In the picture above, you can enable the cursor by clicking on the cursor button.
You can move both of its boundaries around by clicking on the blue flags in the
-time scale area. The area between the two boundary lines shows the time distance
-and its inverse (i.e. the frequency). If you can't see it, just zoom in until it
-shows. You can also move both boundaries at the same time by dragging the label
-where this information is shown.
+time scale area. The area between the two boundary lines shows the time distance,
+its inverse (i.e. the frequency) and/or the number of samples encompassed. If there's
+not enough space to see these, you can either zoom in until it shows, hover the mouse
+cursor over the label in the middle or right-click on the label to configure what
+you want to see. You can also move both boundaries at the same time by dragging said
+label.
image::pv_cursors_markers.png[]
Markers are movable indicators that you can create wherever you like on the
time scale - just double-click on it and it'll create one for you where your
-mouse cursor is at the time. You can click on its label and you'll have the
-option to change its name, or drag it to reposition it.
+mouse cursor is at the time, or use the context menu when right-clicking on
+the ruler or a signal trace.
+You can click on its label and you'll have the option to change its name, or
+drag it to reposition it.
+
+When you have multiple markers, you can have PulseView show you the time difference
+between the markers by hovering over one of them, like so:
+
+image::pv_marker_deltas.png[]
+
+This works on the cursor, too.
+
+Speaking of which - if you want to place or move the cursor ranges quickly, you
+can also press '1' and '2' on your keyboard to attach either side to your mouse
+cursor. They will stay put when you either press Esc or click with the left
+mouse button. This also works when the cursor isn't even showing, so using this
+method allows you to place the cursor quickly without having to enable it first.
[NOTE]
For timing comparison purposes, you can also enable a vertical marker line that
[NOTE]
There is also a special kind of marker that appears for each time the data
acquisition device has triggered. It cannot be moved and appears as a vertical
-dashed line.
+dashed blue line.
=== Special-Purpose Decoders
You can make use of them to examine various properties of the signals that are
of interest to you.
-Their names are:
+Among them are:
* Counter - counts pulses and/or groups of pulses (i.e. words)
* Guess bitrate - guesses the bitrate when using a serial protocol
=== Other Features
+==== Signal Label Area Resizing
Trace Views also allow you to maximize the viewing area by minimizing the area
occupied by the label area on the left. To do this, simply position the mouse
cursor at the right edge of the label area (or left edge of the viewing area).
This way, you can give signals long, expressive names without clogging up the
view area.
-Also, you can create multiple views by clicking on the "New View" button on
-the very left of the toolbar. Those can be rearranged as you wish.
+==== Multiple Views
+You can create multiple views by clicking on the "New View" button on the very
+left of the toolbar. These can be rearranged as you wish.
+
+==== Session Saving/Restoring
+When closing PulseView, it automatically saves the sessions you currently have
+open, including the signal configuration and any protocol decoders you might
+have added. The next time you start it again, it'll be restored to its
+previous state.
+
+This metadata is also saved with every .sr file you save so that the next time
+you open the .sr file, your signal configurations, views and decoders are
+restored. These metadata files have the ending .pvs (PulseView Setup) and can
+be edited in any text editor if you wish to change something manually.
+
+Additionally, you can save or load this metadata at any time using the
+save/load buttons.
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