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From: green@netcom.com (David Greenstein)
Subject: Re: getting all cellviews
Keywords: opus, cells, library, skill
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 21:55:11 GMT

>
>In Cadence 4.2 skill, how might one go about
>getting a list of all cells in a library?
>

Here is a quick solution.  I have not tried this on Opus yet, so please
send me e-mail if you have any problems.

Regards,
David

;*****************************************************************************
;
procedure( showCells( libName fileName "t" )
;
; showCells() takes as input a library name and file name, then outputs
; the names of all cells for that library into the file.
;
; Inputs:
;   libName = library name (text, library must be on path)
;   fileName = output file name (text, directory must be writable)
;
; Returns:
;   t if file contains cell names.
;   nil if error.
;*****************************************************************************
    prog( ( i libId ofile )
	unless( (ofile = outfile( fileName ))
	    error( strcat("Cannot open file " fileName))
	    return(nil)
	) ; unless
	unless( (libId = dmFindLib( libName ))
	    error( strcat("Cannot open library " libName))
	    return(nil)
	) ; unless
	foreach( i libId~>cells
	    fprintf( ofile "%s\n" i~>cellName )
	) ; foreach
	close( ofile )
	return( t )
    ) ; prog
) ; procedure showCells

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From: fergus@lincoln.gpsemi.com. (Fergus McMenemie)
Newsgroups: comp.cad.cadence
Subject: GIF,TIFF or PICT to GDS converter wanted
Date: 11 Jan 93 13:38:22 GMT
Organization: GEC Plessey Semiconductors
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X-Xxdate: Mon, 11 Jan 93 13:46:15 GMT
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Hello

	Our mask dept is wanting to add the company logo to the masks it makes.
	We have the logo scanned in on a Mac where it is available in TIFF, GIF
or
	PICT format. Is there any way this image can be converted into GDS or 
	MEBES format.

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Newsgroups: comp.cad.cadence
From: toma@baritone (Thomas Arneberg  {66642 CF/DEV})
Subject: Re: getting all cellviews
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Date: 12 Jan 93 16:22:02 CST

In article <1993Jan12.172646.14372@venus.ic.cmc.ca> pas@jupiter.ic.cmc.ca writes:
>In Cadence 4.2 skill, how might one go about
>getting a list of all cells in a library?

I think the following should work. (I can't check for sure, 'cuz I can't 
get Cadence running right now [I'm in the middle of 4.2.1 upgrade].)

;### Print the names of all cells, given a library name:
(procedure showcells(libname)
  (let ( libid cellid )				; (let is faster than prog)
    libid = dbOpenLib(libname "" "" "r")	; open lib for reading
    (foreach cellid libid~>sortedCells
      printf("%s\n", cellid~>name)
    )
  )
)

  - Tom A.
---------------------------------------------+------------------------------
;-) I'd rather be ____  Thomas R. Arneberg   | Internet: toma@cray.com
:-) singing in a |____| Senior IC Design Eng.| UUCP: ...!uunet!cray!toma
:-) Barbershop  _|   _| Cray Research, Inc.  | CLAIM TO FAME: Loni Anderson 
:-) Quartet!   (_)  (_) Chippewa Falls, Wisc.|   went to my high school 
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Newsgroups: comp.cad.cadence
From: vanwal@prl.philips.nl (Hans v. Walderveen 43761)
Subject: Re: SKILL mode for emacs
Keywords: SKILL  emacs elisp  
Organization: Philips Research Laboratories Eindhoven, Netherlands
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 07:59:05 GMT

In <7JAN199317014291@rcinet> kirkwood@rcinet (DAN P. KIRKWOOD) writes:

>Anyone know if any emacs lisp exists for a mode to edit SKILL?

I'm also interested, so if there is any information, please send it
also to me.

  Hans van Walderveen    : Philips Research Laboratories
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Newsgroups: comp.cad.cadence
From: pas@jupiter.ic.cmc.ca (Peter Stokes)
Subject: getting all cellviews
Reply-To: pas@jupiter.ic.cmc.ca
Organization: Canadian Microelectronics Corporation
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 17:26:46 GMT

In Cadence 4.2 skill, how might one go about
getting a list of all cells in a library?

For example:

procedure( showCells (lib "t")
    prog( ( libId ; library db id
	    cells ; list of cells in libId
	  )
        libId = dmOpenLib( lib nil nil "r")
	cells = ??????( libId)
	println( cells)
    )
)

Any help appreciated,
Peter

Peter A. Stokes ___________________________________ Voice: (613) 545-2923
Engineering Applications Support                      Fax: (613) 548-8104
Canadian Microelectronics Corporation        Email: pas@jupiter.ic.cmc.ca
Kingston, Ontario, Canada _______________________________________________
Newsgroups: comp.cad.cadence
From: karlr@phineas.inmos.co.uk (Karl Relton)
Subject: Re: Compiling Opus Technology Files
Organization: INMOS Limited, Bristol, UK
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 10:43:06 GMT

We found similar problems in 4.2. They are fixed in 4.2.1.

Karl Relton
INMOS CAD
From: steve@cs.uwindsor.ca (Stephen Karamatos)
Newsgroups: comp.cad.cadence
Subject: comp.cad.cadence Archive Site
Date: 5 Jan 1993 04:53:07 GMT
Organization: University of Windsor, Ontario, Canada


  We have some extra disk space on one of our "public access" machines and
have all the necessary software (rkive, ftp, WAIS and gopher) to easily
set up an archive site for comp.cad.cadence and possibly a few other
VLSI groups in USENET.

  But I have two questions and require some feedback before I can make
the system public:

  (1) Is there already an archive site for this group?

  (2) If there isn't, would anyone have some (or all) of the back articles
      so that they can be included in the database?

Regards,

-- 
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  Academic Programmer/Advisor      |  Fax: (519) 973-7093
  School of Computer Science       |  
  University of Windsor, Canada    |  E-mail: steve@CS.UWindsor.Ca
From: medeiros@labdacus.think.com (David Medeiros)
Newsgroups: comp.cad.cadence
Subject: Re: black OPUS window when mouse is outside
Date: 4 Jan 93 08:57:49
Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge MA, USA
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: labdacus.think.com
In-reply-to: ekenberg@down.hep.upenn.edu's message of 2 Jan 93 17:49:32 GMT

In article <103528@netnews.upenn.edu> ekenberg@down.hep.upenn.edu (Tor L. Ekenberg) writes:

   I read awhile ago about this problem but I don't think (or can't
   remember) that anybody showed a fix that worked. My problem is that every
   time I move the mouse outside the OPUS windows, they all turn black. I
   know that it is related to the color map.  

   I am running opus2 version 4.2a, on a SPARCstation II with  SUN OS
   Release 4.1.3 and x11 R5. The window manager is twm.

I don't know of any patches but it does get fixed in the next Cadence
release.

Dave....

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Hardware Engineer				(617) 234-2546 (Voice)
Thinking Machines Corporation			(617) 234-4444 (FAX)
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Newsgroups: comp.cad.cadence
From: kirkwood@rcinet (DAN P. KIRKWOOD)
Subject: SKILL mode for emacs
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41    
Keywords: SKILL  emacs elisp  
Organization: United Technologies Research Center
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 22:01:00 GMT

Anyone know if any emacs lisp exists for a mode to edit SKILL?

thanx much...  Dan Kirkwood    kirkwood@utmc.utc.com
               United Tech. Microelectronics Ctr
Newsgroups: comp.cad.cadence
From: pas@jupitercmc.ca (Peter Stokes)
Subject: Re: comp.cad.cadence Archive Site
Reply-To: pas@jupiter.ic.cmc.ca
Organization: Canadian Microelectronics Corporation
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 21:00:29 GMT

steve@cs.uwindsor.ca (Stephen Karamatos) writes:
>
>  We have some extra disk space on one of our "public access" machines and
>have all the necessary software (rkive, ftp, WAIS and gopher) to easily
>set up an archive site for comp.cad.cadence and possibly a few other
>VLSI groups in USENET.
>  But I have two questions and require some feedback before I can make
>the system public:
>  (1) Is there already an archive site for this group?
>  (2) If there isn't, would anyone have some (or all) of the back articles
>      so that they can be included in the database?

Hi.   We have an archive of comp.cad.cadence dating back to the 
      summer of 1992 and plan to make it accessible by ftp in the
      next few weeks.    An archive of can.vlsi is currently available 
      by logging in anonymously to venus.ic.cmc.ca (130.15.52.233).

Peter

Peter A. Stokes ___________________________________ Voice: (613) 545-2923
Engineering Applications Support                      Fax: (613) 548-8104
Canadian Microelectronics Corporation        Email: pas@jupiter.ic.cmc.ca
Kingston, Ontario, Canada _______________________________________________

Newsgroups: comp.cad.cadence
From: paul.collins@analog.com
Subject: Re: getting all cellviews
Originator: paul@loki
Organization: Analog Devices, Inc.
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 23:14:25 GMT

In article <1993Jan12.172646.14372@venus.ic.cmc.ca> pas@jupiter.ic.cmc.ca writes:
>In Cadence 4.2 skill, how might one go about
>getting a list of all cells in a library?
>
>For example:
>
>procedure( showCells (lib "t")
>    prog( ( libId ; library db id
>	    cells ; list of cells in libId
>	  )
>        libId = dmOpenLib( lib nil nil "r")
>	cells = ??????( libId)
>	println( cells)
>    )
>)
>
>Any help appreciated,
>Peter
>


One good way to answer questions like this is to try it out in your CIW.
The database access operater ( ~> ) followed by question mark, which is
used below, is a very handy trick to learn. 

Try entering the following...

   (setq libId (dmOpenLib "myLibraryName"))

Now you can find out what is 'part' of your library with...

   libId~>?

Try it and you should see that your library contains 'cells'. Now enter...

   libId~>cells

to get a list of database objects which are the cells. To get the names...

   (foreach cv (libId~>cells) (println cv~>name))


I hope this helps!!

-Paul


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Newsgroups: comp.cad.cadence
From: gibbons@chdasic.sps.mot.com (Alan Gibbons)
Subject: Re: black OPUS window when mouse is outside
Reply-To: gibbons@chdasic.sps.mot.com
Organization: Motorola ASIC Division - Design Automation
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 1993 18:53:28 GMT

Try putting the following into your ~/.Xdefaults file

olwm.ColorFocusLocked:  True


Regards,
Alan

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Newsgroups: comp.cad.cadence
From: toma@baritone (Thomas Arneberg  {66642 CF/DEV})
Subject: Re: black OPUS window when mouse is outside
Organization: Cray Research, Inc.
Distribution: usa
Date: 4 Jan 93 12:10:21 CST

In article <103528@netnews.upenn.edu> ekenberg@down.hep.upenn.edu (Tor L. Ekenberg) writes:
>I read awhile ago about this problem but I don't think (or can't remember) 
> that anybody showed a fix that worked. My problem is that every time I 
> move the mouse outside the OPUS windows, they all turn black. I know that 
> it is related to the color map.
>
>I am running opus2 version 4.2a, on a SPARCstation II with  SUN OS Release 
> 4.1.3 and x11 R5. The window manager is twm.

Here is the solution:

] In your .Xdefaults file .. say:
] 
] OpenWindows.ColorFocusLocked: True
] 
] The OpenLook(tm,tm,tm) window manager will not attempt to focus the 
] colormap to any window when you move the mouse around.
]  
] If you would like to focus the colormap to any particular window, you 
] can position your mouse over that window and type <Control> L2.  If you 
] want to unlock the color focus, type <Control> L4.

I think this was emailed to me rather than posted, so I won't post the 
rest of the message explaining why it happens, in case the writer didn't 
want it posted.

If anyone wants more info, I can email you a 500-line file concerning this
that was discussed on the newsgroup and in email last June.

  - Tom A.
---------------------------------------------+------------------------------
;-) I'd rather be ____  Thomas R. Arneberg   | Internet: toma@cray.com
:-) singing in a |____| Senior IC Design Eng.| UUCP: ...!uunet!cray!toma
:-) Barbershop  _|   _| Cray Research, Inc.  | CLAIM TO FAME: Loni Anderson 
:-) Quartet!   (_)  (_) Chippewa Falls, Wisc.|   went to my high school 
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Newsgroups: comp.cad.cadence
From: Dan Johnson <danj@aue.com>
Subject: Compiling Opus Technology Files
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1
Organization: Advanced Microelectronics
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 17:38:53 GMT
X-Posted-From: slip1.aue.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: sol.ctr.columbia.edu


 One of our design teams is using OPUS 4.2 to develop cell generators. We have 
 encountered several problems when editing and loading technology files. Specifically
 we have found that the compiler will not overwrite an existing rule in the tech file.
 It seems to add new rules correctly. Before we load the new tech file we make sure
 that none of the circuits in the library are checked out to other users. On several
 occasions the software has indicated that the new tech file was successfully compiled
 when in fact it was NOT updated. The only way we can get a new tech file to load
 properly is to create a new library, load the tech file, then copy the old library to
 the new library. As our library continues to grow in size this task becomes more 
 painful. We haven't received OPUS 4.2.1 yet so I would be interested to know if this
 problem has been fixed in the new release. If you have any other solutions I would
 appreciate hearing from you. Thanks in advance......
 
 Dan Johnson
 CAD Section Manager
 Advanced Microelectronics
 danj@aue.com
From: simulation@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu (Moderator: Paul Fishwick)
Newsgroups: comp.simulation
Subject: SIMULATION DIGEST V30 N9
Date: 7 Jan 93 14:07:52 GMT
Reply-To: simulation@uflorida.cis.ufl.edu

Volume: 30, Issue: 9, Thu Jan  7 09:07:10 EST 1993

+----------------+
| TODAY'S TOPICS |
+----------------+

 
[GENERAL INFORMATION]
  Summary: Clock Synchronization Methods
  Directory of Simulation Software
  Mission Earth Plans
[NEW QUESTIONS]
  Generation of Gauss-Markov RVs
  Analog Circuit Simulation for SGIs
  Seismic Activity Research
[CALL FOR PAPERS/PARTICIPATION]
  OOPSLA '93: Special Simulation Emphasis
[DEPARTMENTS]
  Simulation in the Service of Society
  Calendar of Events

* Moderator: Paul Fishwick, Univ. of Florida
* Send topical mail to: simulation@bikini.cis.ufl.edu OR
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To: comp-simulation@ucsd.edu
From: apalmer@dante.nmsu.edu (Alan L. Palmer)
Subject: Circuit Simulator for SGI Indigo, R4000
Keywords: Simulators, SGI, Indigo
Organization: New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 18:35:31 GMT
Apparently-To: comp-simulation@uu.net
Content-Length: 460
X-Lines: 16

Does anyone know of a good, analog circuit simulation package that
supports the SGI, R4000? We're looking for any good package,
commercial or otherwise.   Also, does anyone know who produces MSpice?
Please respond to alan@doug.NMSU.edu, or root@doug.NMSU.edu (We don't
have our news software up yet).  Thank you very much.

Alan Palmer
apalmer@NMSU.edu
alan@doug.NMSU.edu
root@doug.NMSU.edu
(505) 646-7683

Intellegent Reasoning Systems, Inc.
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Newsgroups: ca.earthquakes,ca.environment.earthquakes,sci.environment,sci.geo.geology,sci.comp-aided,sci.research,comp.simulation
From: dws@ssec.wisc.edu (DaviD W. Sanderson)
Subject: smiley story to air on CNN
Followup-To: rec.humor.d
Organization: UW-Madison Space Science and Engineering Center
Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 17:25:35 GMT

As a matter of (possibly) general interest, I thought I'd let you
netters know that CNN is scheduled to air a story on smileys.  The CNN
reporter who worked with me on the story just Emailed me these
details:

>Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 11:00:27 -0500
>To: dws@ssec.wisc.edu
>Subject: air times
>
>At long last, our smiley story is set to air.  Problem is that Iraq
>coverage may pre-empt our science slots.  Nonetheless, here are the
>times:
>
>between 10-11pm friday
>between 11-11:30am saturday
>between 12:30-1pm sunday
>
>All times eastern, on CNN, not Headlines News (which looks/is
>similar).  Look for the yellow cnn logo in the lower right hand
>corner of the screen to see if you've got the real mccoy.

DaviD W. Sanderson (dws@ssec.wisc.edu)

	"The Noah Webster of smileys is David Sanderson"
		- The Wall Street Journal, 15 Sep 1992

P.S. If you want my smiley list, you can either wait for the book
(to be published this spring by O'Reilly), or you can FTP it:

My smiley program (containing the largest and most comprehensive
collection of smileys ever posted) was most recently posted in
comp.sources.misc, volume 23.  See your nearby comp.sources.misc
archive site to obtain it.

The comp.sources.misc index line:

v23i102   smiley/part01      smiley - smiley server, version 4, Part01/01

Here are a few anonymous FTP sites and paths:

wuarchive.wustl.edu:
	usenet/comp.sources.misc/volume23/smiley/part01.Z
uunet.uu.net:
	comp.sources.misc/volume23/smiley/part01.Z

Ask your system administrator if you don't know what anonymous FTP is.
Newsgroups: comp.misc,general
From: skip@rosalyn.stat.uga.edu (Skip Gundlach)
Subject: Re: DVORAK keyboard?
Organization: UGA Statistics Department
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 19:39:15 GMT

In article <1if0scINN6k2@uwm.edu> rick@ee.uwm.edu (Rick Miller) writes:
>Okay, I've heard of the Dvorak keyboard...  Can anyone answer some questions
>about it (or point me to where I can get them answered)?
>
>1.) What's the layout?  Does it differ internationally like the QWERTY does?
>	(You know how the symbols tend to be rearranged depending upon
>	 what country you're in, etc.)
>
>2.) How does it handle international characters (umlauts, accents, etc.)?
>
>3.) What are some advantages or disadvantages of the Dvorak keyboard?
>	In short, why does it even exist?
>
>Thanks in advance...   and yes, I'm aware that this will post all over the
>			world because I cross-posted to "general".  So sue me.
>
My minimal (I've never used or even seen one) knowledge is that it is
like any other keyboard except for the layout.  The original layout
was devised by the inventor of the typewriter in order to *slow down*
input since the early machines could not keep up with someone with any
skill.  So, the layout was made to be about as difficult to use as
possible.  The Dvorak was invented solely to take away that
difficulty, aligning the keys such that the most used were the most
convenient, and vs/vs.  However, the state of the art today is that
most typing is done on something computerized, and, as such, an ascii
input (rather than mechanical) is what drives the output.  A recent
article in Newsweek laid out some of the experimental alternatives
being worked on now, given the nature of the keyboard to cause carpal
tunnel syndrome, etc.  Most of the alternatives aren't at all like
current keyboards, and may give the Dvorak a run for its money in
speed, or completely wipe it out.  If you follow both computers and
bikes, you may be aware of a guy who cruises the US on a recumbent
bike, with an on-board computer, which he operates *under way* by
means of two hand/finger controlled pads which use "chords" (like on a
musical instrument - more than one finger needed to make a "note" - in
this case, a letter) for input...

possible.  
>Rick Miller   <rick@ee.uwm.edu> | <rick@discus.mil.wi.us>   Ricxjo Muelisto
>Occupation:  Husband, Father, WEPCo. WAN Mgr., Discus Sys0p, and  Linux fan


-- 
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notice, and I'm not even an electrician...) 


Newsgroups: comp.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware,comp.periphs,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit
From: olson@mydual.uucp (Kirtland H. Olson)
Subject: Re: Usable AT compatible keyboard
Reply-To: olson%mydual.uucp@alliant.com
Organization: The Harvard Group, 01451-0667
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 16:42:47 GMT

You don't say if the terminal will run the keyexchange software avilable
on Simtel, but if it will you can use the BTC-5339 with capslock-control
exchange.  The rest of it seems right.


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Kirtland H. Olson                     olson%mydual.uucp@alliant.com
From: jsue@ncsa.uiuc.edu (Jeffrey L. Sue)
Subject: Really better? (Re: DVORAK keyboard?)
Originator: jsue@pluto.ncsa.uiuc.edu
Organization: The Dow Chemical Company
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 16:09:53 GMT

I'm really curious about the contention that the DVORAK keyboard is
really faster.  I thought I read somewhere recently that a study was
done that brought this idea into question, if not completely dispelling 
it.  I wish I could remember where I read this, but it seems like it was
just a smallish article (probably just filler) - which would be difficult
to track down.

Does anyone else out there remember reading this?

(NOTE:  I removed "general" from the header as someone previously requested)
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