Quick Reference
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e Language Tips & Tricks
SystemVerilog Tips & Tricks
Navigate |
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| Forward / Back | Alt + Left Arrow / Alt + Right Arrow |
| Open file (import/include tree from top files) | Ctrl + I |
| Open file (any file from workspace) | Ctrl + Shift + R |
| Open a type | Ctrl + Shift + T |
| Go to definition of a class, function etc. | F3 or mouse over with Ctrl pressed to get the hyperlink |
| Hyperlinks to definition | Mouse over with Ctrl pressed to get the hyperlink |
| Show quick outline view of the File | Ctrl + O Useful to go directly to a method, field of a huge file. |
| Show hierarchy | Ctrl + T with cursor over the struct / class name. F4 to show in Hierarchy View. |
| Search across all files (including semantic) | Ctrl + H (with or without a selection) |
| Search for usage (references) | Right Click on field, function, var etc. and chose References > Project |
| Show module instance tree | Shift + F4 |
| Show 'extern' implementation | Shift + F3 or Right click and Show Layers |
| Turn on line numbers | menu Window > Preferences > General > Editors > Text Editors and Show line numbers |
| Go to line | Ctrl + L |
| Bookmark a line of code | Right click on the left side of the editor and Add Bookmark... |
Find, Compare and Replace |
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| Find in file | Ctrl + F (with or without a selection) |
| Highlight all occurrences | Alt + Shift + O or select and wait for highlighting |
| Compare with local history (Eclipse timestamps all file saves!) | Right click > Compare With > History... |
| Replace with previously saved version | Right click > Replace With > History... |
Edit |
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| Maximize / un-maximize current tab | Ctrl + M |
| Auto-complete | Ctrl + Space, twice for templates |
| Macro expansion (SystemVerilog) | F5 |
| Add tasks | TODO, FIXME or XXX in comments will appear in Tasks View |
| Auto-indent | Tab, twice to get a real tab |
| Code formatting | Select and press the format toolbar button. Without selection formats the whole file. |
| Toggle [block] comment | Select code and Ctrl + / to toggle comment on/off. |
| Delete row | Ctrl+D |
| Matching brackets / begin / end | Place the cursor after the bracket / begin / end and press Ctrl+Shift+P or chose Jump To Pair Bracket from the right click menu. Double click after the bracket - it highlights the text between the two brackets. |
| Current scope | In which method of which struct/class is always presented in the status bar. |
| Go to other open editors | Ctrl+E |
| Go to the last edit location | Ctrl + Q Useful when you navigate a lot then want to return to your last edit. |
Invoke 3rd party tools |
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| Launch external scripts | From menu Run > Run... Select Generic configuration and click the New button. Specify name, working directory, command and filters. Click Run. You can subsequently invoke again using the Run toolbar button. |
| External builders (incremental, full, clean) | Right click project > Properties > e/Verilog Language > External Builders, click New. To specify multiple commands use for example sh -c "...". |
Help and OVM / VMM, 3rd party documentation |
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| Show all shortcuts | Ctrl + Shift + L |
| Construct help | Select language/library construct and press Ctrl + Shift + H |
| OVM / VMM documentation | Enable from menu Window > Help > OVM / VMM |
| 3rd party documentation | Enable and specify path from menu Window > Help |
Setup |
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| To create a project | use the menu File > New > e/Verilog Project. Existing projects are automatically recognized. |
| To specify Top Files, INCDIR, SPECMAN_PATH | you can also directly edit the corresponding files in <project_dir>/.dvt |
| Define code templates (user defined code snippets) | menu Window > Preferences > e/Verilog Language > Editor > Code Templates |
| Linked resources (like a unix soft link but stored in .project file vs on disk) | Right click on the project in the Navigator, select from the pop-up menu New > Folder, in the wizard you click on Advanced, check the Link to folder, specify the linked folder name (for example ex_atm) and browse for the path the link will point to (/erm_lib/ex_atm). Linked resources will appear in the Navigator with a small "link" icon. |
| Spell checking | menu Window > Preferences > General > Editors > Text Editors > Spelling |