xsch

Langue: en

Version: 149521 (fedora - 04/07/09)

Section: 1 (Commandes utilisateur)

NAME

xsch - graphical schematic viewer

SYNOPSIS

xsch [-l file_name] [-xor] [-install] [-force] [-I input_format] [-slide file_name ...]
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DESCRIPTION

Xsch is a graphical schematic viewer. All functionnalities can be accessed through different menus. Xsch works under Motif and X11r6. When entering Xsch, the main window appears and shows 5 different menus on the top bar. These menus can be entered by simply clicking on the mouse left button. Here is the description of these menus.
File
Open : load an existing file. Note that a file with the same name and the extention .xsc can be used to attach special colors and comments to all displayed objects (see below for details).
Quit : quit xsch.
Edit
Identify : identify a selected object.
Connected : highlight a selected object.
Search : search an object by its name.
View
Zoom : perform zoom in, zoom out, center, fit, refresh on figure.
Layer : select types of layers displayed.
Map : show cursor position in the entire figure.
Arrows : show arrows for moving at the grid step.
Grid : Set the X,Y step of the grid if displayed.
Tools
Hierarchy : enable user to browse into the design hierarchy.
Message : display the last error messages
Setup
Save or load a user defined configuration of default displayed menus.

SPECIAL KEYS

+/-
Next or previous file in slide mode.

OPTIONS

-l file_name
Load the file file_name (with or without extention)
-xor
Two graphic cursor methods can be used, invert or xor.
-force
this option force all graphical objects to be displayed.
-install
Switch to a private color map.
-I input_format
Specifies the input format (vst(5), al(5), vbe(5))
-slide file_name ...
Enables slide mode, all specifies files will be displayed one by one using keys +/- in the graphic window.

XSC FILE FORMAT

 # Example of .xsc file
 #
 # To attach a particular color and comment to a box :
 # B:box_name:color:comment
 # color is an integer from 0 to 32, or -1 for no_color
 # comment is a string
 B:my_box:0:this box should be blue
 B:another_box:-1:this won't change the box color
 #
 # To attach a particular color and comment to a net :
 # N:net_name:color:comment
 N:my_net:15:this net should be green
 #
 # To attach a particular color and comment to a connector :
 # C:connector_name:color:comment
 C:my_con:32:this connector should be red
 #
 # To attach a particular color and comment to a path :
 # P:from_name:net_name:to_name:color:comment
 P:my_con:my_net:my_box:15:this path should be green
 
 
 
 

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

MBK_CATA_LIB
indicates the path to the read only libraries to be used.
MBK_WORK_LIB
indicates the path to the read directory for the session.
MBK_IN_LO
indicates the file format to be used.
XSCH_PARAM_NAME (optionnal)
indicates the path to the parameter file used by Xsch.

SEE ALSO

mbk(1), MBK_CATA_LIB(1), MBK_WORK_LIB(1), PAT(5), asimut(1)
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