From 89debf178708458ac62f5b53dfc97437009d02d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Taeung Song Date: Fri, 8 Jan 2016 20:39:31 +0900 Subject: [PATCH] perf config: Document variables for 'colors' section in man page Explain 'colors' section and its variables, used for The variables for customizing the colors used in the output for the 'report', 'top' and 'annotate' in the TUI, those are: 'top', 'medium', 'normal', 'selected', 'jump_arrows', 'addr' and 'root'. Signed-off-by: Taeung Song Cc: Jiri Olsa Cc: Namhyung Kim Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1452253193-30502-2-git-send-email-treeze.taeung@gmail.com Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo --- tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+) diff --git a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt index 1ee488b9aaf7..80517823b7e5 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt +++ b/tools/perf/Documentation/perf-config.txt @@ -98,6 +98,52 @@ Given a $HOME/.perfconfig like this: order = caller sort-key = function +Variables +~~~~~~~~~ + +colors.*:: + The variables for customizing the colors used in the output for the + 'report', 'top' and 'annotate' in the TUI. They should specify the + foreground and background colors, separated by a comma, for example: + + medium = green, lightgray + + If you want to use the color configured for you terminal, just leave it + as 'default', for example: + + medium = default, lightgray + + Available colors: + red, yellow, green, cyan, gray, black, blue, + white, default, magenta, lightgray + + colors.top:: + 'top' means a overhead percentage which is more than 5%. + And values of this variable specify percentage colors. + Basic key values are foreground-color 'red' and + background-color 'default'. + colors.medium:: + 'medium' means a overhead percentage which has more than 0.5%. + Default values are 'green' and 'default'. + colors.normal:: + 'normal' means the rest of overhead percentages + except 'top', 'medium', 'selected'. + Default values are 'lightgray' and 'default'. + colors.selected:: + This selects the colors for the current entry in a list of entries + from sub-commands (top, report, annotate). + Default values are 'black' and 'lightgray'. + colors.jump_arrows:: + Colors for jump arrows on assembly code listings + such as 'jns', 'jmp', 'jane', etc. + Default values are 'blue', 'default'. + colors.addr:: + This selects colors for addresses from 'annotate'. + Default values are 'magenta', 'default'. + colors.root:: + Colors for headers in the output of a sub-commands (top, report). + Default values are 'white', 'blue'. + SEE ALSO -------- linkperf:perf[1]