Chapter 10. What is New?

DVT-20377 Speed-up generation of HTML files when using Sphinx

DVT-19743 Enable zoom and pan operations for external generated diagrams

DVT-20141 Add links to always blocks and processes in comments

DVT-20375 Show warning and disable design diagram checkboxes in the DVT Eclipse wizard when no elaboration top is specified

DVT-19742 Use relative paths for referencing external generated diagrams

DVT-20444 Wrong interpretation of hash characters when using Natural Docs

DVT-20268 Perform custom index file path validation upfront

DVT-20321 Show total generation times per language

DVT-20194 Hyperlinks extracted from architecture comments are not valid

DVT-20299 Sometimes not using a comment formatter breaks PDF generation

DVT-20302 Print parsing time in the build log/console

DVT-20304 Print information related to the skipped -y / -v libraries in the build log/console

DVT-20323 NullPointerException is thrown when using +dvt_db_location directive in batch mode

DVT-20329 Sometimes an exception is thrown when generate blocks contain instances of undefined modules

DVT-20330 Sometimes an exception is thrown when generating hyperlinks for the type of a port

DVT-20341 Sometimes an exception is thrown when generating Bit Field diagrams

DVT-20344 Bit Field diagrams toggle is not taken into account

DVT-20059 & DVT-20038 Speed-up generation of Bit Field Diagrams

DVT-20125 Add support for reStructuredText comments format

DVT-20039 Ability to use multiple comment formats for the same project

DVT-20143 Export modport signatures for interfaces

DVT-20145 Export typedefs defined inside modules

DVT-20256 License: Improved license management when encountering connectivity issues

DVT-20098 Documentation generation times are incorrectly reported

DVT-20191 Export comment descriptions for entities and architectures

DVT-20196 Bit Field Diagrams are not exported for structures defined in the global scope

DVT-20225 Links to functions or fields are not resolved correctly in comments

DVT-20226 In specific scenarios, documentation of packages is exported regardless of the DVT Eclipse wizard dialog selection

DVT-20231 Design diagram links are broken in specific scenarios

DVT-20104 Remove invalid escape characters from progress report in DVT Eclipse Console View

DVT-20119 Ability to export documentation for eLanguage projects using Sphinx engines

DVT-20031 Ability to generate UML Collaboration diagrams

DVT-20099 Display selected project and XML preferences file in the DVT Eclipse wizard dialog

DVT-20123 Improve the layout of HTML tables

DVT-20140 Include the names of labeled always blocks in their signature

DVT-20158 Include HTML page sections in the Table of Contents

DVT-19855 NaturalDocs bullet lists are not rendered correctly for VHDL entities

DVT-20135 Do not export UML Inheritance diagrams for classes without children

DVT-20073 License: Replaced the license events database with a capped human readable log

DVT-19967 Ability to include images from an attached location with relative paths using Markdown

DVT-20066 Add hyperlinks for VHDL elements in generics range attributes and default values

DVT-20090 FSM diagrams are not centered after a zoom reset operation

DVT-20091 Bit Field Diagrams are overlapping with other elements on page

DVT-19892 Include generate block conditions and module instances in the Design Hierarchy

DVT-19918 Add a diagrams index to the Table of Contents

DVT-19947 Handle missing latexmk executable when generating PDF

DVT-19929 Links between Verilog and VHDL instances don't work

DVT-19948 Fix duplicated page titles in HTML

DVT-20014 Compile waivers: When located directly under the compilation root, waivers are not applied in batch mode

DVT-20028 NullPointerException is thrown when generating block diagrams without ports

DVT-20045 Sometimes comment formatter preference in the DVT Eclipse wizard is ignored

DVT-20054 License: In specific scenarios, connectivity issues are not detected immediatly

DVT-19895 Improve layout of hierarchies in PDF

DVT-19916 Split macros into "Undefined Control Defines", "Control Defines", "Defines" and "Ifndef" guards" categories

DVT-19917 Fix search highlight in SVG diagrams

DVT-19955 Use the same Eclipse wizard for the deprecated engine

DVT-19957 Remove zoom buttons from diagrams that can be expanded

DVT-19934 Block diagrams are missing from components

DVT-19935 NullPointerException is thrown when generating top designs page

DVT-19940 Fix WaveDrom diagrams styling artifacts

DVT-19980 Flow diagrams are missing from architectures

New documentation engine powered by Sphinx:

New filtering mechanism for comments based on keywords

DVT-19867 License: Removed support for FlexLM tools and dvtlmd daemon versions <11.19

DVT-3092 Ability to generate PDF documentation

DVT-11483 & DVT-9650 Ability to generate UVM Components Diagrams for tests

DVT-11667 Ability to search the entire documentation content

DVT-13182 & DVT-13323 Add support for Markdown syntax in comments

DVT-16674 Show UVM tests in the Table of Contents

DVT-18661 Add hyperlinks between exported source code and documentation

DVT-9368 Ability to include user documentation files written with Markdown syntax

DVT-17580 Enhanced Block Diagrams with port types and widths

DVT-17670 Ability to include FSM diagram descriptions from the enclosing always block comment

DVT-19845 Add hyperlinks for VHDL package elements

DVT-19848 Export default values for VHDL generics

DVT-19849 Export VHDL constants from packages

DVT-16318 Sometimes FSM diagram states are not highlight correctly when a transition is selected

DVT-19741 Ignore filter comments preference when empty

DVT-16548 Comments are not collected for covergroups with arguments

DVT-19693 Comment filters not working for argument comments

DVT-19593 Specador: Add a filtering mechanism for comments based on keywords

DVT-18312 The description of a type is duplicated to its first layer

DVT-18313 Comments are not collected for enum values

DVT-17329 Specador: Inline comment collection for e Language elements

Default license server requirements changed to FlexLM tools and dvtlmd daemon >=11.19

DVT-19560 License: Default license server requirements changed to FlexLM tools and dvtlmd daemon >=11.19

DVT-18008 Filter API defined in test files from the rest of the documentation

DVT-19279 Ability to sort class variables by declaration order instead of alphabetically

DVT-19391 Generation doesn't start if files from another project are opened in the editor when using Eclipse

DVT-19413 Custom menu can't be specified at the bottom of the page

DVT-19426 Inconsistent behavior when resolving relative paths with parent directory segments crossing a directory symlink during build config parsing and file parsing

DVT-19294 Bit Field Diagrams: Trim unused bit fields for UVM registers

DVT-18131 Do not print carriage return after reporting problems in the Console View on Linux distros

DVT-19252 Bit Field Diagrams should not used dark theme when documentation is exported from Eclipse

DVT-19173 Memory Monitor: "Display Memory Warning" preference should only affect the warning pop-up

DVT-19174 Memory Monitor: Close the warning pop-up when reaching an error state

DVT-19113 Specador: Add package information in class hierarchies and UML diagrams

DVT-19152 Missing hyperlinks for design diagrams in mixed projects

DVT-19085 Bit Field Diagrams: Ability to see the full name of a field in the table on hover

DVT-18767 Memory Monitor: Avoid false warnings in small projects

DVT-18865 Incorrect signing for non-ANSI port with separate net declaration

DVT-18882 Memory Monitor: Disable directive not working

DVT-18658 Specador: Collaboration diagrams should be generated with a depth of one

DVT-18604 License: Support for FlexLM tools and dvtlmd daemon <11.19 is deprecated and will be removed in future versions

DVT-18605 License: New client implementation based on FlexLM 11.19 (disabled by default)

DVT-18585 Wrong formatting for definition lists with long strings for Natural Docs comment syntax

DVT-18240 License: In some cases the license client leaks a large number of CLOSE_WAIT sockets due to a FlexLM bug

DVT-18603 License: In some cases when multiple license sources are set and no license is available, the license client is repeatedly queuing and dequeuing for a license

DVT-18672 Exception thrown when an unsupported language kind is passed to specador.sh

DVT-18566 Hyperlinks to e Language expect struct members are not generated

DVT-18570 e Language covergroups are associated with the wrong comment

DVT-18572 e Language covergroups are not properly exported when sharing the same enclosing package

DVT-18573 Improve definition lists formatting for Natural Docs comment syntax

Improved e Language support

Improved Natural Docs support for hyperlinks

Export external resources specified in comments

DVT-18504 Export the sampling event of TCMs

DVT-18417 Comments are not properly collected for methods with separated declaration and implementation

DVT-18405 Specador: Ability to cancel the Scan Elements stage

DVT-18406 Specador: No progress bar shown when scanning elements

DVT-18428 Comments containing file:// links ending with anchor fragments are not recognized

DVT-18429 Specador: Log progress output in DVT Eclipse console

DVT-11769 Memory Monitor: Memory starvation handling mechanism

DVT-18132 NullPointerException is thrown when undefined environment variables are used in +dvt_skip_compile

DVT-18342 Table of contents in multi-nature projects contains a broken hyperlink for e Language tests

DVT-18263 Methods extended in unit subtypes are not properly documented

DVT-18185 Specador: Project is compiled with a different build file than specified in the command line

DVT-17854 Table of Contents is missing the diagrams section in mixed language projects

DVT-17855 Expanding the Design Tops in the Table of Contents doesn't work in mixed language projects

DVT-17931 Filter layer comments specified in a eLanguage test

DVT-18127 Thread Dump Collector: Fix broken zips caused by SIGINT signals

DVT-18068 Add preference for exporting eLanguage tests

DVT-18060 Copying customization files doesn't work if the documentation is located outside project directory

DVT-17986 Add preference to automatically copy custom.css and custom.js file to documentation

DVT-17736 Add preferences for FSM Diagrams in Export HTML Documentation Dialog

DVT-17917 Natural Docs: Generate hyperlinks to test pages when specifying the test name

DVT-17918 Natural Docs: Generate hyperlinks to exported source code

DVT-17858 Generate links for email addresses

DVT-17859 Comments are not properly formatted for elements in test pages

DVT-17797 Specador: Create a separate entry for eLanguage tests

DVT-17320 Specador: Export e Language ports

DVT-17362 Specador: Export documentation for e Language method extensions

DVT-17716 Above line comments are not exported if the element has inline comments

DVT-17486 Build log/output should be consistent across tools

DVT-17293 Copy resources specified in comments under documentation directory

DVT-17361 Hyperlinks are not generated for elements in VHDL or e Language

DVT-17453 Extended subtypes documentation is not generated when the subtype doesn't have fields

DVT-17389 License: Add support for inline string license sources

DVT-17390 License: Add support for platform independent license source separator &

DVT-17391 License: Add support for using a local license by multiple applications at the same time under the same user

DVT-17330 Filter implicit covergroup items generated by transitions

DVT-17344 Export access qualifiers for e Language members

DVT-17345 Limit maximum number of problems reported in the build log

DVT-17392 License: Send to the license server the client PID instead of the unused and dummy display value

DVT-17301 Wrong source code hyperlinks for covergroups

DVT-17393 License: Fixed custom port support in local license sources

DVT-17291 Export events, methods and TCMs from subtypes

DVT-17286 VHDL processes are not exported with the new elaboration engine

DVT-17289 WAVEDROM_FILE pragma is not recognized in linked resources

DVT-16256 Add a navigation menu entry for top level eVC

DVT-17154 Some scripts are not working correctly when ANSI colors are always set for some system commands

Show design tops in the main navigation menu

Show actual parameter values of design instances

Show ports in a table-like layout

Export source code with syntax highlighting

Generate PlantUML diagrams from comment descriptions

Integrate external Doxygen HTML documentation

DVT-14920 Ability to see VHDL design tops in the main navigation menu

DVT-17104 Show actual parameter values of design instances

DVT-16791 Ability to expand `include directives in the body of a module

DVT-16769 Ability to configure diagram generation timeout and layout attempts

DVT-16883 Add documentation for internal classes

DVT-16730 Add HTML footer for VHDL and e Language documentations

DVT-16772 Natural Docs images do not work

DVT-15815 Ability to embed WaveDrom description files within comments

DVT-16513 Organize generics in a table layout

DVT-16316 Remove the ability to double-click on generate blocks in VHDL Schematic Diagrams

DVT-16728 NullPointerException when -lang value is not one of the supported values

DVT-16559 Ensure that DVT distro scripts run with POSIX mode disabled

DVT-11841 Add support for PlantUML comments that generate diagrams

DVT-16529 Specador: Progress indicator does not account for comment processors

DVT-16268 Organize ports in a table-like layout

DVT-16314 Ability to export VHDL processes

DVT-16333 Ability to export eLanguage event callback methods

DVT-16490 Ability to highlight FSM states from the SVG diagram

DVT-16334 Filter out constants from the Instances View in VHDL

DVT-16423 Export all eLanguage packages if preference file does not specify any

DVT-16465 Multiple exceptions thrown when dvt_build.log is read-only

DVT-10028 Progress indicator does not account for e Language UML diagrams

DVT-15898 Progress indicator reports values over maximum value

DVT-6057 Export source code with highlight and hyperlinks

DVT-9801 Export generics for VHDL entities

DVT-16267 Collect inline comments for port declarations in VHDL

DVT-16160 Custom menu references should contain relative paths

DVT-16162 External documentation hyperlinks should contain relative paths

DVT-16237 Hardwire the shell used by distribution scripts to /bin/bash

DVT-16131 DPI references to Doxygen documentation should contain relative paths

DVT-16139 SystemVerilog packages miss an entry for DPI functions in the navigation menu

DVT-16110 Tool does not start under certain Windows 10 configurations

DVT-16066 Create a separate entry for DPI functions

DVT-16103 Ability to integrate with external Doxygen documentation

DVT-15890 Diagrams page not generated for Verilog projects

DVT-15544 Add -license_queue_timeout argument to specify the maximum time in seconds to wait in queue for a license

DVT-15543 Print the "Waiting for license..." message event when using -silent argument

Performance improvements and enhancements for JavaDoc and Natural Docs comment formatting

New UVM Register Bitfield Diagrams

Hyperlinks for UML, schematic and flow diagrams

Ability to see Verilog design tops in the main navigation menu

DVT-15680 Removed the ability to generate documentation using the old look and feel

DVT-15695 Waivers generated by +dvt_auto_snps_vip_waivers should be applied automatically in batch mode

DVT-15550 Scripts platform check doesn't work for all 64-bit platforms

DVT-15528 Exception logger is not printing the stack trace

DVT-8768 When filtering-out base classes, the inheritance tree is also filtered in the generated HTML documentation

DVT-15222 Generate-blocks inside schematic diagrams should not allow double-click action

DVT-15223 Double-click on schematic and flow diagram elements doesn't work when the mouse is over the text

DVT-11482 Add hyperlinks for UML diagrams

DVT-14160 Add support for hyperlinks inside schematic and flow diagrams to design elements from another language

DVT-8723 Show enum item values

DVT-8724 Show enum type only for the enum name declaration

DVT-14769 Ability to see the design tops in the main navigation menu for SytemVerilog

DVT-14886 Add PID and hostname to the startup information

DVT-14684 Enhance comments preference is always set

DVT-14651 Improve generation speed of pages containing JavaDoc and Natural Docs comments

DVT-14627 Add register field tables for each UVM bitfield diagram

DVT-12538 Add support for JavaDoc code tag in comments

DVT-14596 Enhancements for JavaDoc and Natural Docs comment formatter

DVT-8722 JavaDoc comment is not picked up correctly when using a blank line after @param

DVT-14384 Add support for UVM Register Bitfield Diagrams

New WaveDrom Timing Diagrams rendered from comments

New finite-state machine transitions table

DVT-14130 Show indexes for FSM transition conditions

DVT-14146 Update JRE in distro to Amazon Corretto 8u242

DVT-14157 Ignore DVT_LICENSE_FILE containing multiple hard-wired "FLEXLM" strings

DVT-14174 Broken search on mixed language projects

DVT-14193 False errors during mixed language compilation due to wrong language priorities

DVT-14127 Sometimes a freemarker.core.InvalidReferenceException is thrown when generating documentation with finite-state machine diagrams

DVT-13984 Add 'Diagrams' index page in the table of contents with all finite-state machine diagrams

DVT-13942 Search stopped working in newer Firefox versions

DVT-13950 Consecutive searches of the same element don't work

DVT-13884 Show the transitions table for finite-state machine diagrams

DVT-13960 Windows specador.bat script expects DVT_LICENSE_FILE to be FLEXLM when using FlexLM license servers

DVT-13723 Ability to zoom inside the diagrams using the mouse wheel

DVT-13724 Increase diagrams zoom-in threshold

DVT-13909 Correctly written +dvt_editor_association_override directive generates build config error

DVT-13792 Ability to render WaveDrom Timing Diagrams embedded in comments

DVT-13727 Exception thrown when using +dvt_editor_association_override in the default.build passed to specador.sh

DVT-13829 Build config errors can't be waived using the message prefix

DVT-13643 Specador progress reporting sometimes overflows 100% and the total reported time is wrong

DVT-13654 Ability to use wildcard matching in the TOC search

DVT-11250 & DVT-12413 Report XML errors for compile waivers

DVT-13566 Ability to see to how many problems a compile waiver was applied using the -print_compile_waivers_info argument

DVT-1444 Node locked license doesn't work when the bound network interface is down (fix for Linux)

DVT-13287 Fixed the support for directory license sources to scan for license files (*.lic)

DVT-13275 Scripts warn about "unset GTK_IM_MODULE=1 not a valid identifier"

DVT-13257 Fixed sporadic JVM crashes appearing when files were changed while being parsed

DVT-3913 Removed support for DVT specific file licenses, migrated to FlexLM file licenses

DVT-12877 Removed support for FlexLM tools and daemon versions <11.14

DVT-6546 Queue on the license server when all licenses are in use (removed -lic_queue flag that was emulating this behavior)

DVT-2497 Ability to use DVT_LICENSE_FILE environment variable for FlexLM licenses

DVT-12216 Batch mode compilation fails for files with modification time less or equal to 0

DVT-11399 Build config warnings are not reported when -ignore_compile_errors is used

DVT-11194 Export all libraries/packages if empty <export-vhdl-library/> or <export-vlog-package/> tags are specified

DVT-11023 Show a warning if _JAVA_OPTIONS or JAVA_TOOL_OPTIONS system variables are set before running the tool

DVT-10883 Increased default heap size to 3g and default stack size to 4m for all 64 bits distros

DVT-10273 Ability to generate an XML file with all supported preferences

DVT-10637 UVM filters for UML diagrams are not taken into account

DVT-10582 Add hyperlinks to design schematic and flow diagrams

DVT-10508 specador.sh doesn't return the correct exit code

DVT-10139 Add events from all SystemVerilog scopes containing events

DVT-10096 Remove hyperlinks from e Language events that are not covered

DVT-10097 Events are missing class documentation

DVT-10024 Ability to set the location of distribution's Eclipse and JRE folders using DVT_ECLIPSE_HOME and DVT_JAVA_HOME

DVT-10031 Removed Graphviz UML Diagrams and the flags used to generate them

DVT-10032 Added new SVG UML Diagrams

DVT-8800 Comment lines with words containing the element name are stripped from documentation

DVT-9796 Specador: Go to element from global search does not work for mixed-language documentation

DVT-3079 Generate Finite-State Machine Diagrams

DVT-7673 Fail when files passed as arguments do not exist

DVT-9375 Diagrams from referenced documentation are regenerated if the reference is outside of the project

DVT-9146 Add the diagram-max-nof-nodes in DTD for auto complete

DVT-9365 Global scope API filter does not work

DVT-9418 Macros are documented even if excluded but Global Scope is selected

DVT-8159 Ignore @brief tags lines in comments

DVT-9132 Add covergroup information in class, struct, unit pages

DVT-9131 Ability to skip a header comment candidate that matches a simple pattern or regex when using +dvt_extract_comment_header+

DVT-9134 Ignore invalid HTML tags when parsing comments as JavaDoc

DVT-9293 Fix NullPointerException when +dvt_auto_snps_vip_* flags are used

DVT-9122 Build config: irun location is not correctly inferred when compiling in batch mode

DVT-8948 When testbench classes reside under a program, they are not available in the main index

DVT-8135 Check that executed script is part of the same distribution where $DVT_HOME points to

DVT-8567 Ability to add block, flow and schematic design diagrams using export-design-block-diagram, export-design-flow-diagram, export-design-schematic-diagram

DVT-7496 Expand on e Language checks page groups doesn't work

DVT-8326 No documentation generated for inner enums, structs or classes

DVT-8340 Wrong Java path in MacOS distros

DVT-7978 Updated JRE in distribution to version 1.8.0u66

DVT-8275 Build with Java 8, minimal JRE required version increased to 1.8

DVT-8156 SystemVerilog: Add preference to enable/disable "Ifndef Guard Defines" extraction to HTML, do not generate by default

DVT-8157 SystemVerilog: Add preference to enable/disable "Control Defines" extraction to HTML

DVT-8111 Add a preference to skip class diagram generation if maximum number of nodes exceeds a specified threshold

DVT-8092 SystemVerilog: Improve the performance of assertions and packages analysis

DVT-8085 Sometimes license checkout fails when using the latest FlexLM server (11.13.1)

DVT-7927 Wrong package comment processing when used for the overview page

DVT-7836 Ability to create URL for HTML frame content in order to simplify sharing links to specific pages

DVT-7832 Ability to use a specific package documentation as the overview page

DVT-7833 Ability to filter UVM API from index and macros pages in order to avoid clutter

DVT-7834 Show functions and tasks in generated documentation for interfaces

DVT-7835 Provide legend for class diagrams in generated documentation

DVT-7888 Wrong progress report when linking external documentations

DVT-7829 Add diagram generation process timeout (1 minute)

DVT-7739 Improve Specator HTML search box performance

DVT-7737 Add preference to show brief comment in index tables

DVT-7727 New specador.bat Windows script

DVT-6930 Ability to link header comment to first significant element in file

-gen_html_doc_from_settings is deprecated, use -preferences instead

-get_html_doc flag is deprecated, use -title instead

DVT-7664 Enhance progress reporting in batch mode - what file is currently generated, how long it takes

DVT-7665 Use both extern and implementation function argument comments when generating documentation

DVT-7667 Don't modify the capitalization of the first word in the sentence if that word is in fact the identifier name

DVT-7669 Ability to pass custom menu by command line

DVT-7670 Ability to pass title by command line

DVT-7663 Use portable awk syntax in scripts

DVT-7687 Avoid silent exit after a StackOverflowError or OutOfMemoryError

DVT-7474 License error due to a NullPointerException in FlexLM

DVT-7449 RuntimeExceptions are thrown when generating documentation that contains some diagram types

DVT-7065 Build for Java 7, minimal JRE required version increased to 1.7

DVT-6284 Diagrams in Specador should reflect architectures not entities in VHDL

DVT-6900 Generated design diagrams are empty

DVT-6854 No license found when using Specador for SystemVerilog

DVT-6766 Use new HTML look & feel by default

DVT-6431 VHDL: Added architecture instances and sub-instances

DVT-6278 Added compile waivers in functionality

DVT-6710 Added support for clocking blocks

DVT-6686 XML user defined menu - see XML Menu File Syntax

DVT-6213 Refine parameters documentation

DVT-6688 Show parameters in the inheritance tree

DVT-6689 Refine interfaces documentation (ports, variables, modports, clocking blocks)

DVT-6553 Specador compiles all files according to -lang switch in a mixed language build configuration regardless of extension mappings

DVT-6565 Specador complains about non-existing irun executable even if not in ius.irun compatibility mode

DVT-6570 FileNotFoundException (Not a directory) when generating documentation using the new HTML style

DVT-6470 Specador "-h" shows help but also prints an error

DVT-5560 Ability to customize the HTML look & feel when new HTML style is used

DVT-6487 Ability to inject HTML in generated documentation when new HTML style is used

DVT-6526 Watermark footer missing in new HTML style

DVT-6485 Specador: New HTML look & feel

DVT-6279 SystemVerilog API defined under a class should appear only under that class and not under global API

DVT-6434 SystemVerilog remove covergroups, assertions, functions, tasks, variables from index page and search

DVT-5550 Specador: Method argument comments are not extracted

DVT-6210 Specador: Fixed JavaDoc @link hyperlink extraction when similar links are used

DVT-6353 VHDL Overloaded functions are not visible

DVT-6282 Validate the settings XML before compilation

DVT-6331 Wrong hyperlinks when including external documentation directories

DVT-6333 Show the external documentation title under the 'Referenced Documentation' section in TOC

DVT-6285 & DVT-6287 Exceptions when generating documentation in certain configurations

DVT-6286 Exception when generating documentation with module diagrams with ports

DVT-6288 FileNotFoundException when documentation is generated with diagrams in the same location for multiple projects

DVT-6304 Progress dialog should also include design diagrams and design diagrams with ports

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