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authorJavier Jardón <jjardon@gnome.org>2012-06-28 03:56:12 +0900
committerTim-Philipp Müller <tim@centricular.net>2012-06-28 14:34:00 +0100
commitb348f1daad999c599d6aeac547ed2d5cfb81e04e (patch)
tree9ffb777070645b72eb04f06eec121e41befc0e38
parente6d6cbf5e374a95d0735e1a12a3b4f78220ffa38 (diff)
downloadgstreamer-b348f1daad999c599d6aeac547ed2d5cfb81e04e.tar.gz
docs/gst/running.xml: GStreamer supports more debuggins levels
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=679008
-rw-r--r--docs/gst/running.xml38
1 files changed, 36 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/gst/running.xml b/docs/gst/running.xml
index 3800437ec1..4db812a826 100644
--- a/docs/gst/running.xml
+++ b/docs/gst/running.xml
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ to print out different types of debugging information to stderr.
<para>
The variable takes a comma-separated list of "category_name:level" pairs
to set specific levels for the individual categories.
-The level value ranges from 0 (nothing) to 5 (LOG).
+The level value ranges from 0 (nothing) to 9 (MEMDUMP).
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
@@ -151,6 +151,40 @@ these include streaming and steady-state conditions.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>6 - <option>FIXME</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+<para>
+Logs all fixme messages. Fixme messages are messages that indicate that something
+in the executed code path is not fully implemented or handled yet. The purpose
+of this message is to make it easier to spot incomplete/unfinished pieces of
+code when reading the debug log.
+</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>7 - <option>TRACE</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+<para>
+Logs all trace messages. These messages for events
+that happen repeatedly during an object's lifetime such as the
+ref/unref cycles.
+</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term>9 - <option>MEMDUMP</option></term>
+ <listitem>
+<para>
+Log all memory dump messages. Memory dump messages are used to log
+(small) chunks of data as memory dumps in the log. They will be displayed
+as hexdump with ASCII characters.
+</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
The category_name can contain "<option>*"</option> as a wildcard.
@@ -167,7 +201,7 @@ For example, setting <envar>GST_DEBUG</envar> to
<para>
To get all possible debug output, set
<envar>GST_DEBUG</envar>
-to <option>*:5</option>
+to <option>*:9</option>
</para>
</formalpara>