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16 years ago

tcl commands in Altera Modelsim

Hi all!

I am using Altera Modelsim, which is tcl-based. I use the GUI.

In the console, when I type the command puts "a" I get not output:

ModelSim> set a 1

# 1

ModelSim> echo $a

# 1

ModelSim> puts $a

ModelSim> puts "a"

ModelSim>

Can anyone explain that?

Thx

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    Altera_Forum
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    9 years ago

    When you start vsim, try to use the "-gui" option, like "vsim -gui"

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    9 years ago

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    When you start vsim, try to use the "-gui" option, like "vsim -gui"

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    That is indeed the solution for me, thanks.
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    9 years ago

    I just tried this under Windows 7 with Quartus 15.0 Modelsim 10.3d. I started a NIOS II IDE shell first, used 'which vsim' to confirm I was going to run the correct version of Modelsim, and then ran 'vsim', without the -gui option. The Modelsim GUI console output was: 

    
ModelSim> puts "Hello!"
ModelSim> echo "Hello!"#  Hello!

    The first "Hello!" was printed on the NIOS II IDE shell command-line.

    Adding the -gui option redirects the output to the GUI console.

    Thanks for posting your solution, it works great! :)

    Cheers,

    Dave