better simconf help text

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Stefan Frederik 2021-11-27 03:49:39 +01:00
parent 965d2f3ec1
commit 1cbfc16cd9
1 changed files with 10 additions and 5 deletions

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@ -645,7 +645,11 @@ proc simconf {} {
xschem set semaphore [expr {[xschem get semaphore] -1}]
}
button .sim.bottom.help -text Help -command {
viewdata {The following variables are defined and will get substituted by
viewdata {In this dialog box you set the commands xschem uses to launch the
various external tools.
Xschem has 3 main netlisting modes (spice, verilog, vhdl) and for each
netlisting mode some simulators and some viewers can be defined.
The following variables are defined and will get substituted by
XSCHEM before sending commands to the shell:
- N: complete filename of netlist for current netlisting mode
@ -666,11 +670,12 @@ Foreground (Fg) checkbutton tells xschem to wait for child process to finish.
Status checkbutton tells xschem to report a status dialog (stdout, stderr,
exit status) when process finishes.
Any changes made in the command or tool name entries will be saved in
~/.xschem/simrc when 'Accept and Save Configuration' button is pressed.
If 'Accept and Close' is pressed then the changes are kept in memory
without writing to a file, if xschem is restarted changes will be lost.
~/.xschem/simrc when 'Save Configuration to file' button is pressed.
If 'Accept and Close' is pressed then the changes are kept in memory and dialog
is closed without writing to a file, if xschem is restarted changes will be lost.
If no ~/.xschem/simrc is present then a minimal default setup is presented.
To reset to default just delete the ~/.xschem/simrc file manually.
To reset to default use the corresponding button or just delete the ~/.xschem/simrc
file manually.
} ro
}
button .sim.bottom.ok -text {Save Configuration to file} -command {