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Loading displayPrefs File

sgcad

Hi

By default, Virtuoso loads the library manager display preference file (icons and colors of libraries) from

cds/.cadence/libManager/displayPrefs

Is there a way to load from a different path, preferably within the .cdsinit file? I'd like to store a displayPrefs in a common location, where everyone in the team then can load it from.

Thanks very much for your response!

  • These are found via the Cadence Search File (CSF) mechanism, sometimes referred to as "setup.loc". There are a set of locations (defined by a file called "setup.loc") where various files (such as the .cadence dir) are looked for. You can find out more about this by searching in "cda" or "cdnshelp" for "Cadence Search File" or "Cadence Setup Search File". 

    Anyway, the default setup.loc looks in a directory pointed to by the env var $CDS_SITE - so you could set CDS_SITE to some location, and then have .cadence/libManager/displayPrefs under there, and then it will be found by the library manager. Other locations would be possible too - such as $CDS_PROJECT or if you customize the setup.loc, other locations too.

    Note, setting this in the .cdsinit isn't possible (and doesn't really make sense) because the library manager (libManager) and library browser (libSelect) are separate executables launched by Virtuoso, and these don't read the .cdsinit. They will however honour the CSF mechanism.

    Regards,

    Andrew

  • in reply to Andrew Beckett

    Thumbsup Perfect, thanks. Setting $CDS_SITE worked.

    Just in case I'd like to touch it in the future: Where is the file setup.loc located?

  • in reply to sgcad

    The setup.loc is also found using the same mechanism (which might seem a little recursive!). If you do "cdswhich setup.loc" in a terminal window, it will tell you (a common pattern is to set $CDS_SITE to override the setup.loc and then you can put other locations in it too). The default location is generally in <ICinstDir>/share/cdssetup/setup.loc

    Andrew

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