu options
Help "" menu help
=========

So, I edit the file to add a line,...
====== ~/.gEDA/menu-top.cfg =======
.......
Attributes "" menu attributes
Simulate "" menu simulate
Options "" menu options
Help "" menu help
=========

and a new simulate menu:
====== ~/.gEDA/menu-simulate.cfg ======
## menu simulate
gnucap-gspiceui sgg "gspiceui -s gnucap -g spice-sdb $$"
gnucap-CL sgg "gnetlist -g spice-sdb $$ -o $$.ckt; gnucap $$.ckt"
========



Paul ..... Is this what you were thinking of?



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