doc: Update pulseview(1) manpage, add --driver option (-d)

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-.TH PULSEVIEW 1 "December 16, 2015"
+.TH PULSEVIEW 1 "June 6, 2017"

 .SH "NAME"
 PulseView \- Qt-based LA/scope/MSO GUI for sigrok
 .SH "SYNOPSIS"
 .SH "NAME"
 PulseView \- Qt-based LA/scope/MSO GUI for sigrok
 .SH "SYNOPSIS"

-.B pulseview \fR[\fBOPTIONS\fR] [\fBfile.sr\fR]
+.B pulseview \fR[\fBOPTIONS\fR] [\fBFILE\fR]

 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
 .B PulseView
 is a cross-platform Qt-based GUI for the
 .SH "DESCRIPTION"
 .B PulseView
 is a cross-platform Qt-based GUI for the


@@ -14,8 +14,9 @@ oscilloscopes, MSOs, and more.
 has very few command line options, as most configuration elements are
 available from the GUI itself.
 .sp
 has very few command line options, as most configuration elements are
 available from the GUI itself.
 .sp

-If the optional \fBfile.sr\fR argument is supplied, PulseView tries to open
-the specified file. It has to be in the "libsigrok session" format.
+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
 .TP
 .B "\-l, \-\-loglevel"
 Set the libsigrok and libsigrokdecode loglevel. At the moment PulseView


@@ -40,6 +41,12 @@ Show a help text and exit.
 .B "\-V, \-\-version"
 Show version information 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 "\-i, \-\-input\-file " <filename>
 Load input from a file. If the
 .B \-\-input\-format
 .BR "\-i, \-\-input\-file " <filename>
 Load input from a file. If the
 .B \-\-input\-format


@@ -48,6 +55,11 @@ file.
 .TP
 .BR "\-I, \-\-input\-format " <format>
 Specifies the format of the input file to be loaded.
 .TP
 .BR "\-I, \-\-input\-format " <format>
 Specifies the format of the input file to be loaded.

+.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"
 .SH "KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS"
 .TP
 .B "f"


@@ -57,17 +69,25 @@ Zoom-to-fit.
 Zoom 1:1.
 .TP
 .B "s"
 Zoom 1:1.
 .TP
 .B "s"

-Enable / disable sticky scrolling.
+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
 .TP
 .B "c"
 Show / hide cursors.
 .TP

+.B "b"
+Toggle between coloured trace backgrounds and alternating light/dark
+gray trace backgrounds.
+.TP

 .B "SPACE"
 Start / stop an acquisition.
 .TP
 .B "SPACE"
 Start / stop an acquisition.
 .TP

-.B "ALT"
-Show / hide the menu.
-.TP

 .B "Arrow keys"
 Scroll up/down/left/right.
 .TP
 .B "Arrow keys"
 Scroll up/down/left/right.
 .TP


@@ -93,7 +113,10 @@ Zoom in.
 Zoom out.
 .TP
 .B "CTRL+q"
 Zoom out.
 .TP
 .B "CTRL+q"

-Quit, i.e. shutdown PulseView.
+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 "EXIT STATUS"
 .B PulseView
 exits with 0 on success, 1 on most failures.