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 <a href="../concepts/modulesBrowser.html">Module Browser</a>.
  <img src="../tasks/images/importDialogue.png">
  
  
• Exit - Exits Systemtap GUI.

<a name="run">Run</a>

• Run - This option runs the selected module in the <a href="../concepts/modulesBrowser.html">Module Browser</a>.
• Pause - This option pauses the selected module in the <a href="../concepts/modulesBrowser.html">Module Browser</a>. 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 <a href="../concepts/modulesBrowser.html">Module Browser</a>.

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:
  • Console
  • Error Log
  • Functions
  • Kernel Source
  • Probe Alias
  • Other - Lists all views in the application.
  
  <img src="images/menu/viewbox1.png">
  
  
• Preferences - Due to the breath of this topic it is covered in another section. Please see <a href="preferences.html">Preferences Help</a>.
  <img src="images/menu/preferencesbox1.png">