gEDA-dev: gschem trying to understand the code - noweb?

[Christian Viller Hansen <cvh-at-NOSPAMviller_dot_org>]

Hi

I have been using gschem for a while for different projects, but
sometimes I find that it is not very intuitive. Especially the net
drawing makes me grumpy.

Instead of whining about it I would like to try to understand the code
and see if I can fix it. I can see in the TODO that for instance the
"break nets when connected", which I would really like, is already
proposed.

The problem I have is that I find it hard to figure out where to start.
I would like just to dig into the source and try changing stuff,
compile, and then see what happens. But when I look at the files in src,
I see that I should edit in noweb instead. What's the deal with noweb?
How do you guys work with that? How do I get C syntax highlighting emacs
for these files?

I tried googling for an answer, but maybe this was discussed several
years ago. I found a noweb FAQ, but they did not answer my question -
they assumed I knew why I was reading the FAQ!?!? ;)

Is there already a README.DEV? If not I might write one once I 
understand the system.

I have been playing with the idea of writing a new schematics capture
program in a high-level programming like mono+gtk, but I don't have the
time and since the gschem project is quite far, I might use my time
better there. 


Cheers,
Christian


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