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SKILL Integrated Development Environment

Licensing Requirements

How SKILL IDE Works

Starting SKILL IDE

Starting SKILL IDE from a Terminal Window

Starting SKILL IDE from the Virtuoso Command Interpreter Window (CIW)

SKILL IDE User Interface

SKILL IDE Menu Commands

SKILL IDE Assistants

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SKILL IDE Work Environment Configuration

Managing SKILL IDE Toolbars

Showing and Hiding Toolbars

Moving Toolbars

Managing SKILL IDE Tool Assistants

Displaying Tool Assistants

Docking or Floating Tool Assistants

Displaying Tool Assistants as Tabs

Setting SKILL IDE Options

Customizing the Color Settings

Basic Editing Features

Creating New Files

Opening Existing Files for Reading/Editing

Switching Between Read-Only and Edit Modes

Discarding Edits

Finding and Replacing Text

Printing Files

Closing Files

Exiting the Editor

Advanced Editing Features

Viewing Function Definitions

Browsing Function Tree

Matching Parentheses

Going to a Line

Selecting Text Between Matching Parentheses

Autocompleting Function Names

Indenting Code

Folding and Expanding Code

Debugging in SKILL IDE

Loading a File for Debugging

Executing a Function

Saving and Reusing Debug Information

Saving the Debug Settings

Loading the Debug Settings

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Program Execution Control

What are Breakpoints?

Unconditional and Conditional Breakpoints

Configuration of Conditional Breakpoints

Enabling and Disabling Conditional Breakpoints

Specifying Breakpoint Entry and Exit Criteria

Setting Unconditional Breakpoints

Setting Unconditional Line Breakpoints

Setting Unconditional Function Breakpoints

Setting Conditional Breakpoints

Setting Conditional Breakpoints on Lines

Setting Conditional Breakpoints on Functions

Clearing Breakpoints

Clearing Unconditional Breakpoints

Clearing Conditional Breakpoints

Clearing all Breakpoints

Managing Breakpoints

Breakpoints Assistant

Stepping through Code

Terminate Program Execution

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Program Data Analysis

Examining and Modifying Variable Values

Functions and Variables Tracing

Tracking Function Calls

Tracking Changes in Program Variables

Changing Variable Values

SKILL IDE Scope Information

Examining the Call Stack

Displaying the Call Stack

Moving Through the Call Stack

Class Inheritance Relationships

Displaying the Class Hierarchy

Using the Method Browser Assistant

Method Tree Context-sensitive menu

Efficiency Improvement of SKILL Code

Setting Up Files/Directories for the Lint Checker

Setting Lint Options

Running the SKILL Lint Tool

Running Lint Checker on Multiple Files and Directories

Running Lint Checker on the Currently Open File

Using the Finder Assistant

Using the Code Browser Assistant

SKILL Profiler Assistant

Setting Profiler Options

Profiler Options for Data Collection

Profiler Options for Data Viewing

Running the Profiler

Running the Profiler in Time Mode

Running the Profiler in Memory Mode

Controls Available on the Profiler Summary Report

Saving the Profiler Summary

Using the Step Result Assistant

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Workspaces in SKILL IDE

Types of Workspaces

Selecting a Workspace

Showing and Hiding Assistants in the Workspace

Saving a Workspace

Loading a Workspace

Deleting a Workspace

Setting the Default Workspace

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SKILL IDE Debugger Example File

Copying the Example File

Loading and Running the Example File

Tracing the Error

Examining the Call Stack to Trace the Error

Correcting the Error

Using Breakpoints to Find and Correct a Functional Error

Using Breakpoints to Identify the Source of the Error

Executing a Function Through Single-stepping

Correcting the Erroneous File

Verifying the Fixed Problem

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Command Line Interface for SKILL Profiler

ilProf

ilProfFile

Command Line: Test Coverage

ilTCov

ilTCovDir

ilTCovList

ilTCovReportsOnly

ilTCovUseFullFileName

TCov Report Files

ilTCovSummary

<fileName>.tcov

<fileName>.d

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SKILL Lint

SKILL Lint Features

Check the Number of Function Arguments

Check Function and Global Variable Prefixes

Check SKILL Operators

Check Redefinition of Write-protected Functions and Macros

Check Files Based on the Extension of the Input File (*/ */ *)

Execute Code Blocks Placed Inside and

Check For Matching Global and Local Variable Names

Support Local Functions in the Scheme Mode

Support Local Arguments in the Scheme Mode

Support Assignment of Functions as Variables in Scheme Mode

Support of SKILL++ Features in SKILL Lint

Message Groups

Built-In Messages

SKILL Lint PASS/FAIL and IQ Algorithms

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SKILL Lint Rules

Rule Structure - SK_RULE Macro

Rule Access Macros

Rule Reporting Macros

Advanced Rule Macros

SK_CHANGED_IN( t_release )

SK_CHECK_STRINGFORM( t_stringForm )

SK_RULE( SK_CONTROL ... )

SK_CHECK_FORM( l_form )

SK_PUSH_FORM( l_form ) SK_POP_FORM()

SK_PUSH_VAR( s_var )

SK_POP_VAR( s_var [dont_check] )

SK_USE_VAR( s_var )

SK_ALIAS( s_function s_alias )

Rule Definition Locations

Examples Using Macros

Adding a New Required Argument to a Function

Replacing One Function with Another

Promoting Standard Format Messages

Preventing Heavily Nested Calls to Boolean Operators

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SKILL Lint Environment Variables

alert

codeVersion

depends

error

globals

hint

information

internal

prefixes

printToLog

reportFile

reportFileName

suggestion

viewMessageFilter

warning

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SKILL API Finder

Starting SKILL API Finder

Starting the Finder in Test Mode

Searching in SKILL API Finder

Types of Searches in SKILL API Finder

Categories

Simple Strings

Combinations

Multiple Strings

Accessing SKILL API Help

Viewing and Saving Syntax and Description of Matches Found

Viewing Detailed Descriptions of SKILL APIs

Saving SKILL API Descriptions in a Text File

Cadence Data

Customer Data

Specifying Additional Finder Data Directories

Data Format

Problem Troubleshooting in SKILL API Finder

Too Many Matches

Save File Is Not Writable

No Files Found

Descriptions List Area Full

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SKILL IDE Document Generation

Documentation-specific Code

Keywords for Functions, Classes, and Methods in SKILL and SKILL++

Keywords for Classes and Methods in SKILL++

Output Formatting

Extracting Documentation using Finder Manager

Viewing the Generated Documentation in Finder

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SKILL Integrated Development Environment Forms

SKILL IDE Options Form

SKILL Status

Editor

Lint

Profiler

Color

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