Commit 89debf17 authored by Taeung Song's avatar Taeung Song Committed by Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
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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: default avatarTaeung Song <treeze.taeung@gmail.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1452253193-30502-2-git-send-email-treeze.taeung@gmail.com


Signed-off-by: default avatarArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
parent 78ce08df
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@@ -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
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linkperf:perf[1]