NAME

       gschem - gEDA/gaf Schematic Capture

SYNOPSIS

       gschem [OPTION ...] [--] [FILE ...]

DESCRIPTION

       gschem  is  a  schematic  capture application, and is part of the gEDA (GPL Electronic Design Automation)
       toolset.  It is used to draw electronic schematics, which describe the logical structure of  an  circuit.
       Schematics  are  made  up  of  symbols,  which  represent  the various components in the circuit, and are
       obtained either from a standard library or created by  the  user.   The  connections  between  components
       represented  by  nets  (wires).   Schematics  may be printed to a PostScript file for printing or further
       conversion to other output formats.  Output to various image formats is also supported.

       gschem can also be used for editing symbols for use in schematics.

OPTIONS

       -q, --quiet
               Quiet mode. Turn off all warnings/notes/messages.

       -v, --verbose
               Verbose mode.  Output all diagnostic information.

       -r, --config-file=FILE
               Specify an additional configuration file.  Normally gschem searches for the system  configuration
               file,  then  `$HOME/.gEDA/gschemrc',  and  finally  for  a `gschemrc' file in the current working
               directory.  This option allows the user to specify an additional rc file which is read after  all
               the other rc files have been are read.

       -L DIRECTORY
               Prepend DIRECTORY to the list of directories to be searched for Scheme files.

       -s FILE Specify a Scheme script to be executed at startup.

       -c EXPR Specify a Scheme expression to be evaluated at startup.

       -o, --output=FILE
               Specify  a  filename  for  PostScript  output.  This command line argument is useful when running
               gschem from a shell script and with a Scheme script.  The filename can  be  changed  through  the
               print dialog box.

       -p      Automatically  place  the  window. This may be useful if running gschem from the command line and
               generating output.

       -h, --help
               Print a help message.

       -V, --version
               Print gschem version information.

       --      Treat all remaining arguments as schematic or symbol filenames.  Use this if you have a schematic
               or symbol filename which begins with `-'.

SCHEMATIC AND SYMBOL FILES

       Optionally,  schematic  or  symbol  FILEs may be specified on the command line.  Any schematic or symbols
       specified are loaded at startup as separate documents in the schematic editor.

       If no FILEs are specified, a blank schematic is created for editing.

ENVIRONMENT

       GEDADATA
               specifies the search directory for Scheme and rc files.  The default is `${prefix}/share/gEDA'.

       GEDADATARC
               specifies the search directory for rc files.  The default is `$GEDADATA'.

AUTHORS

       See the `AUTHORS' file included with this program.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 1999-2011 gEDA Contributors.  License GPLv2+: GNU GPL
       version 2 or later.  Please see the `COPYING' file included with this
       program for full details.

       This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
       There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

SEE ALSO

       gnetlist(1), gsymcheck(1)

       The full documentation  for  gschem  is  available  from  within  the  program  by  selecting  the  `gEDA
       Documentation' option from the program's `Help' menu.