[Indigo]<Chipndale>documentation>cd11.tioga!6

--/indigo/chipndale/documentation/cd11.tioga

--Ch. Jacobi February 1, 1984 10:33 am

Chipndale Version 0.11 Updates

Definition modules

New concept of exporting a Graphics.Context in the DrawRecord's

replaces procedure field DrawSome and DrawText

CDTechnology

Separate ColorBricks for any bit per pixel number (1,4,8)

CDViewer

ViewersOf ' s design parameter is of type REF ANY, to additionally allow

using a technology

CDTexts

Font representation is redesigned

Text are in some level (Text are not signalname's)

New procedures to install and query for fonts

TokenIO

Error message of type Rope.ROPE instead of REF ANY

Implementation

CDTextsImpl

uses new Context feature to implement drawing texts

font information may be put on .dale files

VImplDraw

all procedure handling texts are removed

Several small bugs replaced by a smaller number of new bugs

Commands

All executive commands start with CD...

readnmos is renamed to [CDReadCMNMos] --where CM stands for ChipMonk

readcmos is renamed to [CDReadCMCMos]

New command to read in patterns from chipmonk pattern files [CDPattern] (cmos only)

New command to read in colormaps from chipmonk colormap files [CDColorMap]

Enhanced command [CDColor]

Plotting now must be explicitely enabled (again) by

including "Chipndale.RunPrograms: VPlot.bcd" into the userprofile

or by running VPlot from the user executive.

The select command gives more feedback

CMos

four kinds of diffusion in control panel

contacts and transistors get diffusion from current level selection

NMos

Text commands are temporary disabled, until we know which fonts will be

supported in nmos. (This protects design files against using wrong fonts).

User profile

see /indigo/chipndale/documentation/Chipndale11.profile

options for popup menu

options for initialization of colordisplay

options for selection of chipmonk pattern files

options for selection of chipmonk colormap files

options to start further programs

Documentation

to see what is available, look on /indigo/chipndale/top/cddoc.df

Release strategy

df files

/indigo/chipndale/top/cddoc.df (documentation)

/indigo/chipndale/top/cddesign.df (designers features)

are version independent and bring over the actual version.

df files /indigo/chipndale/top/...

cd11, nmos11, cmos11, cornerstitching11, vplot11,...

analysis10, maskgen10,...

contain a version number in their name, but are used only by programmers.