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gschem is the schematic capture program/tool which is part of gEDA.
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It's sole purpose is to facilitate the graphical input of
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components/circuits.
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Schematic capture is a fancy name for the ability to draw and
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layout circuits using a computer. Standard symbols are used to
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represent the various gates and components which are interconnected
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by nets (wires). Most vector drawing programs can be used for
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schematic capture but they usually lack one (or more) of the
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following characteristics:
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* The awareness of the electrical properties of components, nets,
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and pins.
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* Hierarchical design (having components represent some abstracted
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functionality). The ability to associate attributes with nets and
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components.
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* Generate netlists from the schematic.
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These are all critical features (among others which I cannot recall
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right now) which are shared by all schematic capture programs. The
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schematic capture program which is part of gEDA is called "gschem".
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