Startup (Part 3): Preferences
The previous two startup tips in this series are:
In most cases, the reason you put information in a
tvdrc file is because
you want something to be set all the time. In contrast, you use command-
line options to do something just for the current session.
Preferences serve a third function: they indicate things that you will want to
change either within a session or as needed in a convenient way. Here's the
kind of information that can be set using preferences:
- Action points: lets you set the scope of what is stopped, if the action point is set in a share group, automatic saving and loading, and if a Process Window is opened when a breakpoint is hit.
- Launch strings: these are best set in a tvdrc file.
- Bulk launch: these are best set in a tvdrc file.
- Dynamic libraries: asks if TotalView should stop when loading dynamic libraries. This lets you set breakpoints within them.
- Parallel: enables use of dbfork and what actions to take when your job goes parallel.
- Fonts: lets you indicate which fonts TotalView should use when displaying information.
- Formatting: sets the precision at which TotalView displays numbers and strings.
- Pointer Dive: controls how pointers are dereferenced and how pointers to arrays are cast.
In most cases, the defaults are probably OK for your needs. The most often
used preference are Fonts and Formatting. For detailed information on
preferences, see File Preferences.
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