Open xterm right into your ADE netlist directory

XtermAtNetlistFolder.il

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Append below code to your effective .cdsinit file
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; first, define xterm function
procedure(xterm()
let((current_session netlist_directory top_cellview currentWorkingDir)
   ;get current session
   current_session = asiGetCurrentSession()
   
   ;get netlist directory
   netlist_directory = asiGetNetlistDir(current_session)
   
   ;get top cellview
   top_cellview = asiGetTopCellView(current_session)
   
   ;goto the netlist directory in a new xterm
   currentWorkingDir=getWorkingDir()
   changeWorkingDir(netlist_directory)
   system(sprintf(nil "xterm -title \"%s\" &" top_cellview~>cellName))
   changeWorkingDir(currentWorkingDir)
   
) ; let
) ; procedure

; then insert a menu entry in CIW
ciwMenuInit()
myItem = hiCreateMenuItem(?name 'myItem
?itemText "Opem xterm in netlist folder"
?callback "xterm()"
)
hiAddMenuItem( ciwFileMenu myItem )
hiCreateMenu( 'myPulldown "Debug" list( myItem ) )
hiInsertBannerMenu( window(1) 'myPulldown 2 )