VHDL Syntax Highlighting in MS Visual Studio

[David Ritchie]

Does anyone know how to add other languages (VHDL) to MS Visual Studio
(Visual C++)? I use this program to write C code and would prefer to use it
to write VHDL as well.

Cheers

Dave.

[VhdlCohen]

>Does anyone know how to add other languages (VHDL) to MS Visual Studio
>(Visual C++)? I use this program to write C code and would prefer to use it
>to write VHDL as well.

Try emacs with vhdl-mode. A lot of work was put into this mode, and it is
really excellent.
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[David Ritchie]

Where can I get this? I've tried searching the web but found no leads.

I need a Windows NT/2000 version. Does on exist?

Cheers

Dave.

"VhdlCohen" <vhdl...@aol.com> wrote in message
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[Tobias Russ]

Hi,
for the emacs (or I prefere xemacs) checkout http://www.emacs.org.

For other vhdl-editor suggestions: there has been a thread recently in
this newsgroup about this topic.
Personaly I use the Ultraedit32 which is Shareware. It can be found at
www.ultraedit.com. There you find also syntax-files for almost any
programming language.

--
Tobias Russ
Mixed Mode GmbH

tobia...@mixed-mode.de

David Ritchie schrieb:

[fer...@my-deja.com]

Another editor is nedit (at www.nedit.org), but this is for unix only i
think

In article <39AD087F...@mixed-mode.de>,

Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.

[Reto Zimmermann]

David Ritchie wrote:
>
> Where can I get this? I've tried searching the web but found no leads.
>
> I need a Windows NT/2000 version. Does on exist?

Emacs:
http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/emacs.html

Emacs (Windows/NT):
http://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/windows/ntemacs.html

XEmacs (Unix/Windows/NT):
http://www.xemacs.org/

VHDL Mode:
older versions already included in Emacs,
newer versions:
http://www.emacs.org/hdl/vhdl-mode.html

Reto

[Adam]

On Wed, 30 Aug 2000 10:49:18 +0100, "David Ritchie"
<davidA...@ANTISPAMindigo-avs.com> wrote:

>Does anyone know how to add other languages (VHDL) to MS Visual Studio
>(Visual C++)? I use this program to write C code and would prefer to use it
>to write VHDL as well.

Yucky bunny!!!

You could try Grasp. That does syntax hilighting for
C/C++/Ada/Java/VHDL, and probably others. You can get it for most
flavouts of Unix, and Windows from http://eng.auburn.edu/grasp. There
is even a Java version available if you want the same implementation
of the program across a number of platforms.

I prefer Emacs (www.emacs.org). This is available as source code and
binaries for loads of systems (including Winblows). Emacs is the best
choice, as it offers massive scalability using pluin Lisp modules.

Cheers,
Adam

[annececile watelet]

Hello Dave,

I agree with you about Visual C++ editor. I dont know how to user configure
syntax highlihgting in it but
I can suggest to try the build-in editor of WARP2 tools from Cypress (100$)
www.cypress.com
It includes a similar editor (same GUI than Visual C++: workspace,...) with
syntax highlighting, and so on.
I use it every day without major problems.

Bye
Denis

David Ritchie <davidA...@ANTISPAMindigo-avs.com> a écrit dans le message
: 8oilkh$g22$1...@soap.pipex.net...

> Does anyone know how to add other languages (VHDL) to MS Visual Studio
> (Visual C++)? I use this program to write C code and would prefer to use
it
> to write VHDL as well.
>

> Cheers
>
> Dave.
>
>

[Muzaffer Kal]

"David Ritchie" <davidA...@ANTISPAMindigo-avs.com> wrote:

>Does anyone know how to add other languages (VHDL) to MS Visual Studio
>(Visual C++)? I use this program to write C code and would prefer to use it
>to write VHDL as well.
>
>Cheers
>
>Dave.
>

I don't know a way to add new extensions to VC++ but there is a way to
add user types. So all you have to do is to have a file called
"usertype.dat" and put it into the directory where the MSDEV.exe file
sits ("H:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual
Studio\Common\MSDev98\Bin\MSDEV.EXE" on my computer). I use this trick
to get Verilog support. In usertype.dat you put the keywords you are
interested in. Then change the type of the file to C++ in VC++.

hope this helps,

Muzaffer

[markus.f...@gmail.com]

I realize that this is a rather old thread, but it's still one of the first Google search results, so I think it's worth a note here.

On www.vide-software.at (or directly from Visual Studio's Extension Manager) you can download an extension for Visual Studio. It offers syntax & semantic highlighting, code completion, code snippets, enhanced navigation features, etc. etc.
It's free for students & teachers, there is a 30-day trial license, and there is a rather cheap private license for non-commercial use.

Regards,
Markus