Changes
Release 1.2.25 (03 January 2007)
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* moved over source tree
Release 1.2.24 (01 November 2004)
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+ incorporated Matthew Mundell's patch:
- echo intro
- keybinding changes to be compliant with manual's specifications
- some elisp fixes
+ added analysis modifier keywords to all spice standards, with font-locking
+ modified instance name regexp
+ modified match variable name font-locking for Xemacs21.4.11 on windows
+ changed url to point to spice-mode.4t.com site
Release 1.2.23 (29 March 2003)
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+ spectre spice compatibility submode. Spice-mode now also recognizes some
spectre extensions to the spice language. This is NOT replacing spectre-mode!
It merely handles spice extensions parsed by the spectre simulator spice
compatibility parser.
+ added some hspice analysis and general keywords
+ double quoted (") words in comments now highlight
+ also highlight e+-?? constructs in numbers (in same font as scale factors)
+ improved scale factor regexp for highlighting
+ changed spice formats to spice standard
Release 1.2.22 (16 March 2003)
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+ \n keeps causing problems. Changed it to a punctuation character in the
syntax table. Hope this is a good choice ...
+ added extra keywords to hspice options and draccdl device paramters
+ changed comment and doc regexps slightly. Docs can be nested in comments
now, as in eldo-mode
+ quoted (') words in comments and docs now highlight
+ scale factors highlight in constant face, seems a more appropriate face
+ added a test netlist to the distribution, should catch stupid mistakes
+ cleaned up doc string of spice-mode somewhat
Release 1.2.21 (26 February 2003)
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+ added font-lock expression for standard spice scale factors. Could be
considered overkill... Only highlights the scale factor part, this might
be annoying. Anyways, easily removed if not wanted
+ Added C-cC-f shortcut key in Xemacs for running font-lock-fontify-buffer
+ modified syntax table: \n is no comment ender anymore. This confused
font-lock in some situations. Making \n (or ^J) a standard newline
(whitespace) character fixes these problems
+ fixed bug for non-file buffers in spice-mode. Probably nobody ever does this,
but in Xemacs it makes the menu crash because spice-output-file-p assumes
spice-output-filename works even if buffer-file-name is nil
+ added font-lock-set-defaults. Seems to be required, font-lock then
initializes more reliably
Release 1.2.19 (26 December 2002)
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+ added local variable spice-tempo-tags (Manu suggested this) to store tempo
abbrev's in. Add them to tempo-tags instead of tempo-local-tags.
+ added extra submode to Eldo: Eldo Verilog-A (EldoVlogA)
+ added submode to Layla: Mondriaan syntax extensions
+ added DracCDL mode. Syntax extensions used by Cadence' Dracula LOGLVS product
+ since so many submodes with dependencies, added a check if setup is OK with
function spice-check-spice-standard
+ changed spice-model-name regexp to accept more model names
+ added verilog A include names to spice-library-regexp-start
+ added extra spice-eldo-keywords, introduced spice-eldo-colon-keywords,
spice-eldo-macromodel-keywords, spice-eldovloga-keywords,
spice-eldovloga-colon-keywords, spice-mondriaan-keywords,
spice-draccdl-keywords, spice-eldo-types, spice-eldo-vloga-model-type-names,
spice-draccdl-device-keywords, spice-draccdl-device-parameters,
spice-mondriaan-entity-start-keywords, spice-draccdl-entity-start-keywords
+ added new face to handle builtins: spice-builtin-face
+ fixed problem with font-lock function matchers. xemacs only moves to the end
of the reported match, which introduced endless CPU loops. Function matchers
now at least move one position forward, functions: spice-match-variable-name,
spice-match-eldo-colon-keywords.
+ experimented with a xinstance function matcher. It would more easily handle
all correct xinstance cases (like unlimited number of comment lines), but
is much slower than a regexp. So stayed with "buggy" regexp for now.
+ eldo: now handle labels with "'s and without "'s separately
+ eldo: handle builtin y macro's and user y models separately
+ spaces are now allowed in front of .option statements
+ highlight embedded changelog entries as in change-log-mode
+ tab (\t) now calls tempo-complete-tag, shift tab indent-for-tab-command
+ updated settling macro (thanx Manu)
+ added Manu's Digital and Mixed-signal eldo macro's. Also in menu.
+ added Spice Formats menu entry in Customize menu
+ updated mode description to reflect user visible defaults changes
+ cleaned up various comment strings, removed unused/obsolete code,
reformated code, added documentation strings, renamed various functions,
etc.
Release 1.2.11 (7 August 2002)
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+ set font-lock-multiline variable to t. Helps avoid recoloring problems
in multi line font-lock regexps
+ fixed bugs in include file module
+ added FastHenry submode
+ added hspice FEM Raphael constructs to hspice submode
Release 1.2.8 (15 April 2002)
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+ adapted spice-xinstance-regexp slightly to better match xinstances.
Tried to font-lock xinstances using matcher function instead of regexps.
Is still not 100% reliable, so still prefering (safe) regexps. Changed
matcher number of xinstance regexp throughout code.
+ replaced assoc by assoc-ignore-case in .subckt searching. Spice is case
insensitive ! (Thanx Manu)
Release 1.2.7 (11 April 2002)
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+ First of all: major sync-up with eldo-mode:
Modified spice-mode-name to be more in sync with eldo-mode
Modified spice-eldo-keywords, spice-eldo-analyses, added keywords found
in eldo-mode
Changed foreground color of spice-model-name-face to Red3, same as eldo-mode
Modified spice-xinstance-regexp and spice-model-name-regexp to be more
in sync with eldo-mode
Changed spice-mode-map, added key bindings for tempo completion and comment
hiding/unhiding. Other bindings are not always compatible between spice-
and eldo-mode
Adapted tempo templates to have easy tags for completion mostly abbrev cmp.
Changed gain margin extraction macro taken from eldo-mode
Added settling time macro, also taken from eldo-mode
Extended a lot of templates, code copied from eldo-mode
Added comment bar in menu, as in eldo-mode
Added new templates in eldo macromodels submenu (copied from eldo-mode)
Added nobound_phase to default options of empty eldo files
+ changed syntax of newline to comment ender. Removes \n from \\s- category,
this caused problems with font-locking
+ Always display .subckt in other window, even if in current file. Seems
better user interface.
+ Finally solved recalculation of imenu. Set imenu--index-alist to nil and
recalculate with imenu--make-index-alist.
+ Added tempo-complete-tag explanation in mode description. Left Abbrev mode
in for now, so two alternatives for template completion exist now.
+ miscellaneous typing error corrections.
Release 1.2.6 (9 April 2002)
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+ added url link in spice customization group
+ actually use spice-custom-set to avoid ugly "Activate Customization in
buffer" trick to apply user's customizations when spice-mode is already
in use
+ added Netlist and Main Circuit headings to spice-section-alist, changed
type of extra switches to sexp, and automatically apply customization to the
menu's of existing spice-mode buffers
+ changed name of spice-output-filenames-alist to spice-output-filename-alist
+ removed buffer local spice-standard-local var. Use global spice-standard
var everywhere. This means, all spice-mode buffers have the same standard's
setting. Earlier, different buffers could have different settings of spice-
standard, this is however incompatible with automatic activation of
user's customization in existing spice-mode buffers
+ added eldo-mode constructs ".subckt lib" and ".model lib" to library regexp.
Don't know if anyone ever uses them...
+ added "macro" keyword to spice2g6, "subdup" keyword to eldo, "msgnode"
option parameter to eldo, "macro" to entity start spice2g6 keywords, removed
"subckt" keyword from layla entity start list
+ renamed spice-words-init to spice-kywords-init, which is clearer describing
what it does.
+ applied downcase to heading strings where appropriate. Seems the only way
to make section code behave in a case insensitive way.
+ adapted font-lock initialization of .subckt and .model handling to include
new eldo constructs .model lib and .subckt lib. Also applied the same
changes to imenu initialization
+ split off spice-output mode to become a more independent mode: added
spice-output-mode-map (empty for now...), spice-output-menu-list for
a separate output-mode menu, imenu-generic-expression is different, etc.
+ split off menu code in three functions: spice menu, spice-output menu
and common menu code
+ added spice-menu-init function initializing both spice-menu-list and
spice-output-menu-list, changed spice-update-mode-menu to only install
the global menu lists in a buffer, not recreate them from scratch
+ changed customization submenu. Removed "Activate..." function since it
is no longer needed, added faces and section customization. These are most
useful for typical users
+ clarified global versus buffer local, required for automatic customization
support. Some global variables are not yet reinitialized. Still TODO
+ wrapped ffap-at-mouse in spice-load-file-at-mouse. Added
substitute-in-file-name to be able to handle environment variables in
library names
+ Modified mode-map initialization as explained in info pages: make
creation atomic with a setq.
+ adapted spice-load-include-files to also handle recursive loading, and made
recursive loading the default.
+ cleaned up various comment strings, removed unused/obsolete code,
reformated code, added documentation strings, renamed various functions,
etc.
Release 1.2 (27 March 2002)
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+ changed maintainer string to include Emmanuel Rouat
+ fixed a bug in `spice-colorize-libraries', by saving the match data (done
with a save-match-data form), a search-replace on the included file name
now works. This bug was caused by having nested search functions destroying
the saved match data.
+ removed bogus save-match-data calls in fast font-lock matcher functions
`spice-match-variable-name' and `spice-match-eldo-colon-keywords'.
Only now really understand what save-match-data is about, see previous
bug fix ;)
+ fixed a bug in `spice-font-lock-keywords-1', using regexp-opt-depth instead
of fixed numbers.
+ fixed a bug in `spice-uncomment-region', should work now for multi-level
comments (more than one '*'). Fix taken from cc-mode.
+ added output spice-mode handling for eldo output files (.chi) and hspice
output files (.spout). When loading from input deck buffer a number of
extensions are tried, as is specified in the `spice-output-filenames-alist'
list. Included this feature in the mode description.
+ added msb fix as in cperl-mode.el: if using msb, add a Spice decks category
+ added Eldo-RF support: keywords highlighting, sources, ...
+ added `spice-match-string-no-properties' compatibility layer function for
xemacs/emacs differences handling.
+ fixed a bug in detecting when a speedbar is alive, to correctly display the
state in the Speedbar setting menu entry.
+ fixed numerous typing errors.
+ improved submode dependent menu activation
+ added fft analysis to hspice submode
+ added `spice-compile' wrapper function around compile function to
handle simulator name correctly when renaming a buffer and then
simulating it. Also replaced the menu entry in the Simulate menu.
+ modified `spice-set-simulator-command' to handle file-less buffers, and
also (by using the spice-compile wrapper) recalculate the simulator command
every time a simulation is started. This solves problems when decks are
renamed and subsequently simulated.
+ removed obsolete `spice-comment-uncomment-region' function.
+ removed useless :initialize tags (lambda spice-custom-set functions) in
many defcustoms
+ added automatic initialization of empty spice decks as per eldo-mode, with
an extra: you can specify an init function to do everything yourself.
Completely customizable (`spice-initialize-empty-file',
`spice-initialize-file', `spice-initialize-template-file',
`spice-default-header', `spice-initialize-file-function').
Compatibility with eldo-mode.
+ added waveform viewer interface. Beta for now, implementation may change!
So beware when customizing these variables and upgrading later on. Also
added menu entry Waveform viewer, which is largely a copy of Simulate.
Waveform viewer available now include Nutmeg, Gwave, Xelga and
Awaves (check the comment in the spice-mode.el for awaves, it requires a
fix to the awaves script to work correctly).
+ added miscellaneous key bindings for: running a waveform viewer, loading the
output file, loading all included files, (un)commenting regions, deleting
of indentation, etc.
+ added a spice-library extent to the library links to distinguish them from
other extents in the buffer.
+ refined the error message of `spice-load-file-at-mouse' when trying to load
a non-readable file.
+ refined the changelog entries to be identifiable/distinguishable from really
commented out sections of the files. Changelog is documentation, not
comment ! This is used by the comment region hiding/unhiding functionality.
+ added templates for layla devices: resistor, capacitor, inductor, diode and
mosfet. Also added abbrevs for these devices (using the 'l' letter) and
menu entries.
+ made menu sensitivity in general more accurate by checking for buffers that
are readonly...
+ added menu entries in Edit submenu: fill paragraph, join line, load included
or lib files, load output file, create .guess/nodeset file, replace with
.guess/nodeset statements, hide/unhide commented regions.
+ moved `spice-update-mode-menu' function into the menu section.
+ modified the syntax entries of ?\n, ?\", ?< and ?>. Avoided problems with
font-locking by specifying that a ?\" is not a string delimiter there.
+ fixed `spice-mode-map' creation as explained in major mode info file
+ refined emacs/xemacs handling in pushing the mark after a search command in
`spice-visit-subckt-def'.
+ added `spice-load-include-files' which loads all files that are included in
the current deck. Use this to quickly load all files related to the current
simulation job.
+ added hiding/unhiding of commented out regions. This code is also beta, the
functionality or interface might change/be removed etc.
+ adapted `set-spice-name' to include extra functionality in the mode line
(output file mode, comment hiding).
+ added `spice-comment-indent-new-line' function to handle context
sensitive prefix setting in auto-fill mode.
+ added Index menu to menubar in spice-mode. Controlled by a customization
variable.
+ Show describe mode on first use of spice-mode. Controlled by a customization
variable. Not trying to nag the user, but maybe it does ?
+ cleaned up the lisp/string formatting at various places in the code.
Release 1.0 (9 May 2001)
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+ first public release
