View Source et_viewer (et v1.7.1)

Displays a sequence chart for trace events (messages/actions)

Summary

Functions

file(FileName)

Start a new event viewer and a corresponding collector and load them with trace events from a trace file.

get_collector_pid(ViewerPid)

Returns the identifier of the collector process.

start()

Simplified start of a sequence chart viewer with global tracing activated.

start(GUIorOptions)

Start of a sequence chart viewer without linking to the parent process.

start_link(GUIorOptions)

Start a sequence chart viewer for trace events (messages/actions)

stop(ViewerPid)

Stops a viewer process.

Types

actors()

(not exported)

-type actors() :: [term()].

first_key()

(not exported)

-type first_key() :: term().

option()

(not exported)

-type option() ::
          {title, string()} |
          {detail_level, 0..100} |
          {is_suspended, boolean()} |
          {scale, integer()} |
          {width, integer()} |
          {height, integer()} |
          {collector_pid, pid() | undefined} |
          {active_filter, atom()} |
          {max_events, integer() | undefined} |
          {max_actors, integer() | undefined} |
          {actors, actors()} |
          {first_event, first_key()} |
          {hide_unknown, boolean()} |
          {hide_actions, boolean()} |
          {display_mode, all | {search_actors, forward | reverse, first_key(), actors()}}.

Functions

file(FileName)

-spec file(FileName :: file:filename()) -> {ok, pid()} | {error, term()}.

Start a new event viewer and a corresponding collector and load them with trace events from a trace file.

get_collector_pid(ViewerPid)

-spec get_collector_pid(ViewerPid :: pid()) -> pid().

Returns the identifier of the collector process.

start()

-spec start() -> {ok, pid()} | {error, term()}.

Simplified start of a sequence chart viewer with global tracing activated.

Convenient to be used from the command line (erl -s et_viewer).

start(GUIorOptions)

-spec start(GUIorOptions) -> {ok, Viewer :: pid()} | {error, term()}
               when
                   GUIorOptions :: wx | default | Options, Options :: [option() | et_collector:option()].

Start of a sequence chart viewer without linking to the parent process.

start_link(GUIorOptions)

-spec start_link(GUIorOptions) -> {ok, Viewer :: pid()} | {error, term()}
                    when
                        GUIorOptions :: wx | default | Options,
                        Options :: [option() | et_collector:option()].

Start a sequence chart viewer for trace events (messages/actions)

A filter_fun() takes an event record as sole argument and returns false | true | {true, NewEvent}.

If the collector_pid is undefined a new et_collector will be started with the following parameter settings: parent_pid, event_order, trace_global, trace_pattern, trace_port, trace_max_queue, trace_client, dict_insert and dict_delete. The new et_viewer will register itself as an et_collector subscriber.

Default values:

parent_pid - self().
title - "et_viewer".
detail_level - max.
is_suspended - false.
scale - 2.
width - 800.
height - 600.
collector_pid - undefined.
event_order - trace_ts.
active_filter - collector.
max_actors - 5.
actors - ["UNKNOWN"].
first_event - first.
hide_unknown - false.
hide_actions - false.
display_mode - all.

stop(ViewerPid)

-spec stop(ViewerPid :: pid()) -> ok.

Stops a viewer process.