Color QuestaSim (colorquestasim)

A wrapper for colorizing the output of Mentor Graphics QuestaSim messages. The script also allows you to hide some QuestaSim messages (such as: Copyright, Loading Libs, running command, start time, UVM relnotes, UVM packages load).

Table of Contents

1. Installation
2. Configuration
3. Usage
   3.1. Common
   3.2. Get Script Version
4. Known Issues
5. Reference

Installation

Supported OS: Linux, Windows (MinGW)

1. Copy the colorquestasim.pl file to a directory of your choice.
2. Create symbolic links pointing to colorquestasim.pl. Name these links the same as the QuestaSim command names. Place these links in a directory that is included in your $PATH environment variable before the directory containing the actual QuestaSim commands.

Example installation for Linux

cp colorquestasim.pl ~/bin/
cd ~/bin
ln -s colorquestasim.pl vlog
ln -s colorquestasim.pl vopt
ln -s colorquestasim.pl vsim
export PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"

Example installation for Windows (MinGW)

cp colorquestasim.pl ~/bin/vlog
cp colorquestasim.pl ~/bin/vopt
cp colorquestasim.pl ~/bin/vsim
export PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"

Configuration

You can override the default settings by creating a configuration file named ~/.colorquestasim or ~/.colorquestasim_<os_type>. For more information on available settings, refer to the comments in the colorquestasim.txt sample file.

Usage

Common

Use the QuestaSim vlog, vopt, or vsim commands as you normally would. The colorquestasim wrapper will automatically colorize the output.

Get Script Version

To get the version of the script, run:

<vlog/vopt/vsim> --version

Replace <vlog/vopt/vsim> with the corresponding symlink created during the installation of the script (e.g., vlog, vopt, or vsim).

Known Issues

For a list of known issues with QuestaSim version 10.7c on Windows OS (MinGW), see the Issues for QuestaSim version 10.7c on Window OS (MinGW)

Reference

This project was inspired by colorgcc.