C1 -- vivado configuration vs code text editor environment 2022-07-21

vivado The built-in editor has automatic syntax rule checking , Font settings , Color configuration and other functions . But in the actual process of writing code , Find many deficiencies , For example, you cannot zoom in or out , The alignment function is not easy to use . Text editors have many choices , for example Notepad、Sublime Text、VS Code etc. , Choose an editor that suits you , Help develop your own code style and contribute to FPGA Development provides great convenience . Let's say VS Code For example , Describes how to configure a text editor .

1. install VS Code

visit VS Code Official website Download the software and provide instructions , Check the installation steps as follows .（ The simple steps of selecting a path and clicking install are omitted in the middle ）

 2. Sinicization VS Code

① Install the Chinese package plug-in , As shown in the figure below . Click extensions Or use shortcut keys 【Ctrl+Shift+X】, Input chinese, Click on Install Install Chinese Simplified .

 

② To configure VS Code Language pack

Using shortcut keys 【Ctrl+Shift+P】 Pop up the search command box , Input language, find Configure

Display Language, Click on , choice locale The attribute is "zh-CN", As shown in the figure below .

 ③ Restart software , The Chinese environment is in place .

 

3. install verilog Syntax highlighting plug-in

① Search in the plug-in library verilog, Click the Install button in the red box （ If not installed , The words installation... Will be displayed ）

 

② See the recommended installation in the introduction of the plug-in ctags-win32 plug-in unit , Click the green link shown in the figure below to download . 

 

 ③ Download and extract to the specified path , Follow the steps below , stay vscode It is specified in ctags.exe The path of .

4. install iverilog Grammar detection tools

① visit iverilog Official website download Icarus Verilog

 ② Check during installation （ The remaining steps are omitted ）

notes ： Antivirus software may lead to unsuccessful addition of environment variables , If it is not added successfully , You can add it manually .

C:\xxxxx\iverilog\bin （xxxxx Choose according to your own directory ）

C:\xxxxx\iverilog\gtkwave\bin （xxxxx Choose according to your own directory ）

③ open CMD window , Input iverilog The following information shows that the installation is successful .

 ④ Open the installed syntax highlighting plug-in , Make the following two configurations in the extension settings , That is to finish iverilog Configuration of

5.VS Code And Vivado Set correlation

① open vivado, single click tools--> choice settings

② single click "text editor", single click " arrow ", choice "Custom Editor" Customize editor settings , Then click the ellipsis , Configure the path of the editor . 

③ The installation path of the editor is within double quotation marks , The rest is written in accordance with ok. 

 

6. other

① In actual use , Often found in vs perhaps notepad The Chinese notes of the code written below are vivado Garbled in the editor , This is because of the problem of coding ,vs And notepad The default is UTF-8 code ,vivado This encoding is not supported , So in preservation .v When you file , Use ANSI perhaps GBK Saving the code can solve this problem .

 ② Press and hold the mouse wheel and right button at the same time to realize vertical line selection , It's very convenient .