From 66582964bc11aadf3d0783a346706d801451a13f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Clifford Wolf Date: Sun, 28 Aug 2016 12:34:36 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Improved "show" help message --- passes/cmds/show.cc | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/passes/cmds/show.cc b/passes/cmds/show.cc index 3c4ce85d8..3a3939a81 100644 --- a/passes/cmds/show.cc +++ b/passes/cmds/show.cc @@ -582,8 +582,9 @@ struct ShowPass : public Pass { log(" Run the specified command with the graphics file as parameter.\n"); log("\n"); log(" -format \n"); - log(" Generate a graphics file in the specified format.\n"); - log(" Usually is 'svg' or 'ps'.\n"); + log(" Generate a graphics file in the specified format. Use 'dot' to just\n"); + log(" generate a .dot file, or other strings such as 'svg' or 'ps'\n"); + log(" to generate files in other formats (this calls the 'dot' command).\n"); log("\n"); log(" -lib \n"); log(" Use the specified library file for determining whether cell ports are\n"); @@ -646,7 +647,8 @@ struct ShowPass : public Pass { log("unless another prefix is specified using -prefix .\n"); log("\n"); log("Yosys on Windows and YosysJS use different defaults: The output is written\n"); - log("to 'show.dot' in the current directory and new viewer is launched.\n"); + log("to 'show.dot' in the current directory and new viewer is launched each time\n"); + log("the 'show' command is executed.\n"); log("\n"); } virtual void execute(std::vector args, RTLIL::Design *design) -- 2.30.2