md89mch@cc.brunel.ac.uk (Martin Howe) (08/20/90)
I am using the Berkeley MAGIC VLSI editor V. 4.10 for my MSc. design project and have a couple of queries that I hope someone can answer, 'cos the MAGIC Tutorial guide says nothing about what I want to know. Whenever I edit a large cell containing subcells, MAGIC tries to write the _subcells_. Since I ``sccs delta'' each cell type as I finish a stable revision of it, MAGIC does not find this easy !! (:-) Does anyone know why MAGIC tries to write cells that haven't been changed ? For that matter, why does MAGIC insist on its own noddy-noddy timestamp scheme ? I can't use it properly with Make (1) because MAGIC ignores the UNIX timestamp on the files as well as re-writing things that do not need re-writing (see above). This is ** most ** annoying. Secondly can anyone tell me what, exactly, that damnable message "500 rects" refers to ? MAGIC issues it about some cells from time to time, with no explanation available. (And why is it always 500 ?) I shall summarise to comp.lsi.cad, if enough people show interest. Thanks in advance, Martin. -- - /| . . JCXZ ! MOVSB ! SGDT ! iAPX ! | "Good morning Citizens. I would \`O.O' . Martin Howe, Microelectronics| remind you that Armed Robbery ={___}= System Design MSc, Brunel U. | is illegal in Megacity One." - JD ` U ' Any unattributed opinions are mine -- Brunel U. can't afford them.