 Symbols (like schematic drawings) are stored in xschem libraries. 
   For XSCHEM a library is just a directory placed under the 
   XSCHEM_LIBRARY_PATH directory, see the <a href="install_xschem.html">installation slide</a>.
   A symbol is stored in a .sym file.
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   <pre class=code style="height: 240px;">
user:~$ cd .../share/xschem/xschem_library/
user:xschem_library$ ls
devices
user:xschem_library$ cd devices
user:devices$ ls *.sym
ammeter.sym                generic.sym            noconn.sym       