HALSHOW

NAME

halshow - Show HAL parameters, pins and signals

SYNOPSIS

halshow [Options] [watchfile]

OPTIONS

--help (help)
--fformat format_string_for_float
--iformat format_string_for_int

For format see https://www.tcl.tk/man/tcl8.6.11/TclCmd/format.html

Example: "%.5f" displays a float with 5 digits right of the decimal point

DESCRIPTION

halshow creates a GUI interface to view and interact with a running HAL session. It is documented in the PDF and HTML docs much more completely than is possible in a manpage: http://linuxcnc.org/docs/html/hal/halshow.html

SEE ALSO

LinuxCNC(1)

Much more information about LinuxCNC and HAL is available in the LinuxCNC and HAL User Manuals, found at /usr/share/doc/LinuxCNC/.

HISTORY

LinuxCNC 2.9:

- Added buttons for pin/parameter/signal manipulation
- Added menu entries for setting update interval, adding manually
- Added right-click menu for copy, set, unlink pin and remove from view

BUGS

None known at this time.

AUTHOR

This man page written by andypugh, as part of the LinuxCNC project.

REPORTING BUGS

Report bugs at https://github.com/LinuxCNC/linuxcnc/issues

COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2020 andypugh.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.