Skill script for creating a selactable area

geSingleSelectBox() does this. It's already in the normal leBindKeys.il sample file bound to shift-A in the layout editor.

You might also be interested in this solution on Cadence Online Support. It's some SKILL code I wrote to allow you to select by polygon or select by line. The capability is now built-in to IC615, but the code is still useful in earlier releases (including IC5141).

Kind Regards,

Andrew.

 Dear Andrew,

Thanks a lot.

It looks like I am running out of free bind keys.

Is it possible to use Alt-"A..1" in stead of Shift to add more bind keys.

Kind Regards,

You can use "alt" as a modifier for bindkeys in Cadence 6.1 if you set the following environment variable to nil in your .cdsenv:

ui      enableMenuShortcuts     boolean nil

It's hard to run out of bindkeys. You can use several modifiers and combined modifiers:
None, Shift, Ctrl, Alt, Super (next to alt on most keyboards), CtrlShift, CtrlSuper, CtrlAlt, etc.

Derek

Although I'd generally recommend not disabling menu shortcuts. If this isn't turned off, you can use the underlined key accelerators - e.g. Alt-F-E-C to do a File->Export->CDL in the CIW. It's a useful alternative when you haven't got bindkeys for everything.

So in the layout editor (in IC615), you can do Alt-e-l-e to do a select by area...

Andrew.

 Dear Derek and Andrew,

Thanks a lot for your replies.

Derek:-

         I tried   ui enableMEnuShortCuts bolean nil in .cdsenv. It did NOT work. I am using IC5141.

Andrew:-

          1) I could not get your point. What is the effect of File->Export->CDL

          2) Just to know:- For the layout editor, which are the files set the bindKeys.

             I commented the command load(../sample/local/leBindKey.il") and reinvoked icfb, but still the bindkeys written in that  file are working. Looks like, it is getting the binKey information from some other files.

Kind Regards,

As Derek said, this env var is for IC61. Menu accelerators were introduced in IC61, and the file export CDL was just me showing an example. The reason I was suggesting that you don't start using Alt in your bindkeys in IC5141 because you'll then get used to them and might then end up having to disable menu accelerators once you move to IC61.

The bindkey I mentioned is in the leBindKeys.il file - so you'll presumably have to track down where your bindkeys are being loaded. 

 Regards,

 Andrew 

Dear Andrew,

Thanks a lot for your reply.

In 2nd query I was not clear in presenting what I want.

I have my leBindKeys in two files as written in the .cdsinit file as below:-

a) load(prependInstallPath("samples/local/leBindKeys.il"))

b) load("/home/../work_directory/leBindKeys.il")

I want to use Shift-F5 key for one task. So I added 

bk("Layout" "Shift<Key>F5"  "CCSprotect->protectSelected()") in my /home/../work_directory/leBindKeys.il file.

But after reinvoking icfb it turns out that when I press "Shift F5", the command "deOpen()" gets implemented. Then I went to the file " samples/local/leBindKeys.il" and disable the bindkey set for deOpen(). The key F5 was used for this command. After reinvoking Icfb, when I press Shift F5 still the above command gets executed in CIW.

Is there any other file from where layout editor gets the bindKey information ?

I wonder why this happening. Could please tel what is the caus.

Kind Regards,

I suggest you add a print statement at the top of each bindkey file to see when they get loaded during your startup. It sounds like the Cadence bindkey file is getting loaded last. At the top of each file, add something like:

println("In the Cadence defaults")

println("In my defaults")

Once you figure this out, adjust the order of when things are loaded.

Derek

 Dear Derek,

Thanks a lot for your reply.

Before trying what you have said, I would like to know from  where  the bindKey files are getting loaded.

Is it from two places:-

 a)  samples/local/leBindKeys.il

 b)  /home/../work_directory/leBindKeys.il

Are there anyother places from where leBindKeys.il files get loaded at start-up.

Could please confirm ?

Kind Regards,

Typically bindkeys are loaded in a .cdsinit file. I suspect your setup is doing the loading of the bindkey files so that is why I suggested the print statements to help you find where it is happening. There may be several different .cdsinit files loaded during your startup, depending on settings in your site setup.loc file. Try searching the documentation for setup.loc to better understand Cadence's file loading process.

Derek