how to comment ucf file in Doxygen - document

Question

I want to use Doxygen to document a VHDL project. This works as expected for the VHDL source files. However, I'd like to add the ucf (user constraints file; Xilinx) too. The VHDL comment indicator "--!" obviously doesn't work. What comment indicator can be used for UCF files?
# file constr.ucf
# brief my pinout...
net "sig1" LOC = "P1"; # my signal 1
net "sig2" LOC = "P2"; # my signal 2
net "sig3" LOC = "P3"; # my signal 3
I see in doxygen log, that the file has been "reading" and "parsing". when I try to open "constraints" in HTML output, it reports "file not found".
when I use the EXTRACT_ALL function, the file is generated. However, the comments are not recognized as such!
here's the configuration file I use:
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Project related configuration options
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
DOXYFILE_ENCODING = UTF-8
PROJECT_NAME = "My Project"
PROJECT_NUMBER =
PROJECT_BRIEF =
PROJECT_LOGO =
OUTPUT_DIRECTORY = D:/projekte/doxyTest
CREATE_SUBDIRS = NO
OUTPUT_LANGUAGE = English
BRIEF_MEMBER_DESC = YES
REPEAT_BRIEF = YES
ABBREVIATE_BRIEF = "The $name class" \
"The $name widget" \
"The $name file" \
is \
provides \
specifies \
contains \
represents \
a \
an \
the
ALWAYS_DETAILED_SEC = NO
INLINE_INHERITED_MEMB = NO
FULL_PATH_NAMES = YES
STRIP_FROM_PATH =
STRIP_FROM_INC_PATH =
SHORT_NAMES = NO
JAVADOC_AUTOBRIEF = NO
QT_AUTOBRIEF = NO
MULTILINE_CPP_IS_BRIEF = NO
INHERIT_DOCS = YES
SEPARATE_MEMBER_PAGES = NO
TAB_SIZE = 4
ALIASES =
TCL_SUBST =
OPTIMIZE_OUTPUT_FOR_C = NO
OPTIMIZE_OUTPUT_JAVA = NO
OPTIMIZE_FOR_FORTRAN = NO
OPTIMIZE_OUTPUT_VHDL = YES
EXTENSION_MAPPING = ucf=vhdl
MARKDOWN_SUPPORT = YES
AUTOLINK_SUPPORT = YES
BUILTIN_STL_SUPPORT = NO
CPP_CLI_SUPPORT = NO
SIP_SUPPORT = NO
IDL_PROPERTY_SUPPORT = YES
DISTRIBUTE_GROUP_DOC = NO
SUBGROUPING = YES
INLINE_GROUPED_CLASSES = NO
INLINE_SIMPLE_STRUCTS = NO
TYPEDEF_HIDES_STRUCT = NO
SYMBOL_CACHE_SIZE = 0
LOOKUP_CACHE_SIZE = 0
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Build related configuration options
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
EXTRACT_ALL = NO
EXTRACT_PRIVATE = NO
EXTRACT_PACKAGE = NO
EXTRACT_STATIC = NO
EXTRACT_LOCAL_CLASSES = YES
EXTRACT_LOCAL_METHODS = NO
EXTRACT_ANON_NSPACES = NO
HIDE_UNDOC_MEMBERS = NO
HIDE_UNDOC_CLASSES = NO
HIDE_FRIEND_COMPOUNDS = NO
HIDE_IN_BODY_DOCS = NO
INTERNAL_DOCS = NO
CASE_SENSE_NAMES = NO
HIDE_SCOPE_NAMES = NO
SHOW_INCLUDE_FILES = YES
FORCE_LOCAL_INCLUDES = NO
INLINE_INFO = YES
SORT_MEMBER_DOCS = YES
SORT_BRIEF_DOCS = NO
SORT_MEMBERS_CTORS_1ST = NO
SORT_GROUP_NAMES = NO
SORT_BY_SCOPE_NAME = NO
STRICT_PROTO_MATCHING = NO
GENERATE_TODOLIST = YES
GENERATE_TESTLIST = YES
GENERATE_BUGLIST = YES
GENERATE_DEPRECATEDLIST= YES
ENABLED_SECTIONS =
MAX_INITIALIZER_LINES = 30
SHOW_USED_FILES = YES
SHOW_FILES = YES
SHOW_NAMESPACES = YES
FILE_VERSION_FILTER =
LAYOUT_FILE =
CITE_BIB_FILES =
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# configuration options related to warning and progress messages
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
QUIET = NO
WARNINGS = YES
WARN_IF_UNDOCUMENTED = YES
WARN_IF_DOC_ERROR = YES
WARN_NO_PARAMDOC = NO
WARN_FORMAT = "$file:$line: $text"
WARN_LOGFILE =
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# configuration options related to the input files
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
INPUT = D:/projekte/doxyTest
INPUT_ENCODING = UTF-8
FILE_PATTERNS = *.c \
*.cc \
*.cxx \
*.cpp \
*.c++ \
*.d \
*.java \
*.ii \
*.ixx \
*.ipp \
*.i++ \
*.inl \
*.h \
*.hh \
*.hxx \
*.hpp \
*.h++ \
*.idl \
*.odl \
*.cs \
*.php \
*.php3 \
*.inc \
*.m \
*.markdown \
*.md \
*.mm \
*.dox \
*.py \
*.f90 \
*.f \
*.for \
*.vhd \
*.vhdl \
*.ucf \
*.v
RECURSIVE = NO
EXCLUDE =
EXCLUDE_SYMLINKS = NO
EXCLUDE_PATTERNS =
EXCLUDE_SYMBOLS =
EXAMPLE_PATH =
EXAMPLE_PATTERNS = *
EXAMPLE_RECURSIVE = NO
IMAGE_PATH =
INPUT_FILTER =
FILTER_PATTERNS =
FILTER_SOURCE_FILES = NO
FILTER_SOURCE_PATTERNS =
USE_MDFILE_AS_MAINPAGE =
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# configuration options related to source browsing
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
SOURCE_BROWSER = NO
INLINE_SOURCES = NO
STRIP_CODE_COMMENTS = YES
REFERENCED_BY_RELATION = NO
REFERENCES_RELATION = NO
REFERENCES_LINK_SOURCE = YES
USE_HTAGS = NO
VERBATIM_HEADERS = YES
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# configuration options related to the alphabetical class index
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
ALPHABETICAL_INDEX = YES
COLS_IN_ALPHA_INDEX = 5
IGNORE_PREFIX =
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# configuration options related to the HTML output
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
GENERATE_HTML = YES
HTML_OUTPUT = html
HTML_FILE_EXTENSION = .html
HTML_HEADER =
HTML_FOOTER =
HTML_STYLESHEET =
HTML_EXTRA_STYLESHEET =
HTML_EXTRA_FILES =
HTML_COLORSTYLE_HUE = 220
HTML_COLORSTYLE_SAT = 100
HTML_COLORSTYLE_GAMMA = 80
HTML_TIMESTAMP = YES
HTML_DYNAMIC_SECTIONS = NO
HTML_INDEX_NUM_ENTRIES = 100
GENERATE_DOCSET = NO
DOCSET_FEEDNAME = "Doxygen generated docs"
DOCSET_BUNDLE_ID = org.doxygen.Project
DOCSET_PUBLISHER_ID = org.doxygen.Publisher
DOCSET_PUBLISHER_NAME = Publisher
GENERATE_HTMLHELP = NO
CHM_FILE =
HHC_LOCATION =
GENERATE_CHI = NO
CHM_INDEX_ENCODING =
BINARY_TOC = NO
TOC_EXPAND = NO
GENERATE_QHP = NO
QCH_FILE =
QHP_NAMESPACE = org.doxygen.Project
QHP_VIRTUAL_FOLDER = doc
QHP_CUST_FILTER_NAME =
QHP_CUST_FILTER_ATTRS =
QHP_SECT_FILTER_ATTRS =
QHG_LOCATION =
GENERATE_ECLIPSEHELP = NO
ECLIPSE_DOC_ID = org.doxygen.Project
DISABLE_INDEX = NO
GENERATE_TREEVIEW = NO
ENUM_VALUES_PER_LINE = 4
TREEVIEW_WIDTH = 250
EXT_LINKS_IN_WINDOW = NO
FORMULA_FONTSIZE = 10
FORMULA_TRANSPARENT = YES
USE_MATHJAX = NO
MATHJAX_FORMAT = HTML-CSS
MATHJAX_RELPATH = http://cdn.mathjax.org/mathjax/latest
MATHJAX_EXTENSIONS =
SEARCHENGINE = YES
SERVER_BASED_SEARCH = NO
EXTERNAL_SEARCH = NO
SEARCHENGINE_URL =
SEARCHDATA_FILE = searchdata.xml
EXTERNAL_SEARCH_ID =
EXTRA_SEARCH_MAPPINGS =
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# configuration options related to the LaTeX output
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
GENERATE_LATEX = YES
LATEX_OUTPUT = latex
LATEX_CMD_NAME = latex
MAKEINDEX_CMD_NAME = makeindex
COMPACT_LATEX = NO
PAPER_TYPE = a4
EXTRA_PACKAGES =
LATEX_HEADER =
LATEX_FOOTER =
PDF_HYPERLINKS = YES
USE_PDFLATEX = YES
LATEX_BATCHMODE = NO
LATEX_HIDE_INDICES = NO
LATEX_SOURCE_CODE = NO
LATEX_BIB_STYLE = plain
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# configuration options related to the RTF output
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
GENERATE_RTF = NO
RTF_OUTPUT = rtf
COMPACT_RTF = NO
RTF_HYPERLINKS = NO
RTF_STYLESHEET_FILE =
RTF_EXTENSIONS_FILE =
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# configuration options related to the man page output
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
GENERATE_MAN = NO
MAN_OUTPUT = man
MAN_EXTENSION = .3
MAN_LINKS = NO
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# configuration options related to the XML output
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
GENERATE_XML = NO
XML_OUTPUT = xml
XML_SCHEMA =
XML_DTD =
XML_PROGRAMLISTING = YES
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# configuration options for the AutoGen Definitions output
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
GENERATE_AUTOGEN_DEF = NO
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# configuration options related to the Perl module output
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
GENERATE_PERLMOD = NO
PERLMOD_LATEX = NO
PERLMOD_PRETTY = YES
PERLMOD_MAKEVAR_PREFIX =
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Configuration options related to the preprocessor
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
ENABLE_PREPROCESSING = YES
MACRO_EXPANSION = NO
EXPAND_ONLY_PREDEF = NO
SEARCH_INCLUDES = YES
INCLUDE_PATH =
INCLUDE_FILE_PATTERNS =
PREDEFINED =
EXPAND_AS_DEFINED =
SKIP_FUNCTION_MACROS = YES
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Configuration::additions related to external references
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
TAGFILES =
GENERATE_TAGFILE =
ALLEXTERNALS = NO
EXTERNAL_GROUPS = YES
PERL_PATH = /usr/bin/perl
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Configuration options related to the dot tool
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
CLASS_DIAGRAMS = YES
MSCGEN_PATH =
HIDE_UNDOC_RELATIONS = YES
HAVE_DOT = NO
DOT_NUM_THREADS = 0
DOT_FONTNAME = Helvetica
DOT_FONTSIZE = 10
DOT_FONTPATH =
CLASS_GRAPH = YES
COLLABORATION_GRAPH = YES
GROUP_GRAPHS = YES
UML_LOOK = NO
UML_LIMIT_NUM_FIELDS = 10
TEMPLATE_RELATIONS = NO
INCLUDE_GRAPH = YES
INCLUDED_BY_GRAPH = YES
CALL_GRAPH = NO
CALLER_GRAPH = NO
GRAPHICAL_HIERARCHY = YES
DIRECTORY_GRAPH = YES
DOT_IMAGE_FORMAT = png
INTERACTIVE_SVG = NO
DOT_PATH =
DOTFILE_DIRS =
MSCFILE_DIRS =
DOT_GRAPH_MAX_NODES = 50
MAX_DOT_GRAPH_DEPTH = 0
DOT_TRANSPARENT = NO
DOT_MULTI_TARGETS = NO
GENERATE_LEGEND = YES
DOT_CLEANUP = YES

Answer 1

The # is the comment idicator in UCF files.
From the Xilinx Constraints Guide (page 32):
To add comments to the UCF and NCF files, begin each comment line with
a pound (#) sign, as in the following example.
# file TEST.UCF
# net constraints for TEST design
NET "$SIG_0 MAXDELAY" = 10;
NET "$SIG_1 MAXDELAY" = 12 ns;
In your Doxygen configuration file, make sure you have the following option set:
OPTIMIZE_OUTPUT_VHDL = YES
EXTENSION_MAPPING = ucf=vhdl
And add *.ucf to FILE_PATTERNS.
In your HTML, you should now have a tab called Constraints under Design Unit List that shows the documentation for your UCF.

Answer 2

Try this example
#! file TEST.UCF
#! net constraints for TEST design
NET "$SIG_0 MAXDELAY" = 10;
NET "$SIG_1 MAXDELAY" = 12 ns;