In the following sections, the general usage of the SCE application will be outlined. Followed by a description of basic formatting conventions used throughout the manual, information pertinent to running the SCE application will be provided.
The following style and formatting conventions are used throughout the text of this manual to refer to commands, actions, or GUI elements:
Refers to a command or other data input typed in and entered by the user.
Refers to a log or other text message produced by the SCE application on the screen.
Refers to a key that a user can press on the keyboard.
Refers to a button, menu or any other general label in the GUI of the SCE main application.
Refers to a sub-item inside one of the parts of the SCE application main window.
Win refers to one of the following parts of the application main window (see Chapter 3):
Main represents the Main Window itself (i.e. its menu or tool bar).
Project represents the Project Window.
Output represents the Output Window.
Design represents the Design Window.
Sub refers to drop-down menus or sub windows (tabs):
For the Main Window, Sub is either File, View, Project, Synthesis, or Windows (drop-down menus introduced in Section 3.1).
For the Project Window, Sub is either Models, Imports, or Sources (tabs introduced in Section 3.2).
For the Output Window, Sub is either Compile or Refine (tabs introduced in Section 3.4).
For the Design Window, Sub is either Hierarchy, Behaviors, or Channels (sidebar tabs introduced in Section 3.3).
Refers to a main menu or context menu command (described in Chapter 3) where Command refers to the menu command and Menu refers to a main menu entry or to a context menu in a named subwindow (tab).
For example, Main::File->Open... refers to the Open... command in the File menu of the Main Window menu bar. On the other hand, Project::Models->Open refers to the Open command in the context menu of the Project Window Models tab.