NAME

       rtlbrowse  -  Allows  hierarchical  browsing of Verilog HDL source code and library design
       files.

SYNTAX

       rtlbrowse <stemsfilename>

DESCRIPTION

       Allows hierarchical browsing  of  Verilog  HDL  source  code  and  library  design  files.
       Navigation through the hierarchy may be done by clicking open areas of the tree widget and
       clicking on the individual levels of hierarchy.  Inside the  source  code,  selecting  the
       module  instantiation  name by double clicking or selecting part of the name through drag-
       clicking will descend deeper into the RTL  hierarchy.   Note  that  it  performs  optional
       source  code  annotation  when  called as a helper application by  gtkwave(1) and when the
       primary marker is set.  Source code annotation is not available for all supported dumpfile
       types.   It  is  directly  available  for  LXT2,  VZT,  FST,  and  AET2.  For VCD, use the
       -o,--optimize option of gtkwave(1) in order to optimize the VCD file into FST.  All  other
       dumpfile types (LXT, GHW) are unsupported at this time.

EXAMPLES

       To run this program the standard way type:

       rtlbrowse stemsfile
              The  RTL  is then brought up in a GTK tree viewer.  Stems must have been previously
              generated with xml2stems(1) or some other tool  capable  of  generating  compatible
              stemsfiles.   Note  that  gtkwave(1)  will  bring  up  this  program  as  a  client
              application for source code annotation.  It does that by  bringing  up  the  viewer
              with  the shared memory ID of a segment of memory in the viewer rather than using a
              stems filename.

AUTHORS

       Anthony Bybell <bybell@rocketmail.com>

SEE ALSO

       xml2stems(1) gtkwave(1)