diff --git a/XSchemWin/XSchemWix/xschemrc b/XSchemWin/XSchemWix/xschemrc
index 5045a137..d80d7699 100644
--- a/XSchemWin/XSchemWix/xschemrc
+++ b/XSchemWin/XSchemWix/xschemrc
@@ -106,6 +106,7 @@
#### variable controls hierarchical print
#### default value: empty
# set noprint_libs {}
+
###########################################################################
#### CHANGE DEFAULT [] WITH SOME OTHER CHARACTERS FOR BUSSED SIGNALS
#### IN SPICE NETLISTS (EXAMPLE: DATA[7] --> DATA<7>)
@@ -151,6 +152,10 @@
#### default: 0
# set persistent_command 1
+#### if set to 1 a wire is inserted when separating components that are
+#### connected by pins. Default: not enabled (0)
+# set connect_by_kissing 1
+
#### if set to 1 automatically join/trim wires while editing
#### this may slow down on rally big designs. Can be disabled via menu
#### default: 0
@@ -166,6 +171,15 @@
#### enable to scale grid point size as done with lines at close zoom, default: 0
# set big_grid_points 0
+#### enable grouping contiguous bits of bus slices in net->pin instance
+#### assignments for verilog netlists. Default: disabled (0)
+# set verilog_bitblast 0
+
+#### allow searching the full search path for schematics associated to symbols
+#### instead of looking only in symbol directory. Default: disabled (0).
+# set search_schematic 0
+
+
###########################################################################
#### EXPORT FORMAT TRANSLATORS, PNG AND PDF
###########################################################################
@@ -323,7 +337,7 @@ set editor {notepad.exe}
#### XSCHEM TOOLBAR
###########################################################################
#### default: not enabled.
-set toolbar_visible 1
+# set toolbar_visible 1
# set toolbar_horiz 1
###########################################################################
@@ -331,4 +345,17 @@ set toolbar_visible 1
###########################################################################
# default: not enabled. Interface can be changed runtime if only one window
# or tab is open.
-# set tabbed_interface 1
\ No newline at end of file
+# set tabbed_interface 1
+
+###########################################################################
+#### CASE INSENSITIVE SYMBOL LOOKUP
+###########################################################################
+## this option might be useful on filesystems that are case insensitive and
+## on designs ported from windows where case of file names does not matter.
+## if this option is set symbol lookup will be case insensitive,
+## so a symbol reference 'AMPLI.SYM' will match with 'ampli.sym' or
+## Amply.sym on disk. File system must be case insensitive for this to work,
+## like FAT32 or NTFS.
+## Do not set this option if you don't know what you are doing.
+## Default: not enabled (0)
+# set case_insensitive 1
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/doc/xschem_man/xschem_man.html b/doc/xschem_man/xschem_man.html
index 2ef3a293..d0f92cdb 100644
--- a/doc/xschem_man/xschem_man.html
+++ b/doc/xschem_man/xschem_man.html
@@ -21,7 +21,11 @@