SYNOPSIS

halshow [options] [watchfile]

OPTIONS

--help

Displays the help

--fformat format_string_for_float

Float format string

--iformat format_string_for_int

Integer format string

For format see https://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl8.6.11/TclCmd/format.html

Example: "%.5f" displays a float with 5 digits right of the decimal point.

--noprefs

Don’t use preference file to save settings

DESCRIPTION

The program halshow creates a GUI interface to view and interact with a running HAL session.

SEE ALSO

linuxcnc(1)

Halshow is documented in the PDF and HTML documentation much more completely than is possible in a manpage: https://linuxcnc.org/docs/html/hal/halshow.html

HISTORY

LinuxCNC 2.9

  • Added buttons for pin/parameter/signal manipulation.

  • Added menu entries for setting update interval, adding manually.

  • Added right-click menu for copy, set, unlink pin and remove from view.

  • Added button to expand/collapse the tree view

  • Added search entry

BUGS

None known at this time.

AUTHOR

Raymond E. Henry

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs at https://github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/issues.

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2020 Andy Pugh.

This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.