HDL WORKS PROVIDES A FREE HDL TEXT EDITOR

December 2004. HDL Works announced that it provides its HDL text editor for free.

HDL Works provides its high end text editor "Scriptum" for free. This editor is also an integrated part of HDL Works' other tools, "EASE" and "HDL Companion".

About Scriptum

Scriptum is a text editor focused at HDL design, running on Windows, Linux and Solaris. Using a multiple document window interface combined with tab pages it offers a slick environment to edit VHDL, Verilog and other language files. Even on extremely large files Scriptum offers exceptionally fast editing capabilities. Design language, HDL templates and the user interface are fully customizable to create a design environment that meets the user's needs.
This saves many, many hours to get an understanding of any existing HDL code. Incomplete designs and design code with syntax errors is accepted by HDL Companion, so design information can be gathered without being forced to debug that unknown erroneous code first.

Features, language support and 3rd Party Interfacing:

Scriptum contains all features one can expect from a professional text editor. The user can profit from syntax color highlighting for all supported languages, HDL code templates, identifier repeat, block and column selections, selection indenting / de-indenting, selection commenting / un-commenting, line numbering, tabs and spaces conversion, case conversion and white space viewer.
Supported languages are: Verilog, VHDL, Tcl, SystemC, Perl, Java, Edif and C, while additional languages can be added using the Scriptum configuration files.
Scriptum has a user configurable Tcl based interface that supports tools from all major EDA vendors.

"Now all HDL designers can benefit from an HDL optimized text editor providing a smooth transition when upgrading to even more powerful design tools like EASE and HDL Companion" said Willem Gruter, President and CEO of HDL Works.

Availability

Scriptum is available immediately from HDL Works' website www.hdlworks.com.

About HDL Works

HDL Works develops and markets high-performance, intuitive tools for complex HDL design across a wide spectrum of applications. Its software products are available on the industry's most popular workstations and personal computer platforms. HDL Works currently holds EASE, Scriptum and HDL Companion in its product portfolio. HDL Works is headquartered in Ede, The Netherlands, and is privately held.

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EASE, HDL Companion and Scriptum are trademarks of HDL Works.