[Fpga-synth] Dumb ISE Question

[Scott Gravenhorst]

"The making of synthesizers in FPGAs." wrote:
>Scott Gravenhorst wrote:
>
>> 8.2i...  It's on left, "help" calls it the "sources window", it's really the sources,
>> snapshots and libraries window (contents controlled by one of 3 tabs so named).  At
>> the top there is a bar that says "Hierarchy" when the "sources" tab is active.  Just
>> above the bar that has "Hierarchy" in it, there is another bar which contains 2
>> dropdowns.  The left one has "Sythesis/Implementation", "Behavioral Simulation" and
>> "Post-Route simulation" selections, the one on the right is "Number of" dropdown.  <--
>> is this the "useless toolbar"?
>
>Hmmm. I've looked in both the Linux and WinXP versions of 8.2 and the 
>sources window is at the top left. It's got one drop-down menu at the 
>top labled 'Sources for:' with "Synthesis/Implementation", "Behavioral 
>Simulation", "Post-Translate simulation", "Post-Map simulation" and 
>"Post-Route simulation" selections. And that's all I see - no second 
>drop-down with 'Number of'.
>
>Strange. You must have a 'special' version. :)

That _is_ strange - I think I hear the twilight zone theme playing...  Anyway, in case you're
interested, I've posted a JPG image of the upper left corner of the screen at:

http://home1.gte.net/res0658s/ISE.jpg

You can see the second dropdown in the image.  Very weird.  

So if there's no explanation - then I'll simply continue to ignore it...

-- ScottG

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