changing action of strokes

 You would need a series of commands to do what you want, one of the edit in place commands (possibly leHiEditInPlace) but first you must enter the last stroke point before executing the command:

preXY( hiGetStrokeLastPt()) leHiEditInPlace()

 Look in dfII/etc/sted for more info on how to set up the procedures to be called by the strokes.

The stroke editor - sted - is supported on Solaris but not on Linux in IC6.1. Start sted in a shell window to define your own strokes.

 Ted

I am very new to Skill coding.  I understand that the hiGetStrokeLastPt() function is returning the endpoint of the mouse stroke, but what exactly is the preXY function doing?

 preXY is a method to cache a point to feed the next command. This usually eliminates the prompting for an additional point. It should work with the HI version of the command.

 Ted

 So the steps would be as follows:

1. save the coordinates of the endpoint of the mouse stroke using preXY(hiGetStrokeLastPt())

2. use a function to select the instance that contains the point saved in step 1.

3. use leHiEditInPlace() to descend into the instance selected in step 2.

What function will accomplish step 2? 

 No need for function for step 2. leHiEditInPlace will automatically select the cell under the point and pushes into it. See the help file on leHiEditInPlace to determine how it calculates which cell to choose based on overlapping shapes.

Ted

Is there a function like leHiEditInPlace() for schematics that will let me descend into a schematic block?

 According to cdsFinder and the documentation, use schHiEditInPlace.

Hi,

There is schHiDescend([w_windowid]) which will invoke the descend in the current mode (read/edit), or you can force the mode using either schHiDescendEdit() or schHiDescendRead() 

Hope this is what you are looking for.

Regards,

Lawrence.

Thanks for the help.  This code seems to accomplish my goal.  A downward stroke into a block will descend into it, and an upward stroke will return one level up the hierarchy.  The schHiDescend() function is what I was looking for, as opposed to the schHiEditInPlace() function.

firstPt = hiGetStrokeFirstPt()
lastPt  = hiGetStrokeLastPt()
  
firstPt_yCoord = (cadr firstPt)
lastPt_yCoord = (cadr lastPt)
  
  
(cond ((lastPt_yCoord > firstPt_yCoord) schReturn())
((lastPt_yCoord < firstPt_yCoord) preXY(lastPt) schHiDescend())
(else (printf "Error determining direction of stroke\n")))

EDIT: It appears that schReturn() is not a valid function, even though leReturn() is a valid function.  It also appears that leReturn() also works in schematics.  Is there an equivalent leReturn() function for schematics, or should I just use the leReturn() function? 

Austin CAD Guy said:

The stroke editor - sted - is supported on Solaris but not on Linux in IC6.1. Start sted in a shell window to define your own strokes.

 Ted

 We are using IC6.1.2.500.12 on linux, but we also have available Solaris machines to log into.  If I am logged in to a Solaris machine, can I run the sted program, even though the other Cadence tools we have are for Linux?  Where exactly is the sted executable located?