Added option to copy example projects

Dockerfile

@@ -38,4 +38,5 @@ RUN jupyter lab build
 
 # Set up terminal
 RUN echo 'export PS1="\[$(tput bold)\]\[\033[38;5;220m\]\u\[$(tput sgr0)\]:\[$(tput sgr0)\]\[$(tput bold)\]\[\033[38;5;14m\]\W\[$(tput sgr0)\]\\$\[$(tput sgr0) \]"' >> ~/.bashrc
-RUN mkdir -p .vscode && echo '{"files.associations": {"*.openfpga": "tcl"},"workbench.colorTheme": "Monokai"}' > .vscode/settings.json
+RUN echo 'alias codeopen="code-server -r "' >> ~/.bashrc
+RUN mkdir -p .vscode && echo '{"files.associations": {"*.openfpga": "shellscript"},"workbench.colorTheme": "Monokai"}' > .vscode/settings.json

docs/source/tutorials/getting_started/shell_shortcuts.rst

@@ -30,11 +30,13 @@ Once the ``openfpga.sh`` script is sourced, you can run any following commands d
 
 .. option:: create-task <task_name> <template>
 
-   It creates a template project with the task name in the current directory.
-   There are two templates currently configurate 
+   It creates a template task in the current directory with the given task_name.
+   the template is an optional argument; there are two templates currently configured
    - ``vpr_blif``: A template task for running flow with `.blif` file as an input (VPR + Netlist generation)
    - ``yosys_vpr``: A template task for running flow with `.v` file as an input (Synthesis + VPR + Netlist generation)
-
+   you can also use this command to copy any example project; use a ``list-tasks`` command to get the list of example projects
+   for example  ``create-task _my_task_copy basic_tests/generate_fabric`` create a copy of the ``basic_tests/generate_fabric`` task in
+   the current directory with  ``_my_task_copy`` name.
 
 .. option:: run-modelsim
 

openfpga.sh

@@ -40,10 +40,20 @@ create-task () {
         echo "Task $1 already exists"
         return
     fi
-    flow="yosys_vpr"
-    if [ -z $1 ]; then flow=$2; fi 
+    template="template_tasks/yosys_vpr_template"
+    if [ ${#2} -ge 1 ]; then 
+        if   [[ "$2" == "vpr_blif" ]]; then template="template_tasks/${2}_template/";
+        elif [[ "$2" == "yosys_vpr" ]]; then template="template_tasks/${2}_template/"; 
+        else template="$2" 
+        fi
+    fi
+    if [ ! -f $OPENFPGA_PATH/openfpga_flow/tasks/${template}/config/task.conf ]; then 
+        echo "Template project [${template}] does not exist" ; return; 
+    fi
+    echo "Creating task     $1"
+    echo "Template project  ${template}"
     mkdir -p $1
-    cp -r $OPENFPGA_PATH/openfpga_flow/tasks/template_tasks/${flow}_template/* $1/
+    cp -r $OPENFPGA_PATH/openfpga_flow/tasks/${template}/* $1/
 }
 
 run-task () {

openfpga_flow/regression_test_scripts/basic_reg_test.sh

@@ -181,3 +181,7 @@ run-task basic_tests/fix_pins --debug --show_thread_logs
 echo -e "Testing project templates";
 run-task template_tasks/vpr_blif_template --debug --show_thread_logs
 run-task template_tasks/yosys_vpr_template --debug --show_thread_logs
+
+echo -e "Testing create tsk from template and run task"
+create-task _task_copy basic_tests/generate_fabric
+run-task _task_copy