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@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ p{padding: 15px 30px 10px;}
Only symbols of type subcircuit or primitive may be descended into
with the 'e' bindkey if they have a schematic view.
- format:The format attribute defines the syntax for the SPICE netlist. the @
+ format: The format attribute defines the syntax for the SPICE netlist. the @
character is a 'substitution character', it means that the token that follows is a parameter
that will be substituted with the value passed at component instantiation. If no
value is given there a value will be picked from the attribute declared in the template
@@ -88,6 +88,15 @@ p{padding: 15px 30px 10px;}
or LVS (no device subcircuits).
+
+ lvs_format: This is the netlisting format attribute that is automatically selected if Xschem is set
+ to produce a LVS netlist (Simulation->LVS netlist: top level is a subckt). This means that a
+ symbol may have two different attributes for netlisting: format use dfor spice simulations and
+ lvs_format for schematic to layout (LVS) comparison. More in general the xschem command
+ xschem set format my_format will instruct xschem to use my_format as netlisting
+ rule for components that have this attribute defined. If symbols do not have the my_format
+ attribute the default fallback (format for spice netlist) is used.
+
template: Specifies default values for symbol parameters
