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M1.5 EPIC: How do I change the default display colors and fonts?


Record #2187

Problem Title:
M1.5 EPIC: How do I change the default display colors and fonts?


Problem Description:
Keywords: Epic, colors, fonts

Urgency: Standard

in the Epic Design Editor?  Can I change the font selection of
the displayed text?


Solution 1:

You can customize the display properties of Epic including the
display colors and fonts by editing the display initialization
file.

To do this from a workstation:

1.  Copy the Epic intitialization file to your home directory.

     cp $XILINX/bin/<platform>/Epic ~

     Note: Replace <platform> with the platform you are
     operating on (sun, sol, hp, etc.).  Be sure to copy the
     text file Epic (capitalized) and not the binary epic
     (lowercase).

2.   Edit the file copied into your home directory to reflect
     the colors/fonts you wish displayed.

     For Example :

     change: epic*buttonwin*background:      light blue
     to:     epic*buttonwin*background:      white

     If you wish the button window background to be white
     instead of light blue.  Similar changes may be made to
     other color properties as well as the font selections.

To do this on a PC:

     You need to modify The Display Properties of windows for
the system.

1.  Open Display Properties by right clicking on the
    desktop and selecting the "Properties" tab from the
    menu.

2.  Select the "Apearance" tab from the Diplay Properties
    window.

3.  Modify the window colors until a desired display is
    reached.

4.  Press OK.

Note: This will modify the colors of all system windows



Solution 2:

Some colors such as the nets and foreground colors in the
EDIT BLOCK window are hard coded and cannot be changed.



End of Record #2187