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.TH PULSEVIEW 1 "December 17, 2019"
.SH "NAME"
PulseView \- Qt-based LA/scope/MSO GUI for sigrok
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.B pulseview \fR[\fBOPTIONS\fR] [\fBFILE\fR]
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.B PulseView
is a cross-platform Qt-based GUI for the
.B sigrok
software suite for test and measurement equipment such as logic analyzers,
oscilloscopes, MSOs, and more.
.SH "OPTIONS"
.B PulseView
has very few command line options, as most configuration elements are
available from the GUI itself.
.sp
If the optional \fBFILE\fR argument is supplied, PulseView tries to open
the specified file. It has to be in the "libsigrok session" format (.sr)
unless -I is used to specify the input file format.
.TP
.B "\-l, \-\-loglevel"
Set the libsigrok and libsigrokdecode loglevel. At the moment PulseView
doesn't support setting the two loglevels independently. The higher the
number, the more debug output will be printed. Valid loglevels are:
.sp
\fB0\fP   None
.br
\fB1\fP   Error
.br
\fB2\fP   Warnings
.br
\fB3\fP   Informational
.br
\fB4\fP   Debug
.br
\fB5\fP   Spew
.TP
.B "\-h, \-?, \-\-help"
Show a help text and exit.
.TP
.B "\-V, \-\-version"
Show version information and exit.
.TP
.BR "\-d, \-\-driver " <drivername>
Specify the capture device to connect to. If the
.B \-\-driver
option is not supplied, PulseView attempts to re-connect to the
most recently used device, or auto-detect available devices.
.TP
.BR "\-D, \-\-dont\-scan "
Usually PulseView automatically scans all drivers to find suitable
devices during program startup. This option disables the auto-scan.
Users can either specify the
.B \-\-driver
option to pick a device at startup, or interactively scan for devices
after PulseView has finished starting up.
.TP
.BR "\-i, \-\-input\-file " <filename>
Load input from a file. If the
.B \-\-input\-format
option is not supplied, PulseView attempts to load the file as a sigrok session
file.
.TP
.BR "\-I, \-\-input\-format " <format>
Specifies the format of the input file to be loaded.
.TP
.BR "\-s, \-\-settings " <filename>
Load PulseView session setup to use with the input file. The setup file must be
in the "PulseView session setup" format (.pvs).
.TP
.BR "\-c, \-\-clean"
Prevents the previously used sessions to be restored from settings storage.
This is useful if you want only a single session with the file given on the
command line instead of restoring all previously used sessions as well.
.SH "KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS"
.TP
.B "f"
Zoom-to-fit.
.TP
.B "s"
Enable / disable sticky scrolling. When enabled, the right edge of the screen
always shows the most recently captured data.
.TP
.B "."
Show / hide sampling points.
.TP
.B "g"
Show / hide analog minor grid (in addition to the vdiv grid).
.TP
.B "c"
Show / hide cursors.
.TP
.B "d"
Show / hide protocol decoder selector.
.TP
.B "b"
Toggle between coloured trace backgrounds and alternating light/dark
gray trace backgrounds.
.TP
.B "SPACE"
Start / stop an acquisition.
.TP
.B "Left/right arrow keys"
Scroll left/right.
.TP
.B "Up/down arrow keys"
Zoom in/out.
.TP
.B "Home"
Jump to the start of the sample data.
.TP
.B "End"
Jump to the end of the sample data.
.TP
.B "CTRL+o"
Open file.
.TP
.B "CTRL+s"
Save as...
.TP
.B "CTRL+r"
Save selected range as...
.TP
.B "CTRL+g"
Group all currently selected traces into a trace group.
.TP
.B "CTRL+u"
Ungroup the traces in the currently selected trace group.
.TP
.B "CTRL+up/down arrow keys"
Scroll down/up.
.TP
.B "CTRL++"
Zoom in.
.TP
.B "CTRL+-"
Zoom out.
.TP
.B "CTRL+q"
Quit, i.e. shutdown PulseView (closing all session tabs).
.TP
.B "CTRL+w"
Close the current session tab.
.SH "EXIT STATUS"
.B PulseView
exits with 0 on success, 1 on most failures.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
\fBsigrok\-cli\fP(1)
.SH "BUGS"
Please report any bugs via Bugzilla
.RB "(" http://sigrok.org/bugzilla ")"
or on the sigrok\-devel mailing list
.RB "(" sigrok\-devel@lists.souceforge.net ")."
.SH "LICENSE"
.B PulseView
is covered by the GNU General Public License (GPL), version 3 or later.
.SH "AUTHORS"
Please see the individual source code files.
.PP
This manual page was written by Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann\-uwe.de>.
It is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL (version 2 or later).
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	1	.TH PULSEVIEW 1 "December 17, 2019"
	2	.SH "NAME"
	3	PulseView \- Qt-based LA/scope/MSO GUI for sigrok
	4	.SH "SYNOPSIS"
	5	.B pulseview \fR[\fBOPTIONS\fR] [\fBFILE\fR]
	6	.SH "DESCRIPTION"
	7	.B PulseView
	8	is a cross-platform Qt-based GUI for the
	9	.B sigrok
	10	software suite for test and measurement equipment such as logic analyzers,
	11	oscilloscopes, MSOs, and more.
	12	.SH "OPTIONS"
	13	.B PulseView
	14	has very few command line options, as most configuration elements are
	15	available from the GUI itself.
	16	.sp
	17	If the optional \fBFILE\fR argument is supplied, PulseView tries to open
	18	the specified file. It has to be in the "libsigrok session" format (.sr)
	19	unless -I is used to specify the input file format.
	20	.TP
	21	.B "\-l, \-\-loglevel"
	22	Set the libsigrok and libsigrokdecode loglevel. At the moment PulseView
	23	doesn't support setting the two loglevels independently. The higher the
	24	number, the more debug output will be printed. Valid loglevels are:
	25	.sp
	26	\fB0\fP None
	27	.br
	28	\fB1\fP Error
	29	.br
	30	\fB2\fP Warnings
	31	.br
	32	\fB3\fP Informational
	33	.br
	34	\fB4\fP Debug
	35	.br
	36	\fB5\fP Spew
	37	.TP
	38	.B "\-h, \-?, \-\-help"
	39	Show a help text and exit.
	40	.TP
	41	.B "\-V, \-\-version"
	42	Show version information and exit.
	43	.TP
	44	.BR "\-d, \-\-driver " <drivername>
	45	Specify the capture device to connect to. If the
	46	.B \-\-driver
	47	option is not supplied, PulseView attempts to re-connect to the
	48	most recently used device, or auto-detect available devices.
	49	.TP
	50	.BR "\-D, \-\-dont\-scan "
	51	Usually PulseView automatically scans all drivers to find suitable
	52	devices during program startup. This option disables the auto-scan.
	53	Users can either specify the
	54	.B \-\-driver
	55	option to pick a device at startup, or interactively scan for devices
	56	after PulseView has finished starting up.
	57	.TP
	58	.BR "\-i, \-\-input\-file " <filename>
	59	Load input from a file. If the
	60	.B \-\-input\-format
	61	option is not supplied, PulseView attempts to load the file as a sigrok session
	62	file.
	63	.TP
	64	.BR "\-I, \-\-input\-format " <format>
	65	Specifies the format of the input file to be loaded.
	66	.TP
	67	.BR "\-s, \-\-settings " <filename>
	68	Load PulseView session setup to use with the input file. The setup file must be
	69	in the "PulseView session setup" format (.pvs).
	70	.TP
	71	.BR "\-c, \-\-clean"
	72	Prevents the previously used sessions to be restored from settings storage.
	73	This is useful if you want only a single session with the file given on the
	74	command line instead of restoring all previously used sessions as well.
	75	.SH "KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS"
	76	.TP
	77	.B "f"
	78	Zoom-to-fit.
	79	.TP
	80	.B "s"
	81	Enable / disable sticky scrolling. When enabled, the right edge of the screen
	82	always shows the most recently captured data.
	83	.TP
	84	.B "."
	85	Show / hide sampling points.
	86	.TP
	87	.B "g"
	88	Show / hide analog minor grid (in addition to the vdiv grid).
	89	.TP
	90	.B "c"
	91	Show / hide cursors.
	92	.TP
	93	.B "d"
	94	Show / hide protocol decoder selector.
	95	.TP
	96	.B "b"
	97	Toggle between coloured trace backgrounds and alternating light/dark
	98	gray trace backgrounds.
	99	.TP
	100	.B "SPACE"
	101	Start / stop an acquisition.
	102	.TP
	103	.B "Left/right arrow keys"
	104	Scroll left/right.
	105	.TP
	106	.B "Up/down arrow keys"
	107	Zoom in/out.
	108	.TP
	109	.B "Home"
	110	Jump to the start of the sample data.
	111	.TP
	112	.B "End"
	113	Jump to the end of the sample data.
	114	.TP
	115	.B "CTRL+o"
	116	Open file.
	117	.TP
	118	.B "CTRL+s"
	119	Save as...
	120	.TP
	121	.B "CTRL+r"
	122	Save selected range as...
	123	.TP
	124	.B "CTRL+g"
	125	Group all currently selected traces into a trace group.
	126	.TP
	127	.B "CTRL+u"
	128	Ungroup the traces in the currently selected trace group.
	129	.TP
	130	.B "CTRL+up/down arrow keys"
	131	Scroll down/up.
	132	.TP
	133	.B "CTRL++"
	134	Zoom in.
	135	.TP
	136	.B "CTRL+-"
	137	Zoom out.
	138	.TP
	139	.B "CTRL+q"
	140	Quit, i.e. shutdown PulseView (closing all session tabs).
	141	.TP
	142	.B "CTRL+w"
	143	Close the current session tab.
	144	.SH "EXIT STATUS"
	145	.B PulseView
	146	exits with 0 on success, 1 on most failures.
	147	.SH "SEE ALSO"
	148	\fBsigrok\-cli\fP(1)
	149	.SH "BUGS"
	150	Please report any bugs via Bugzilla
	151	.RB "(" http://sigrok.org/bugzilla ")"
	152	or on the sigrok\-devel mailing list
	153	.RB "(" sigrok\-devel@lists.souceforge.net ")."
	154	.SH "LICENSE"
	155	.B PulseView
	156	is covered by the GNU General Public License (GPL), version 3 or later.
	157	.SH "AUTHORS"
	158	Please see the individual source code files.
	159	.PP
	160	This manual page was written by Uwe Hermann <uwe@hermann\-uwe.de>.
	161	It is licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL (version 2 or later).