Which VHDL/Verilog Editor is the best ?

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ddboy40

Joined: 26 Nov 2006
Posts: 68

18 May 2007 5:10 vhdl editor

Which VHDL/Verilog Editor is the best ?
Features for categorizing:
Syntax Highlighting,Autoindentation,folding...

rajsrikanth

Joined: 19 Apr 2006
Posts: 132
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Location: Hyderabad

18 May 2007 5:26 verilog editor

i hope modelsim may be the best editor. if u ask me about only editor then Vim may be good. and modelsim is best for simulation.

rsrinivas

Joined: 10 Oct 2006
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Location: bengalooru

18 May 2007 6:06 verilog editors

i prefer nedit or emacs.

telantan

Joined: 19 Sep 2006
Posts: 12
Helped: 1

18 May 2007 15:36 best vhdl editor

HDL Designer from Mentor Graphic IS the best ever i have used...

yasser_shoukry

Joined: 31 May 2006
Posts: 242
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Location: Cairo - Egypt

18 May 2007 15:59 editor vhdl

Xilinx ISE is very good, free and is well supported by Xilinx web sites

ddboy40

Joined: 26 Nov 2006
Posts: 68

18 May 2007 16:18 verilog editor windows

Sorry folks I forgot to mention that I am looking for a FREE editor ie no Modelsim Designer or so cuz I can't afford for it. I've got Jedit that I usually code but java stuff, but I really need something better and free with syntax highlighting, indentation,window spliting, code segment folding, etc.
I don't really know how to configure my vim or xemacss for HDL otherwise it may be an alternative as mentioned above.
Please help!!

jyo

Joined: 09 Nov 2006
Posts: 1

18 May 2007 18:07 editor verilog

I use Textpad, which can be configured to HDL. Syntax file is inbuilt. It is availeble for free also. Checkout http://textpad.com. See if you have the features you are looking for. (http://textpad.com/products/textpad/features.html.)

choonlle

Joined: 18 Jul 2006
Posts: 128
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Location: AFRICA

19 May 2007 6:39 free verilog editor

XEMACs Is NO. 1 !!!!!

shiv_emf

Joined: 31 Aug 2005
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Helped: 16

19 May 2007 6:43 vhdl editors

yasser_shoukry wrote:

Xilinx ISE is very good, free and is well supported by Xilinx web sites

do v need to integrate with compiler?/?

mmoctar

Joined: 12 Feb 2007
Posts: 86
Helped: 6
Location: France

19 May 2007 14:51 verilog editor for windows

I think that the best for simulation is the modelsim and you can work with the on matlab with by the link for modelsim, but if you want to implement on xilinx fpga it will be better for you to use ISE.

venkat3271

Joined: 07 May 2007
Posts: 148
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Location: Chennai

21 May 2007 3:53 windows verilog editor

MOdelSIM is best..

omara007

Joined: 06 Jan 2003
Posts: 1283
Helped: 39
Location: Dubai

21 May 2007 8:38 vhdl code editor

professionally, when it comes to industry, most of the companies use either Emacs or VI .. I have previousely used VI and it is fantastic in editing text .. it gives you almost everything to do whatever you want with text .. the first thing I learnt was to copy a column in the middle of the text file and that made me interested in continuing with VI .. and when I say VI , I do mean VIM .. or gVIM of course ..

Later on .. I had to switch to Emacs .. maybe Emacs is not as good as VI in editing Texts .. yet, it does everything .. but maybe with more word to do .. the most important thing in Emacs, which I didn't see in VI is that it has Verilog-Mode .. this mode is unbelievable .. it shortens your development time to minimum .. one thing deserves to be mentioned is that you can change in one file and the changes are automatically echoed to other files .. like if you are modifying a sub-module .. the higher-level module can automatically sense the changes .. you can also instantiate sub-modules automatically .. declare inputs/outputs automatically .. do wiring automatically .. etc.

So, if you want to edit texts easily (search, grep, replace, copy, etc) .. go for VI .. but if you want to develope code fast, go for Emacs

dolby.yang

Joined: 02 Mar 2005
Posts: 74
Helped: 8

22 May 2007 4:09 verilog code editor

i think here is not a best,but a more suit .
i like vi

qurthobi

Joined: 07 Jan 2007
Posts: 7

22 May 2007 7:04 best verilog editor

Is there anyone have URL to download Free-HDL for windows?? I'd ever use Aldec Active-HDL and Multisim and I think each have different features..

anantha_09

Joined: 28 Jan 2007
Posts: 75

22 May 2007 15:38 best editor for vhdl

Nedit is best editor.
Modelsim or Ncsim are good for simulation.
If u cant afford to buy a tool go for ALDEC-Active HDL for simulation.

nandhika

Joined: 17 Apr 2007
Posts: 43
Helped: 2

25 May 2007 10:01 textpad verilog

hi pals,

According to me Modelsim is Good one for simulations.

eziggurat

Joined: 15 Feb 2002
Posts: 226
Helped: 9

26 May 2007 8:52 verilog edit

Turbowriter is not bad. It can link with your EDA software.

m.abdulmoniem

Joined: 26 Apr 2006
Posts: 40
Helped: 1

29 May 2007 10:49 vhdl editor good

use FPGADV which contains a complete front end tools

ncabalos

Joined: 14 Apr 2007
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29 May 2007 11:29 editor verilog windows

Hi...

You could try Notepad++. Its free and has syntax highlighting.

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it_boy

Joined: 18 Jul 2002
Posts: 181
Helped: 4

29 May 2007 12:24 vhdl editor

Vim or XEmacs are very good.
If you want a very good editor and do not need too many features like XEmacs and is light in memory, use Scite.
http://www.scintilla.org/SciTE.html

baonguyenpro

Joined: 13 Oct 2006
Posts: 63
Helped: 2

30 May 2007 11:03 vhdl text editor

Each Tool has its strength. ModelSim is popular. You can use Riviera (Aldec)

agump

Joined: 23 Oct 2004
Posts: 53

30 May 2007 11:19 windows vhdl editor

When it comes to editor for hdl , I think Emacs is the best. There exists verilog-mode.el and vhdl-mode.el. They can complete plenty of dirty work for you. In additon to that , you can use other modes to complete lots of fantastic work, such as fold , auto-complete etc.