lepton-schematic(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-schematic(1) ✨

okay bestie, so this is the manual page for lepton-schematic from Lepton EDA — version 1.9.18.20220529 — and we're gonna go through the whole thing together, no skips, no skimming, because every single detail here is lowkey important 💖

🎀 NAME 🎀

lepton-schematic — Lepton EDA Schematic Capture. that's it, that's the name, and honestly? iconic.

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

lepton-schematic [OPTION ...] [--] [FILE ...]

like, options first if you want 'em, then -- if you're being fancy, then your files. the vibes are immaculate.

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

so lepton-schematic is a schematic capture application, and it's part of the Lepton EDA (Electronic Design Automation) toolset. what does that mean fr fr? it means you use it to draw electronic schematics, which are these little drawings that describe the logical structure of a circuit. it's giving main character energy for anyone doing electronics 💅

schematics are made up of symbols, and those symbols represent the various components in the circuit. where do the symbols come from? either from a standard library, or you make them yourself, because you're a DIY queen and we respect that.

the connections between components are represented by nets (wires). yes. wires. the way that a wire just connects two things and we all just accept it. ✨

schematics may be printed to a PostScript file, which you can then print or convert to other output formats. output to various image formats is also supported, so you're not stuck with just one aesthetic. obsessed.

and plot twist 👑 — lepton-schematic can also be used for editing symbols for use in schematics. it's a multihyphenate.

💅 OPTIONS 💅

here come the flags, bestie. every single one. buckle up.

  • -q, --quiet — Quiet mode. turns off all warnings, notes, and messages. like putting your phone on Do Not Disturb but for your terminal. 😌
  • -v, --verbose — Verbose mode. outputs all diagnostic information. the opposite energy entirely, and honestly? sometimes you need the tea. 🍵
  • -L DIRECTORY — Prepend DIRECTORY to the list of directories that get searched for Scheme files. (note: prepend, not append — it goes at the front, because it's an overachiever.)
  • -s FILE — Specify a Scheme script to be executed at startup. little script, big entrance. 🎬
  • -c EXPR, --command=EXPR — Specify a Scheme expression to be evaluated at startup. like -s but you're just throwing an expression at it instead of a whole file.
  • -h, --help — Print a help message. when in doubt, ask for help, that's growth. 🫶
  • -V, --version — Print lepton-schematic version information.
  • -- — Treat all remaining arguments as schematic or symbol filenames. use this if you have a schematic or symbol filename that begins with -, because otherwise the program will get confused and think it's a flag. classic misunderstanding, no cap.

🧚 SCHEMATIC AND SYMBOL FILES 🧚

Optionally, schematic or symbol *FILE*s may be specified on the command line. anything you specify gets loaded at startup as a separate document in the schematic editor. so if you pass three files, congrats, you now have three documents open. multitasking queen.

If no *FILE*s are specified, a blank schematic is created for editing. a fresh start. a clean slate. the beginning of your arc. 🌈

👑 AUTHORS 👑

See the AUTHORS file included with this program. (yes, the actual humans. we stan them.)

Copyright © 2012-2017 gEDA Contributors.
Copyright © 2017-2022 Lepton Developers.
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. (read that again, bestie — NO WARRANTY. say it with your chest. 💀)

🔥 SEE ALSO 🔥

The complete manual for lepton-schematic is provided in a GNU texinfo format. it's also available as HTML, which you can open from within the program by selecting the Documentation option from the program's Help menu. the texinfo version may be viewed with various info viewers such as emacs or tkinfo. go forth and read, scholar 📚✨

and that's the whole page, bestie!! brought to you by the Lepton EDA girlies, dated May 29, 2022 💜 stay schematic-ing, stay slaying, and remember: if your filename starts with -, use --. iykyk 🎀🦋✨

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