[Magic-dev] :specialopen command

[R. Timothy Edwards]

Puneet wrote:

> The specialopen netlist command is not displaying the netlist menu.
> Instead it gives the following error -
> 
> :specialopen netlist
> Usage: specialopen [leftx bottomy rightx topy] type [args]
> Valid window types are:
>         color
>         layout
> 
> What could be the problem??

What version of magic are you using?  utils/main.c (in magic
version 7.3.100) has:

#ifdef ROUTE_MODULE
     /* Initialize the netlist menu */
     NMinit();
#endif

so if the route module is not compiled in, the netlist window will
be unavailable.

Since I spent some time making sure that the netlist menu is not
dependent on other packages like the router, it may suffice just
to remove the #ifdef statements around NMinit() and recompile.
If this doesn't work, then you will have to recompile with the
route modules.

If you do remove the #ifdef statements and recompile, and everything
works normally, please let me know and I will remove the statements
from the distribution.

					Regards,
					Tim

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