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  21 <h2 id="introduction">Introduction</h2>
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  25 <strong>gnetlist</strong> is a <em>netlisting</em>  tool, and is part of the <a href="geda-faq.html" class="wikilink1" title="geda-faq.html">gEDA (GPL Electronic Design Automation)</a> toolset.  It is used to extract information about electronic components and the connections between them from <em>schematic diagrams</em>,  which describe the logical structure of an circuit.  gnetlist outputs the <em>netlist</em> in a variety of formats that can be automatically processed by other tools, such as printed circuit board (PCB) layout tools or circuit simulators.
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  30 <h3 id="readingthisguide">Reading this guide</h3>
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  34 Several typographical conventions are used in this guide to indicate different concepts.
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  37 <li class="level1"><div class="li"> When key terms or concepts are introduced, an <em>italic typeface</em> is used.  For example, &quot;gnetlist accepts a number of <em>command-line arguments</em>.&quot;</div>
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  39 <li class="level1"><div class="li"> Text you might type in a text editor or at a command line is indicated using a <code>fixed space typeface</code>.  For example, &quot;The <code>--list-backends</code> option to gnetlist prints a list of installed netlist backends.&quot;</div>
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  45 <h3 id="gettingadditionalhelp">Getting additional help</h3>
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  49 If you have a question about using gnetlist, you may wish to send a message to one of the gEDA <a href="geda-mailinglists.html" class="wikilink1" title="geda-mailinglists.html">mailing lists</a>.  Alternatively, you can ask your question on the geda Launchpad page, and one of the developers will try to answer it for you.
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  53 If you think you have found a bug in gnetlist, please file a bug report in the Launchpad bug tracker. Please add the tag &quot;gnetlist&quot;.  It will help the developers to fix your problem quickly if you can describe in detail how to reproduce the bug.
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