The Log window displays the session log
information. It is one of the four primary windows. The other primary windows
are Status, Source, and Command. In Log Window the Log window is identified by its name
in the upper-left border.
Like all the primary windows, the Log window is always
open, even when it is obscured by an overlying window. Therefore, for purposes
of the window command, it is a class 1 window.
See window.
Viewing information in the Log window
The Log window displays a log of your debugger session. Commands that are
issued from the Command window, or the Log window itself, are displayed in
the Log window. It is also used to display the output from commands such as print and dump and some error
messages. The window scroll up and window scroll down commands can be used to view log lines
that are not currently visible in the window. (By default, the PF19 and PF20
keys are dedicated to window scroll up andwindow scroll down, respectively.)
The length of each log line, with
one exception, is
determined by the auto linesize option. Long
lines can be viewed by scrolling the window left and right using the window scroll left and window scroll right commands. (The PF22 and
PF23 keys are dedicated, by default,
to window scroll left and window
scroll right, respectively.) The exception is output from
the dump command, which is tailored to the
size of the Log window.
Clearing the Log window and changing buffer size The window clear and window
memory commands can also be used to clear the Log window
and specify the amount of memory to be used for the session log. Like commands
that are issued in the Command window, log lines are maintained in a first
in, first out buffer. As the buffer fills up the older lines are deleted.
You can increase the size of this buffer by using the window
memory command in your configuration file, which increases
the size of your session log. The amount of memory allocated for window buffers
cannot be changed during a session.
Issuing debugger commands from the Log window You can also issue commands from the Log window by typing over
a portion of a previously typed command that is displayed in the Log window
and pressing the ENTER key. It is also possible to issue several commands
at a time by separating commands with semicolons. Long commands can be continued
at any point with a backslash (\ ); the next line that has been typed over
is the continuation line.
By default, window trace
lines do not appear in the Log window.
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