Is anyone aware of a VHDL dependency finder?

[Paul Floyd]

The above tip is really cool. I've always wanted such an edit mode.
But what else is there? I'd love to hear what the super users think
is so cool about XEmacs over other editors.

xemacs and emacs have a huge amount of functionality built in and even
more available as add-ons. Having said that, it is big and slow, and I
find the key combinations excessive, particularly with Esc for Meta. For
instance, one sequence that I frequently use is Ctrl-x then h followed
by Esc then Ctrl-\.

I still use vi for usenet though!

A bientot
Paul

 

[Mike Treseler]

Wow me.

http://www.iis.ee.ethz.ch/~zimmi/emacs/vhdl-mode.gif

 

[Nicolas Matringe]

Mike Treseler a écrit :

http://www.iis.ee.ethz.ch/~zimmi/emacs/vhdl-mode.gif

Nice use of the "special syntax" feature for coloring port & signal
names. I'll give it some thought...

Nicolas

 

[Shannon]

http://www.iis.ee.ethz.ch/~zimmi/emacs/vhdl-mode.gif

Nice choices of color. Why is 'StartxEI' and 'SelectPortCxSI'
different colors?

Shannon

 

[Nicolas Matringe]

Shannon a écrit :

Nice choices of color. Why is 'StartxEI' and 'SelectPortCxSI'
different colors?

This must be the "special syntax" I was refering to.
You can define a custom syntax that emacs should recognize and color
differently.
By default the special syntax defines constants & generics as ending
with _c and _g, types ending with _t, variables ending with _v and gives
different colors to object names that respect this.

I'm thinking of adding 'clk' and 'rst' to my special syntax definition...

Nicolas

 

[Mike Treseler]

Shannon a écrit :
Probably a custom Regexp, see below.

This must be the "special syntax" I was refering to.
You can define a custom syntax that emacs should recognize and color
differently.
By default the special syntax defines constants & generics as ending
with _c and _g, types ending with _t, variables ending with _v and gives
different colors to object names that respect this.
I'm thinking of adding 'clk' and 'rst' to my special syntax definition...

The command is:
customize-variable vhdl-special-syntax-alist

Which brings up these default settings:

Vhdl Special Syntax Alist: Hide
INS DEL Face:
Name : generic/constant
Regexp : \w+_[cg]
Color (light): Gold3
Color (dark) : BurlyWood1
INS DEL Face:
Name : type
Regexp : \w+_t
Color (light): ForestGreen
Color (dark) : PaleGreen
INS DEL Face:
Name : variable
Regexp : \w+_v
Color (light): Grey50
Color (dark) : Grey80
INS

This can be modified endlessly.

I have to remind myself that I
only get extra points from the boss
for working code, not colorful code

-- Mike Treseler