lepton-pcb_backannotate(1)

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version 1.9.18 · 2 versions
  • 1.9.18 · debian bookworm, debian trixie, nixos 26.05, nixpkgs unstable, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking (latest)
  • 1.9.16 · ubuntu jammy
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💖 lepton-pcb_backannotate 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the lepton-pcb_backannotate manual page, straight outta the Lepton EDA collection (that's the manual, section 1, iykyk). this little icon takes the glow-up notes from your PCB and writes them back onto your schematic. no cap. let's get into it. 🦋

✨ NAME ✨

lepton-pcb_backannotate — back-annotates changes from a PCB annotation file to schematic. literally that's the whole job description. 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

lepton-pcb_backannotate -h|--help
lepton-pcb_backannotate -V|--version
lepton-pcb_backannotate [options] ecofile.eco infile1.sch ...

like, either you want the help, or you want the version, or you're doing the actual thing with an ECO file and at least one schematic. main character energy only. 👑

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so lepton-pcb_backannotate reads an engineering change order (ECO) file — the kind the PCB program spits out when you use the Renumber() action — and then it back-annotates all those requested changes onto one or more lepton-schematic schematics. it's giving "keep your schematic and your board in sync, bestie". 🫶

and rn? it supports back annotation of reference designators (aka refdes). that's the vibe. 🎀

✨ OPTIONS ✨

  • -h, --help — prints the help message and then dips. bye! 👋
  • -n, --nocopy — leaves your modified schematic files chilling in brand new files, whose names are made by appending .new onto the original file names. the default behaviour is to just overwrite the original, so this is your lil safety net if you want one. 🌸
  • -v, --verbose — operate verbosely. it will tell you things. ✨
  • -V, --version — prints version information and then exits. 🎀

✨ EXIT STATUS ✨

lepton-pcb_backannotate returns 0 if every single file got processed successfully, and a non-zero value if the command did not complete successfully. that's it, that's the vibe check. 💜

✨ BUGS ✨

okay so this is the part where we're honest: instead of parsing and processing schematic files directly, this utility should be rewritten using the Lepton EDA scheme API. that would let it take advantage of the existing parsers for the schematic files. so like… it's a known thing. noted. 💀

✨ AUTHOR ✨

Dan McMahill <danmcmahill@netbsd.org> — thank you for your service, king. 👑

✨ SEE ALSO ✨

lepton-netlist(1), lepton-schematic(1), pcb(1) — go read those too, bestie, they're all part of the squad. 🌈

Copyright © 2003, 2006, 2010 Dan McMahill. Copyright © 2003-2014 gEDA Contributors. Copyright © 2018-2022 Lepton EDA 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.

and that's a wrap, bestie 🎀 this was lepton-pcb_backannotate(1) from Lepton EDA, version 1.9.18.20220529, dated May 29, 2022. go back-annotate something iconic. slay. 💖✨

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