How do I capture commands generated when using quartus gui

Quartus does have a tcl console, but it doesnt echo the current commands unlike vivado.

You can see the commands being executed in the status window - they start "command: "

Yes, echoing should be added. It does so with the Assignment Editor, but not the other Quartus stuff.

When you run a compile, the commands get put into the .flow.rpt. That calls each module individually. A full compile that is just like pushing the compile button can be done in a single line:

quartus_sh --flow compile <project_name> -c <qsf_name>

(The -c <qsf_name> is only necessary if it's different then the qpf name)

Another interesting resource for finding commands is typing:

quartus_sh --qhelp

This launches a GUI with all the commands and options, which is useful for exploring rather than typing help on various commands.

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But I think that seeing what the GUI does via a command trace is a shortcut as well as a learning aid to being able to write scripts.

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To determine the Tcl command without reading the documentation (to try and figure out what the command might be), I change a project setting using the GUI, and then I export the project to a Tcl script (Project->Generate Tcl file for Project).

Once I know what the command is, then I might read the manual ...

Cheers,

Dave