gEDA-user: 0.1-20021110 release of Icarus Verilog Interactive

[Matthew Ballance <ballance@ballance.dhs.org>]

Hi All, 
   I'm writing to announce the second release of Icarus Verilog
Interactive. This release is still considered to be pre-alpha. With that
said, however, more features are being added and the existing code is
becoming more stable. 

   You may obtain source and i386/Linux binaries from the Sourceforge
site: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ivi . 
   Please download new IVI and TCL packages. New image-handling code has
been added to the TCL source/binary bundle.  There is no immediate need
to download new Icarus Verilog source or binaries. 

   As always, in the case of problems, please email the gEDA list.

   Here are the release-notes for this release: 
#******************************************************************** 
#* 0.1-20021101 Release 
#******************************************************************** 
- Added ability to open multiple wave-viewing windows. 

- Added a HTML help browser. Help documents are described in TexInfo,
which is converted to HTML. 

- Work on signal-data import/export filter API mostly complete. There 
  is a sample import/export filter for the stub DFIO. Look in 
  <root_dir>/src/stub_dfio/StubFilter.[cc|h] 

- Added ability to have multiple signal databases open at any given
time. 
  A tabbed interface was added to the structure-view window... 

- Removed some Tix widgets from the interface. I am seeing some flaky 
  behavior from some combination of Tix widgets (Notebook, Tree, 
  Paned-win). 
    Even though I like the look of Tix widgets, it seems best to     
  transition away from these widgets due to support issues. 

- Allowed signals to be added to the wave window after time 0. 
  Previously, these signals would be mis-displayed. 

- Added rudimentry VCD import functionality. The code was derived from 
      a gtkwave helper application (vcd2lxt). 

- Added an import/export filter for 'stub' format. At this time, the 
  'stub' format is simply a test format. The format may change over 
  time. 

    #**************************************************************** 
    #* Known Issues 
    #**************************************************************** 
    - "add wave" command doesn't handle multiple SDBs. Signals are 
      added from the default (first-registered) SDB 

    - Wave-Setup files do not support multiple SDBs. 


Thanks and Regards, 
Matthew