X-Git-Url: https://sigrok.org/gitweb/?p=pulseview.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=manual%2Fanalysis.txt;fp=manual%2Fanalysis.txt;h=b6547fe409f6f9b8eb076c563d4ea7df25641308;hp=bc2c11d0e426736dd872217365650089fe4bdbb6;hb=b82e8832c1b37ebaed4d2ec410c0a3e38291edd1;hpb=121307b3c50d981638cbe1e33ba5410bb2b11dd1 diff --git a/manual/analysis.txt b/manual/analysis.txt index bc2c11d0..b6547fe4 100644 --- a/manual/analysis.txt +++ b/manual/analysis.txt @@ -30,10 +30,12 @@ you'd expect. To do so, you'll want to use cursors and markers. 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[] @@ -48,6 +50,19 @@ 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 follows your mouse cursor: _Settings_ -> _Views_ -> _Highlight mouse cursor_ @@ -55,7 +70,7 @@ follows your mouse cursor: _Settings_ -> _Views_ -> _Highlight mouse cursor_ [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