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The Physical Button: Show Physical Mode

The Physical button, available only in electrical mode, changes the main Xic display from electrical (schematic) mode to physical mode. In the main menu, this places Xic into an editing mode appropriate for physical representation. In the subwindows, the Physical button changes the view only. Editing can not be performed in a subwindow whose mode is not that of the main window.

While in a Push (see 6.5), the symbol currently being edited remains the current symbol, but becomes top-level (i.e., not in a Push) in the new mode. If the original mode is returned to without editing a different cell, the Push stack is retained. If a new cell is edited in the new mode, through a Push or otherwise, the original Push context is lost. This context is also lost if the Clear function in the Cells Listing is invoked.

The present display mode can be made immutable, with certain side-effects, by setting the variable LockMode.


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Stephen R. Whiteley 2006-10-23