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How to unload a skill script from CIW window?

Leonardo Vinci

Hi, i have loaded a binkey skill script in CIW, like this:

loadi "root/user/bindkey.il"

Now, i want to UNLOAD the script from CIW without closing the Cadence session. Right now, i am doing this by closing and again re-opening the Cadence application, which consumes time. 

Thanks, LEO 

  • tweeksii

    There is (to my knowledge) no Cadence-supplied means to unload/undo the arbitrary effects of a load("some/file.il"), but you can always load the default bindkeys:

      load(prependInstallPath("samples/local/schBindKeys.il"))

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

    Interestingly, the CIW > Options > Bindkeys does not appear to provide an option to "Revert to defaults".

  • Andrew Beckett
    in reply to tweeksii

    Tom, you're right. There's no such thing as an "unload" command. Perhaps Leo could explain precisely what he's expecting to be undone by this mythical unload command?

    Andrew. 

  • Leonardo Vinci
    in reply to Andrew Beckett

    Andrew,

    I want to use my bindkeys by loading my bindkey.il script in CIW window. But after loading, i want to undo all the changed made by my bindkey.il script to the default(ie. i want to unload the bindkey.il script which i loaded earlier) without closing the cadence application. I do this now by closing and again starting the the cadence application session, which takes time. 

    And not only bindkeys script, is there any way to unload the script file which we have already loaded in the CIW? 

    Regards,

    LEO

  • Leonardo Vinci
    in reply to tweeksii

    Yes, That's what, they should have an option to "Revert to defaults". 

    Also, not only bindkeys, there should be some way to unload our script if we have loaded our script earlier in CIW. 

    I am afraid this important thing is missing in Cadence application. 

    Thanks, LEO.

  • Andrew Beckett
    in reply to Leonardo Vinci

    I've never heard of this being an "important thing" for anyone (nor for me either, given that I've been writing SKILL code both as a customer and working for Cadence for > 27 years). 

    As I asked before, what exactly do you want to unload? Bindkeys could be reset by setting them back to "" which means they are undefined, and then loading the default set (depending on what you mean by default). For functions, you can undefine a function by doing putd('funcName nil) and for variables you can undefine using varName='unbound - but there's no such thing as "unload" and there's never likely to be (it really doesn't make a great deal of sense in the context of how SKILL works).

    Regards,

    Andrew.

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