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From: Chris Balcom <chris_balcom=user domain=mentor spot calm>
Subject: How To Get Calibre LVS Reports To Not Be A Monster Phone Book
Hi, John,
Calibre has some LVS report options that were originally intended to help
users of Dracula get similar information in the Calibre reports. Those
options may already be specified in your ruledeck -- thanks to the way
historical curiosities seem to hang around long after their usefulness
has passed.
The options for the unwieldy report show up in the rulefile and LVS report
like so:
LVS REPORT OPTION A B C D
To get the concise form -- same errors but presented on fewer pages in a way
that many experienced LVS debug folks prefer -- just get rid of those options.
If "A B C D" were the only arguments, then the whole line can simply be
commented out. If there are other options you like or use, then keep them
around and just pull the "A B C D" out. For example:
// LVS REPORT OPTION A B C D V // old line commented now
LVS REPORT OPTION V // new line
Another way to keep the report manageable is to make sure the maximum
number of errors reported for each type of problem, is limited to something
workable. For example:
// LVS REPORT MAXIMUM ALL // NOT recommended, of questionable use too!
LVS REPORT MAXIMUM 50 // default
or, many folks have had good experience lowering it ever further, e.g.
LVS REPORT MAXIMUM 25
The reason that works so well is that the most informative errors tend to
be listed first. When fixed, this often clears up errors that would have
been reported later in the LVS report anyway.
- Chris Balcom
Mentor Graphics Wilsonville, OR
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