Predefined open klayout settings

tyanata

Hello,
Is it possible with some ruby script klayout to be opened with following predefined settings:

Editor mode
Full screen
Background color: black
Display = Full Hierarchy

tyanata

Matthias

You tyanata,

you can configure all of that in the Setup menu. The configuration is stored in a file called klayoutrc in KLayouts home folder (on Windows typically in a folder called "KLayout" in your home directory, on Linux in ~/.klayout). You can copy away that file - for example in "someplace/myconfig" and run KLayout to use that configuration plus edit mode:

klayout -e -c someplace/myconfig

If you add the -t option, the configuration file will not be updated when the program is closed. That way, settings made in the setup dialog will become temporary. Please see "klayout -h" for a list of all options available.

You can make KLayout to use a specific configuration initially (for example, if you're are maintainer of a company-wide installation). To achieve this, copy the "klayoutrc" file to the place where the klayout binary is located. If KLayout finds a file with that name in it's installation path, it will initialize itself with these settings on the first call.

You can script that settings too, but I feel that the configuration file approach is easier to use.

Matthias

tyanata

Hello Matthias,

Yes I am maintainer of a company-wide installation, I already found the approach with "klayoutrc" file.

I already made "klayoutrc" file to set background and start in editor mode:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<config>
<background-color>#000000</background-color>
<edit-mode>true</edit-mode>
</config>

But could not find how to predefine it to start in Full screen and Display = Full Hierarchy.

tyanata

Matthias

Hi Tyanata,

the window geometry including full-screen mode is encoded in

<window-geometry>...</window-geometry>
<window-state>...</window-state>

But the value is some binary string that Qt uses internally to store the window state. If you close KLayout in full-screen mode, it will write the corresponding state and geometry you can copy that values over to your default setup.

<full-hierarchy-new-cell>true</full-hierarchy-new-cell>

will select full hierarchy on loading.

Matthias

tyanata

Thanks Matthias,

The approach is working.

tyanata