====== Gschem Symbol Generators ======

Here you can find various scripts for creating symbols written by many people
using their own favorite languages:

===== Generators =====
  * [[tragesym tutorial|tragesym]] --- the most known symbol generator by //Werner Hoch//.
  * [[http://www.gedasymbols.org/user/dj_delorie/tools/djboxsym.html|djboxsym]] --- the symbol generator by //DJ Delorie//
  * [[https://github.com/setarcos/gmk_sym|gmk_sym improved]] --- an improved gmk_sym utility which predecessor originally written by //Jerry O'Keefe// is included in the gEDA suite.
  * [[http://turkos.aspodata.se/git/openhw/pdftosym/pintosym.pl|pintosym.pl]] --- the symbol generator by //Karl Hammar//.

===== Converters =====
  * [[https://github.com/erichVK5/KicadSymbolToGEDA|KicadSymbolToGEDA]] -- Kicad -> gEDA symbol converter by //Erich Heinzle//.
  * [[https://github.com/erichVK5/BXL2text|BXL2text]] -- BXL -> gEDA symbol / PCB footprint converter by //Erich Heinzle//, users with vendor supplied BXL files are encouraged to try it.

  
===== References =====
  * [[glossary#symbol|What is a symbol?]]
  * [[file_format_spec|gschem file format]]
  * [[gschem_symbol_creation|How to create symbols in gschem]]