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Linux Tools Project/Systemtap/User Guide/dashboard/menus.html
Dashboard Perspective Menus
What follows is a comprehension list of the menu options available within the Systemtap GUI Dashboard Perspective.
File
- Import Module Location - This option allows brings up a dialogue box prompting the user with the location of a module file which is then loaded into the Modules Browser .
- Exit - Exits Systemtap GUI.
Run
- Run - This option runs the selected module in the Modules Browser .
- Pause - This option pauses the selected module in the Modules Browser . Know that this method of pausing is an illusion; the graph data is simply not updated while the script continues to run. This inability to truly pause is inherent in SystemTap itself.
- Stop - This option stops the selected module in the Modules Browser .
Window
- Open in New Window - This option opens a new instance of SystemTap GUI.
- Open Perspective - This submenu lists each of the available perspectives to open:
- IDE Perspective
- Graphing Perspective
- Dashboard Perspective
- Show Views - This submenus lists each of the available views to open:
- Preferences - Due to the breath of this topic it is covered in another section. Please see Preferences