Re: [PATCH 2/8] perf ui/tui: Split help message for perf top andreport

From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
Date: Thu Dec 26 2013 - 09:12:31 EST


Em Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 11:05:21AM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo escreveu:
> Em Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 02:37:58PM +0900, Namhyung Kim escreveu:
> > Some hotkeys don't work for perf top so split help messages for them.
> > It'll be helpful to a future modification. Also sort the message by
> > alphabetical order of the hotkey.

> > +++ b/tools/perf/ui/browsers/hists.c
> > @@ -1400,6 +1400,35 @@ static int perf_evsel__hists_browse(struct perf_evsel *evsel, int nr_events,
> > char script_opt[64];
> > int delay_secs = hbt ? hbt->refresh : 0;
> >
> > +#define HIST_BROWSER_HELP_COMMON \
> > + "h/?/F1 Show this window\n" \
> > + "UP/DOWN/PGUP\n" \
> > + "PGDN/SPACE Navigate\n" \
> > + "q/ESC/CTRL+C Exit browser\n\n" \
> > + "For multiple event sessions:\n\n" \
> > + "TAB/UNTAB Switch events\n\n" \
> > + "For symbolic views (--sort has sym):\n\n" \
> > + "-> Zoom into DSO/Threads & Annotate current symbol\n" \
> > + "<- Zoom out\n" \
> > + "a Annotate current symbol\n" \
> > + "C Collapse all callchains\n" \
> > + "d Zoom into current DSO\n" \
> > + "E Expand all callchains\n" \
> > +
> > + /* help messages are sorted by lexical order of the hotkey */
> > + const char report_help[] = HIST_BROWSER_HELP_COMMON
> > + "P Print histograms to perf.hist.N\n"
> > + "r Run available scripts\n"
> > + "s Switch to another data file in PWD\n"
> > + "t Zoom into current Thread\n"
> > + "V Verbose (DSO names in callchains, etc)\n"
> > + "/ Filter symbol by name";
> > + const char top_help[] = HIST_BROWSER_HELP_COMMON
> > + "P Print histograms to perf.hist.N\n"
> > + "t Zoom into current Thread\n"
> > + "V Verbose (DSO names in callchains, etc)\n"
> > + "/ Filter symbol by name";
> > +
> > if (browser == NULL)
> return -1;
>
> This wastes space, why not have the HIST_BROWSER_HELP_COMMON as a
>
> const char common_help[] = ...
>
> and then use:
> ui_browser__help(..., "%s%s", common_help,
> is_report_browser(hbt) ? report_help : top_help);
>
> ?

Because ui__help_window doesn't support va_arg, ok, applying this one
and later we can remove this space wastage when we make it support
variadic arguments.

- Arnaldo
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