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Specify custom tool instead of default viewer for log files

Andreas W

Hi,

Is it possible to specify which program to use for viewing logs etc.? I know about the "editor" setting, but this does not apply do read-only files like logfiles. I found a thread from 2010 (http://community.cadence.com/cadence_technology_forums/f/38/t/17335) and wanted to ask if there where any changes since then.

My primary reason is that the builtin viewer is much less capable in terms of search/highlighting, configuring linebreaks etc. then e.g. gvim (which is quite ok, virtuoso does not need to be a competent text editor, but it would be nice to specify an alternative)

Best Regards,

Andreas

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  • Andreas,

    If editing or viewing VerilogA, Verilog or various other languages in IC616 ISR7 onwards, there is a language-sensitive viewer which is much smarter.

    For log files (e.g. the spectre log file), IC616 ISR9 onwards has a hypertext linked log file with colouring for warnings etc. The hypertext links allow you to open up referenced files, cross-probe to nodes and instances in the schematic, click on the analysis name and have it bring up the ADE analyses forms etc.

    If there are capabilities of these editors/log viewer, we are open to enhancing these further - please contact customer support.

    Obviously if you were to switch in an editor, you'd lose these useful hypertext features, so that's not currently supported for log files, and I think the direction is to improve the navigation around the log file built-in rather than supporting an external editor (which would lose some functionality straightaway).

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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  • Andreas,

    If editing or viewing VerilogA, Verilog or various other languages in IC616 ISR7 onwards, there is a language-sensitive viewer which is much smarter.

    For log files (e.g. the spectre log file), IC616 ISR9 onwards has a hypertext linked log file with colouring for warnings etc. The hypertext links allow you to open up referenced files, cross-probe to nodes and instances in the schematic, click on the analysis name and have it bring up the ADE analyses forms etc.

    If there are capabilities of these editors/log viewer, we are open to enhancing these further - please contact customer support.

    Obviously if you were to switch in an editor, you'd lose these useful hypertext features, so that's not currently supported for log files, and I think the direction is to improve the navigation around the log file built-in rather than supporting an external editor (which would lose some functionality straightaway).

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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