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GHDL Documentation
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This manual is the user and reference manual for GHDL. It does not contain an
introduction to VHDL. Thus, the reader should have at least a basic knowledge
of VHDL. A good knowledge of VHDL language reference manual (usually called
LRM) is a plus.

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   News
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   15.08.2017 - GHDL 0.34 was released.
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   23.10.2015 - GHDL 0.33 was released.
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   .. rubric:: 15.08.2017 - GHDL 0.34 was released.

   .. rubric:: 23.10.2015 - GHDL 0.33 was released.

.. |docdate| date:: %b %d, %Y - %H:%M

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   This document was generated on |docdate|.

.. toctree::
   :caption: Introduction
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   about
   contribute
   licenses

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   \part{GHDL usage}

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   :caption: GHDL usage
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   using/QuickStartGuide
   using/InvokingGHDL
   using/Simulation

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   \part{Getting GHDL}

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   :caption: Getting GHDL
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   getting/Releases
   Building GHDL <building/Building>
   building/PrecompileVendorPrimitives

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   \part{References}

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   :caption: Implementation References
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   references/CommandReference
   references/CodingStyle
   references/ImplementationOfVHDL
   references/ImplementationOfVITAL

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   \part{Appendix}

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   :caption: Appendix
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   appendix/Roadmap
   appendix/Meta
   genindex