GHDL Interface

This extension allows you to invoke GHDL functions, as well as GTKWave. Beyond it highlights the errors that were reported by GHDL in the editor.

Requirements

You will need to have GHDL and GTKWave installed on your system. Furthermore both must be set in your environment variables.

Usage

GHDL At present it is possible to invoke the following GHDL functions by either rightclicking at the editor or at the explorer on the specific file and then selecting the desired funtion.

Editor Option	GHDL Function
ghdl analyze	`ghdl -a [File]`
ghdl elaborate	`ghdl -e [Unit]`
ghdl run	`ghdl -r [Unit] [export file]`
ghdl clear	`ghdl -c`
ghdl remove	`ghdl -r`

In addition to that the GHDL analyze function offers you error highlighting in the editor.

GTKWave To open your simulation files with GTKWave, simply rightclick on them (.ghw or .vcd file required) in the explorer and then select gtkwave

Keybindings

It is also possible to invoke the GHDL functions via the following keybindings.

Editor Option	Windows	Linux	MacOS
ghdl analyze	`ctrl + alt + a`	`shift + alt + a`	`shift + cmd + a`
ghdl elaborate	`ctrl + alt + l`	`shift + alt + e`	`shift + cmd + e`
ghdl run	`ctrl + alt + r`	`shift + alt + r`	`shift + cmd + r`
ghdl clear	`ctrl + alt + c`	`shift + alt + c`	`shift + cmd + c`
ghdl remove	`ctrl + alt + d`	`shift + alt + d`	`shift + cmd + d`

Contributions

In case you encounter any problems or have suggestions regarding the extension, feel free to open an issue at first.

License