!!KEYWORD
help
!!TITLE
help
!!TEXT
    KIC is distributed by Whiteley Research Inc., www.wrcad.com.

    Welcome to the KIC help system.  Point to the commands for a
    description of their function.  Exit the help system by hitting
    ESCAPE.

!!SUBTOPICS
commands
techfile
electric
keyboard
pointer
scrn
utilities

!!KEYWORD
a45s
!!TITLE
45s
!!TEXT
    When on, wire and polygon vertices are constrained to form
    angles of multiples of 45 degrees.

!!KEYWORD
adlyr
!!TITLE
adlyr
!!TEXT
    Add a layer to the layer menu.

!!SEEALSO
rmove

!!KEYWORD
adprp
!!TITLE
adprp
!!TEXT
    Add a property to the selected objects.  A property consists
    of a value and a string, and is stored in the symbol file.
    Properties are not used within KIC, but may be needed for
    future interfaces.  

!!SEEALSO
rmprp
show

!!KEYWORD
alloc
!!TITLE
alloc
!!TEXT
    Print the number of objects in the current cell.

!!KEYWORD
arc
!!TITLE
arc
!!TEXT
    Create an arc.  The sides command can be used to reset the
    number of segments used.

!!SEEALSO
sides

!!KEYWORD
area
!!TITLE
area
!!TEXT
    Set area select mode.  Selected objects overlap the rectangle
    defined by two successive point operations.

!!SEEALSO
selec
layer

!!KEYWORD
array
!!TITLE
array
!!TEXT
    The user is prompted for parameters for cell array creation.

!!SEEALSO
place

!!KEYWORD
attri
!!TITLE
attri
!!TEXT
    Change to the Attrubutes Menu.  The Attributes menu contains
    commands for modifying the presentation format of KIC.

!!KEYWORD
bang
!!TITLE
!
!!TEXT
    Text following ! is processed by an operating system shell.
    This can only be used for simple commands, which do not
    require interactivity.  However, if no text follows "!",
    KIC places the user in an interactive subshell.  In DOS,
    type "exit" to return to KIC.

!!KEYWORD
basic
!!TITLE
basic
!!TEXT
    Change to the Basic Menu.  The Basic Menu contains commands
    for creating geometries and editing new cells.

!!KEYWORD
blink
!!TITLE
blink
!!TEXT
    Set layer to blink (not implemented).

!!KEYWORD
boxes
!!TITLE
boxes
!!TEXT
    Create rectangles on the currently selected layer.  Point
    to the diagonal corners of the rectangle.  The first corner
    is marked during rectangle creation.  If electrical parameters
    are specified in the technology file for the current layer,
    a readout of an electrical parameter (capacitance, resistance,
    or transmission line parameters) is provided for the newly
    created rectangle.  Using pointer device button 4 will provide
    the readout, without actually creating the rectangle.

!!SEEALSO
button4
electric

!!KEYWORD
break
!!TITLE
break
!!TEXT
    Divide geometries along a horizontal or vertical line.  If
    the current rotation is 0 or 180, the line is vertical,
    otherwise it is horizontal.

!!SEEALSO
rotate

!!KEYWORD
button1
!!TITLE
button1
!!TEXT
    This button is used for point operations.  The Enter key
    simulates a button 1 event, at the current pointer location.

!!KEYWORD
button2
!!TITLE
button2
!!TEXT
    This button performs a pan operation in full screen mode, or
    sets the fine viewport center in split screen mode.  In DOS,
    ctrl-ENTER simulates a button 2 event.

!!KEYWORD
button3
!!TITLE
button3
!!TEXT
    This button, used twice, performs a window operation in full
    screen mode, or defines a new fine window in split screen mode.
    If the DOS keyboard pointer is in use, alt-ENTER simulates a
    button 3 event.

!!KEYWORD
button4
!!TITLE
button4
!!TEXT
    This button performs no operation, but updates the coordinate
    parameters as displayed on-screen.  The space bar simulates
    a button 4 event, as does the Delete key under DOS.  Most
    common pointing devices have only three buttons, in which
    case the button 4 function is available only from the keyboard.

!!SEEALSO
spacebar

!!KEYWORD
bw
!!TITLE
bw
!!TEXT
    Show the number of features drawn per second.

!!KEYWORD
chlyr
!!TITLE
chlyr
!!TEXT
    Change the layer of the selected geometries.  The user is
    prompted for the new layer.

!!SEEALSO
selec
area

!!KEYWORD
ciftokic
!!TITLE
ciftokic
!!TEXT
    Usage: ciftokic [options] [cif_file]

    options:
      -Lmicprl    Microns per lambda (default 1.0).
      -prefix     (cif dialect) where prefix =
         k           Generated from KIC
         a Stanford: A Stanford symbol name follows a DS command as
                     in (PadIn);
         b NCA:      An NCA symbol name follows a DS command as in
                     (PadIn);
         h IGS:      A KIC or IGS symbol name follows a DS command
                     as in 9 PadIn; 
         i Icarus:   An Icarus symbol name follows a DS command as
                     in (9 PadIn);
         q Squid:    A Squid symbol name follows a DS command as in
                     9 /usr/joe/PadIn;
         s Sif:      A Sif symbol name follows a DS command as in
                     (Name: PadIn);
         n none of the above\n");

    Will prompt for cif input file name if not specified, hit
    return for help.

!!KEYWORD
cnams
!!TITLE
cnams
!!TEXT
    When on, display the names of unexpanded cells.

!!KEYWORD
cntxt
!!TITLE
cntxt
!!TEXT
    With this switch on, the context is displayed during a subedit.
    The context is the surrounding geometry in cells other than the
    cell being edited.

!!SEEALSO
push
pop

!!KEYWORD
cnvrt
!!TITLE
cnvrt
!!TEXT
    KIC has built-in translators for Calma GDSII and CIF formats.
    This command brings up a submenu containing commands which
    perform the translations.  A file "convert.log" is created
    in the current directory, which contains a record of messages
    emitted during the conversion.

!!SUBTOPICS
frcif
frgds
tocif
togds

!!KEYWORD
color
!!TITLE
color
!!TEXT
    The color command presents a submenu allowing the user to
    change the colors of various screen objects.  If KIC is
    running on systems with more than 32 colors available, the
    screen colors are separate from the layer colors.  Other-
    wise the screen colors are mapped into the layer colors.
    The objects that are presented in the menu are the high-
    lighting and background colors, the menu text, selcted text,
    and highlighting colors, the prompt line color, the colors
    used for the "more" text, the grid colors, and the colors
    used to display unexpanded instances.  These colors are set
    either with the +r, etc. buttons, or by pointing to the
    layer table in the merged color mode.

!!SEEALSO
plusretc

!!KEYWORD
commands
!!TITLE
Menu Commands
!!TEXT
    KIC has two main menus.  The Basic menu contains commands
    for creating geometries and otherwise modifying cells.
    The Attributes menu contains commands which modify the
    display. In addition, the Properties menu allows property
    strings and values to be associated with objects (not used
    by KIC presently), and the Debug menu has commands for
    displaying some internal parameters.  Some commands provide
    temporary submenus.

    Commands are executed by pointing at the menu, or by typing
    the command prefix shown in upper case (input is case
    insensitive).  Commands can be exited by selecting another
    command in most cases, or by hitting the ESCAPE key.  Some
    commands are switches which remain in effect until selected
    again.

!!SUBTOPICS
a45s
adlyr
adprp
alloc
arc
area
array
attri
basic
blink
boxes
break
bw
chlyr
cnams
cntxt
cnvrt
color
copy
crsym
cursr
debug
delet
desel
dimen
dir
donut
edit
erase
expnd
fill
flash
flatn
font
grid
hcopy
help
label
labls
last
layer
llref
logo
mark
mirror
move
pan
peek
place
plusretc
polyg
pop
prpty
push
quit
rdraw
rgb
rmove
rmprp
rotate
save
selec
show
sides
snap
strch
tbrl
undo
updat
view
visib
width
windo
wires
xor
zoom

!!KEYWORD
copy
!!TITLE
copy
!!TEXT
    Copy an object.  If objects are previously selected, the group
    will be copied to new locations.  If no objects have been
    selected, the user is asked to point to an object to copy.
    Responding to the prompts, the user first points to a ref-
    erence point, then to a destination.  The copy is produced
    such that the reference point falls on the destination point.
    The orientation of the copied object is altered according to
    the current transformation.  Multiple copies are made by
    simply pointing to additional destinations.

!!SEEALSO
move
rotate
mirror

!!KEYWORD
crsym
!!TITLE
crsym
!!TEXT
    Create a new symbol file from the currently selected objects.
    The user is prompted for a name for the new file.

!!SEEALSO
selec
area
flatn

!!KEYWORD
ctrla
!!TITLE
ctrl-a
!!TEXT
    Entering ^A has the same effect as the exit command.

!!SEEALSO
quit

!!KEYWORD
ctrle
!!TITLE
ctrl-e
!!TEXT
    Pressing ^E prompts the user for a coordinate pair, which
    is then used in a point operation.  ^C has the same effect
    as ^E.

!!KEYWORD
ctrlf
!!TITLE
ctrl-f
!!TEXT
    After hitting ^F, the user can point once to pan in full screen
    mode, or define the center of the fine window in split screen
    mode.

!!SEEALSO
pan
button2

!!KEYWORD
ctrlg
!!TITLE
ctrl-g
!!TEXT
    After hitting ^G, the user points twice to define a new window
    in full screen mode, or a new fine window if in split screen
    mode.

!!SEEALSO
windo
button3

!!KEYWORD
ctrll
!!TITLE
ctrl-l
!!TEXT
    After hitting ^L, the user is prompted for a number, which
    corresponds to a layer.  The current layer is set to that
    layer.

!!SEEALSO
fkeys

!!KEYWORD
ctrln
!!TITLE
ctrl-n
!!TEXT
    A view can be saved at any time by hitting ^N.  The view is
    assigned a letter, which may be recalled with the Last command.

!!SEEALSO
last

!!KEYWORD
ctrlt
!!TITLE
ctrl-t
!!TEXT
    ^T toggles whether the fine viewport is on the bottom or to
    the right in split screen mode.

!!SEEALSO
zoom

!!KEYWORD
ctrlv
!!TITLE
ctrl-v
!!TEXT
    Print the KIC version number on the message line.

!!KEYWORD
cursr
!!TITLE
cursr
!!TEXT
    Under the X window system, a variety of cursors are available.
    This command produces a menu from which to choose.  Point to
    the desired cursor, then press ENTER.

!!SEEALSO
xwindows

!!KEYWORD
debug
!!TITLE
debug
!!TEXT
    Change to the Debug Menu.  The Debug Menu has commands for
    viewing some internal parameters.

!!KEYWORD
delet
!!TITLE
delet
!!TEXT
    Delete the selected objects (can be undone).

!!KEYWORD
desel
!!TITLE
desel
!!TEXT
    Deselect the currently selected objects.

!!SEEALSO
selec

!!KEYWORD
dimen
!!TITLE
dimen
!!TEXT
    Set the minimum dimension of a layer.

!!KEYWORD
dir
!!TITLE
dir
!!TEXT
    Display a listing of symbol files found along the KIC path.

!!KEYWORD
donut
!!TITLE
donut
!!TEXT
    Create a 360 degree arc with a hole.  The number of segments
    used can be altered with the sides command.

!!SEEALSO
sides

!!KEYWORD
edit
!!TITLE
edit
!!TEXT
    Load a cell for editing.

!!KEYWORD
electric
!!TITLE
Electrical Parameters
!!TEXT
    KIC provides the facility for generating a readout of elec-
    trical parameters while creating rectangles.  One must supply
    the appropriate information to the desired layers in the
    technology file.  There are three possibilities: resistance,
    capacitance, or microstripline parameters.  The microstripline
    parameters assume that propagation is along the longer
    dimension of the rectangle.  The resistance readout provides
    information for both orientations.  The microstripline model
    assumes that the underlying area contains ground plane, with a
    specified dielectric thickness, i.e., no account is taken of
    the "real" geometry.

!!SEEALSO
boxes
techfile

!!KEYWORD
enter
!!TITLE
Enter
!!TEXT
    Pressing Enter (or Return on some keyboards) initiates a point
    operation at the current pointer location, with the same effect
    as pressing mouse button 1.

!!SEEALSO
button1

!!KEYWORD
erase
!!TITLE
erase
!!TEXT
    Rectanglar regions of polygons and boxes can be erased with
    this command.  The user points twice to define the diagonal
    of the region to be erased.  If in layer mode, only the 
    current layer is erased, otherwise all layers are erased.
    Selected objects are not erased.

!!SEEALSO
layer
selec

!!KEYWORD
escape
!!TITLE
Esc
!!TEXT
    The ESCAPE key flushes the keyboard buffer, and terminates
    most commands.

!!KEYWORD
expnd
!!TITLE
expnd
!!TEXT
    When on, subcells are shown in expanded (all features visible)
    form.  Otherwise, only the bounding box is shown.

!!SEEALSO
peek

!!KEYWORD
fill
!!TITLE
fill
!!TEXT
    Edit the fill patterns assigned to the layers.  The left
    column of the display contains solid and empty patterns,
    and the editing window.  Second to left is a preview of
    the pattern in the editing window.  The remaining columns
    contain sample fill patterns.  Following the prompt, one
    loads a fill pattern by pointing to either a stippled layer
    in the layer menu, or one of the sample fillpattern fields.
    Once loaded, the pattern can be edited by pointing at pixel
    locations in the editing window.  This toggles the pixels
    on and off.  When finished, point to the preview panel,
    then to the desired layer in the layer menu.  Empty or
    solid fill patterns can not be loaded from layers.  An
    empty or solid fill can be assigned to a layer by first
    pointing at the appropriate location in the left column,
    then to the desired layer.  Point to the fill command menu
    entry to end the session.

!!SEEALSO
updat

!!KEYWORD
fkeys
!!TITLE
function keys
!!TEXT
    Under DOS, pressing the function keys F1-F12 selects one of the
    12 displayed layers in the layer table.  If there are more than
    12 layers defined, then a "more" button will exist in the layer
    menu.  Pointing at the more button will cycle through the layer
    table, showing 12 layers at a time.

!!KEYWORD
flash
!!TITLE
flash
!!TEXT
    Create a disk object.  The number of sides can be altered with
    the sides command.

!!SEEALSO
sides

!!KEYWORD
flatn
!!TITLE
flatn
!!TEXT
    Smash the chosen subcells (and sub-subcells they contain)
    into the parent cell.  The hierarchy is flattened.

!!KEYWORD
font
!!TITLE
font
!!TEXT
    Under X windows, the user has a choice of fonts.  The same font is
    used for all text in KIC.  This command 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