[Vlogide-vide] Re: Vlogide-vide digest, Vol 1 #5 - 1 msg

[Al A. <ex...@au...>]

vlo...@li... writes:

Thanks for the information. So are you sayingthat the binary versions do
NOT contain the updated versions? If so, that will explain why I have
not seen the latest corrections. I still cannot get it to take a delay
in the form of an identifier previously defined. At any rate, I will
continue to experiment.

As for the idea, yes, I believe it is feasible. Obviously the issue of
speed is a little annoying at times but perhaps there are ways to
improve it. I notice that everything that happens is echod to the output
window. Would allowing the user to disable this verbosity help speed? I
am not a java programmer but what I know of it allows me to sympathize
with you.

A couple of things I would improve if it were me:

1: Provide a close button for the wave viewr window.
2: Provide a way to use the mouse to zoom on select pieces of the waves.
3: I am not sure if it has this already, but the ability to place
breakpoints would be nice.

I am only a novice verilog user so my ability to give good, sound advice
is somewhat hindered. However, I see a lot of potential for
non-professional users right now (ie students etc) and, with the
addition of more speed it could be quite popular. I almost weep at the
cost of other simulators. And the other free ones are always limited in
many ways. Yours comes the closest to providing a reasonably full and
rich tool for analysis. Coupled with the fact it costs nothing and I'd
say you got yerself a winner. I wish I could contribute more such as
code and more technical snippets. For now, though, you must be satisfied
with the ravings of an unexperienced newbie. I appreciate your patience.

I'll continue to learn verilog using your tool. I hope I can be of more
help.

Thanks.
-Al
> 
> Hi Al,
> 
> to download the latest release, go to
> 
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/vlogide
> 
> then check out the "Latest File Releases" topic. The vIDE_src package contains
> the latest sources, and vIDE_bin contains onle the .class files.
> 
> As about the CVS, i cant tell you much, as im rather new to this stuff (i
> tahank god i could update my modifications :). Do you have access to the CVS
> repository using your sourceforge account ? 
> 
> As about your reports... THEY ARE OF GREAT HELP.
> 
> So, keep sending us reports on any bugs you may find, i cant tell you how
> valuable they are for me (dont quite have the necessary time to test
> everything). I'm currently working on the delyas stuff, guess it will be done
> within one day or so. 
> 
> I would also like to know your opinion concerning the project's idee: do you
> think it is really feasible ? I mean a Java-based simulator will always be with
> some orders of magnitude slower than any (and no matter how badly written)
> C/C++ implementation. How fast does it actually run on your machine ?
> 
> 
> Thanks again,
> alec.
> 
> 
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