1GTKWAVERC(5) GTKWave Configuration File GTKWAVERC(5)
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6 gtkwaverc - GTKWave Configuration File
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9 option <value>
10 The configuration file is a series of option and value pairs. Comment
12 lines marked with an initial '#' character are permissible. Blank
13 lines are ignored.
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16 Configuration file for gtkwave(1). The search path for the configura‐
17 tion file (if unspecified) is the current working directory followed by
18 the user's home directory.
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21 accel <"pathvalue" accelerator>
22 This allows replacement of menu accelerator keys. See the .gtk‐
23 waverc file in the source distribution for examples on pathvalue
24 and accelerator syntax. The special accelerator value of (null)
25 means that no accelerator is bound to the menu item.
26 alt_hier_delimeter <value>
28 This allows another character in addition to the hier_delimeter
29 to be used to delimit levels in the hierarchy for VCD. Only the
30 first character in the value is significant. Note that this is
31 normally off. The intended use is to resolve the hierarchies of
32 netlist based models that often contain slashes to delimit hier‐
33 archy inside of $var statements.
34 alt_wheel_mode <value>
36 Default is on. Scrollwheel alone pans along a quarter at a time
37 rather than a full page, so you don't get lost. Ctrl+wheel
38 zooms in/out around the mouse cursor position, not the marker
39 position. Alt+wheel edges left/right based on the currently se‐
40 lected signal. This makes measuring deltas easier.
41 analog_redraw_skip_count <value>
43 Specifies how many overlapping analog segments can be drawn for
44 a given X position onscreen. (Default: 20) If there are gaps
45 in analog traces, this value is too low.
46 append_vcd_hier <value>
48 Allows the specification of a prefix hierarchy for VCD files.
49 This can be done in "pieces," so that multiple layers of hierar‐
50 chy are prepended to symbol names with the most significant ad‐
51 dition occurring first (see .gtkwaverc in the examples/vcd di‐
52 rectory). The intended use of this is to have the ability to add
53 "project" prefixes which allow easier selection of everything
54 from the tree hierarchy.
55 atomic_vectors <value>
57 Speeds up vcd loading and takes up less memory. This option is
58 deprecated; it is currently the default.
59 autocoalesce <value>
61 A nonzero value enables autocoalescing of VCD vectors when ap‐
62 plicable. This may be toggled dynamically during wave viewer us‐
63 age.
64 autocoalesce_reversal <value>
66 causes split vectors to be reconstructed in reverse order (only
67 if autocoalesce is also active).
68 autoname_bundles <value>
70 A nonzero value indicates that GTKWave will create its own bun‐
71 dle names rather than prompting the user for them.
72 clipboard_mouseover <value>
74 A nonzero value indicates that when mouseover is enabled, all
75 values generated for the tooltips will be automatically copied
76 into the clipboard so they may be pasted into other programs
77 such as text editors, etc.
78 color_0 <value>
80 trace color when 0.
81 color_1 <value>
83 trace color when 1.
84 color_1fill <value>
86 trace color (inside of box) when 1.
87 color_back <value>
89 background color.
90 color_baseline <value>
92 middle mouse button marker color.
93 color_black <value>
95 color value for "black" in signal window.
96 color_brkred <value>
98 brick red color for comments.
99 color_dash <value>
101 trace color when don't care ("-").
102 color_dashfill <value>
104 trace color (inside of box) when don't care ("-").
105 color_dkblue <value>
107 color value for "dark blue" in signal window.
108 color_dkgray <value>
110 color value for "dark gray" in signal window.
111 color_gmstrd <value>
113 color value for trace groupings.
114 color_grid <value>
116 grid color (use Alt-G/Shift-Alt-G to show/hide grid). This is
117 also the color used for highlight_wavewindow when enabled.
118 color_grid2 <value>
120 grid color for secondary pattern search.
121 color_high <value>
123 trace color when high ("H").
124 color_highfill <value>
126 trace color (inside of box) when high ("H").
127 color_low <value>
129 trace color when low ("L").
130 color_ltblue <value>
132 color for shadowed traces.
133 color_ltgray <value>
135 color value for "light gray" in signal window.
136 color_mark <value>
138 color of the named markers.
139 color_mdgray <value>
141 color value for "medium gray" in signal window.
142 color_mid <value>
144 trace color when floating ("Z").
145 color_normal <value>
147 color value for "normal" GTK state in signal window.
148 color_time <value>
150 text color for timebar.
151 color_timeb <value>
153 text color for timebar's background.
154 color_trans <value>
156 trace color when transitioning.
157 color_u <value>
159 trace color when undefined ("U").
160 color_ufill <value>
162 trace color (inside of box) when undefined ("U").
163 color_umark <value>
165 color of the unnamed (primary) marker.
166 color_value <value>
168 text color for vector values.
169 color_vbox <value>
171 vector color (horizontal).
172 color_vtrans <value>
174 vector color (verticals/transitions).
175 color_w <value>
177 trace color when weak ("W").
178 color_wfill <value>
180 trace color (inside of box) when weak ("W").
181 color_white <value>
183 color value for "white" in signal window.
184 color_x <value>
186 trace color when undefined ("X") (collision for VHDL).
187 color_xfill <value>
189 trace color (inside of box) when undefined ("X") (collision for
190 VHDL).
191 constant_marker_update <value>
193 A nonzero value indicates that the values for traces listed in
194 the signal window are to be updated constantly when the left
195 mouse button is being held down rather than only when it is
196 first pressed then when released (which is the default).
197 context_tabposition <value>
199 Use zero for tabbed viewing with named tabs at the top. Nonzero
200 places numerically indexed tabs at the left.
201 convert_to_reals <value>
203 Converts all integer and parameter VCD declarations to real-val‐
204 ued ones when set to a nonzero/yes value. The positive aspect of
205 this is that integers and parameters will take up less space in
206 memory and will automatically display in decimal format. The
207 negative aspect of this is that integers and parameters will
208 only be displayable as decimals and can't be bit reversed, in‐
209 verted, etc.
210 cursor_snap <value>
212 A nonzero value indicates the number of pixels the marker should
213 snap to for the nearest signal transition.
214 disable_ae2_alias <value>
216 A nonzero value indicates that the AE2 loader is to ignore the
217 aliasdb keyword and is not to construct facility aliases.
218 disable_auto_comphier <value>
220 A nonzero value indicates that the loaders that support com‐
221 pressed hierarchies should not automatically turn on compression
222 if the threshold count of signals (500000) has been reached.
223 disable_empty_gui <value>
225 A nonzero value indicates that if gtkwave is invoked without a
226 dumpfile name, then an empty gtkwave session is to be sup‐
227 pressed. Default is a zero value: to bring up an empty session
228 which needs a file loaded or dragged into it.
229 disable_mouseover <value>
231 A nonzero value indicates that signal/value tooltip pop up bub‐
232 bles on mouse button presses should be disabled in the value
233 window. A zero value indicates that value tooltips should be ac‐
234 tive (default is disabled).
235 disable_tooltips <value>
237 A nonzero value indicates that tooltip pop up bubbles should be
238 disabled. A zero value indicates that tooltips should be active
239 (default).
240 do_initial_zoom_fit <value>
242 A nonzero value indicates that the trace should initially be
243 crunched to fit the screen. A zero value indicates that the ini‐
244 tial zoom should be zero (default).
245 dragzoom_threshold <value>
247 A nonzero value indicates the number of pixels in the x direc‐
248 tion the marker must move in order for a dragzoom to be trig‐
249 gered. This is largely to handle noisy input devices.
250 dynamic_resizing <value>
252 A nonzero value indicates that dynamic resizing should be ini‐
253 tially enabled (default). A zero value indicates that dynamic
254 resizing should be initially disabled.
255 editor <"value">
257 This is used to specify a string (quotes mandatory) for when
258 gtkwave invokes a text editor (e.g., Open Source Definition).
259 Examples are: editor "vimx -g +%d %s", editor "gedit +%d %s",
260 editor "emacs +%d %s", and for OSX, editor "mate -l %d %s". The
261 %d may be combined with other characters in a string such as +,
262 etc. The %s argument must stand by itself. Note that if this
263 rc variable is not set, then the environment variable GTK‐
264 WAVE_EDITOR will be consulted next, then finally gedit will be
265 used (if found).
266 enable_fast_exit <value>
268 Allows exit without bringing up a confirmation requester. The
269 default is nonzero/yes.
270 enable_ghost_marker <value>
272 lets the user turn on/off the ghost marker during primary marker
273 dragging. Default is enabled.
274 enable_horiz_grid <value>
276 A nonzero value indicates that when grid drawing is enabled,
277 horizontal lines are to be drawn. This is the default.
278 enable_vcd_autosave <value>
280 causes the vcd loader to automatically generate a .sav file
281 (vcd_autosave.sav ) in the cwd if a save file is not specified
282 on the command line. Note that this mirrors the VCD $var defs
283 and no attempt is made to coalesce split bitvectors back to‐
284 gether.
285 enable_vert_grid <value>
287 A nonzero value indicates that when grid drawing is enabled,
288 vertical lines are to be drawn. This is the default. Note that
289 all possible combinations of enable_horiz_grid and en‐
290 able_vert_grid values are acceptable.
291 fill_waveform <value>
293 A zero value indicates that the waveform should not be filled
294 for 1/H values. This is the default.
295 fontname_logfile <value>
297 When followed by an argument, this indicates the name of the X11
298 font that you wish to use for the logfile browser. You may gen‐
299 erate appropriate fontnames using the xfontsel program.
300 fontname_signals <value>
302 When followed by an argument, this indicates the name of the X11
303 font that you wish to use for signals. You may generate appro‐
304 priate fontnames using the xfontsel program.
305 fontname_waves <value>
307 When followed by an argument, this indicates the name of the X11
308 font that you wish to use for waves. You may generate appropri‐
309 ate fontnames using the xfontsel program. Note that the signal
310 font must be taller than the wave font or the viewer will com‐
311 plain then terminate.
312 force_toolbars <value>
314 When enabled, this forces everything above the signal and wave
315 windows to be rendered as toolbars. This allows for them to be
316 detached which allows for more usable wave viewer space. By de‐
317 fault this is off.
318 hide_sst <value>
320 Hides the Signal Search Tree widget for GTK2.4 and greater such
321 that it is not embedded into the main viewer window. It is
322 still reachable as an external widget through the menus.
323 hier_delimeter <value>
325 This allows characters other than '/' to be used to delimit lev‐
326 els in the hierarchy. Only the first character in the value is
327 significant.
328 hier_grouping <value>
330 For the tree widgets, this allows the hierarchies to be grouped
331 in a single place rather than spread among the netnames.
332 hier_ignore_escapes <value>
334 A nonzero value indicates that the signal pane ignores escapes
335 in identifiers when determining the hierarchy maximum depth.
336 Default is disabled so that escapes are examined.
337 hier_max_level <value>
339 Sets the maximum hierarchy depth (from the right side) to dis‐
340 play for trace names. Note that a value of zero displays the
341 full hierarchy name.
342 highlight_wavewindow <value>
344 When enabled, this causes traces highlighted in the signal win‐
345 dow also to be highlighted in the wave window.
346 hpane_pack <value>
348 A nonzero value indicates that the horizontal pane should be
349 constructed using the gtk_paned_pack functions (default and rec‐
350 ommended). A zero value indicates that gtk_paned_add will be
351 used instead.
352 ignore_savefile_pane_pos <value>
354 If nonzero, specifies that the pane position attributes (i.e.,
355 signal window width size, SST is expanded, etc.) are to be ig‐
356 nored during savefile loading and is to be skipped during sav‐
357 ing. Default is that the attribute is used.
358 ignore_savefile_pos <value>
360 If nonzero, specifies that the window position attribute is to
361 be ignored during savefile loading and is to be skipped during
362 saving. Default is that the position attribute is used.
363 ignore_savefile_size <value>
366 If nonzero, specifies that the window size attribute is to be
367 ignored during savefile loading and is to be skipped during sav‐
368 ing. Default is that the size attribute is used.
369 initial_signal_window_width <value>
371 Sets the creation width for the signal pane on GUI initializa‐
372 tion. Also sets another potential minimum value for dynamic re‐
373 sizing.
374 initial_window_x <value>
376 Sets the size of the initial width of the wave viewer window.
377 Values less than or equal to zero will set the initial width
378 equal to -1 which will let GTK determine the minimum size.
379 initial_window_xpos <value>
381 Sets the size of the initial x coordinate of the wave viewer
382 window. -1 will let the window manager determine the position.
383 initial_window_y <value>
385 Sets the size of the initial height of the wave viewer window.
386 Values less than or equal to zero will set the initial width
387 equal to -1 which will let GTK determine the minimum size.
388 initial_window_ypos <value>
390 Sets the size of the initial y coordinate of the wave viewer
391 window. -1 will let the window manager determine the position.
392 keep_xz_colors <value>
394 When nonzero, indicates that the original color scheme for non
395 0/1 signal values is to be used when Color Format overrides are
396 in effect. Default is off.
397 left_justify_sigs <value>
399 When nonzero, indicates that the signal window signal name jus‐
400 tification should default to left, else the justification is to
401 the right (default).
402 lxt_clock_compress_to_z <value>
404 For LXT (not LXT2) allows clocks to compress to a 'z' value so
405 that regular/periodic value changes may be noted.
406 lz_removal <value>
408 When nonzero, suppresses the display of leading zeros on non-
409 filtered traces. This has no effect on filtered traces.
410 max_fsdb_trees <value>
412 sets the maximum number of hierarchy and signal trees to process
413 for an FSDB file. Default = 0 = unlimited. The intent of this
414 is to work around sim environments that accidentally call fsdb‐
415 DumpVars multiple times.
416 page_divisor <value>
418 Sets the scroll amount for page left and right operations. (The
419 buttons, not the hscrollbar.) Values over 1.0 are taken as 1/x
420 and values equal to and less than 1.0 are taken literally.
421 (i.e., 2 gives a half-page scroll and .67 gives 2/3). The de‐
422 fault is 1.0.
423 ps_maxveclen <value>
425 sets the maximum number of characters that can be printed for a
426 value in the signal window portion of a postscript file (not in‐
427 cluding the net name itself). Legal values are 4 through 66 (de‐
428 fault).
429 ruler_origin <value>
431 sets the zero origin for alternate time tick marks.
432 ruler_step <value>
434 sets the left/right step value for the alternate time tick marks
435 from the origin. When this value is zero, alternate time tick
436 marks are disabled.
437 scale_to_time_dimension <value>
439 The value can be any of the characters m, u, n, f, p, or s,
440 which indicates which time dimension to convert the time values
441 to. The default for this is * which means that time dimension
442 conversion is disabled.
443 show_base_symbols <value>
445 A nonzero value (default) indicates that the numeric base sym‐
446 bols for hexadecimal ('$'), binary ('%'), and octal ('#') should
447 be rendered. Otherwise they will be omitted.
448 show_grid <value>
450 A nonzero value (default) indicates that a grid should be drawn
451 behind the traces. A zero indicates that no grid should be
452 drawn.
453 splash_disable <value>
455 Turning this off enables the splash screen with the GTKWave mas‐
456 cot when loading a trace. Default is on.
457 sst_dbl_action_type <value>
459 Allows double-clicking to be active in the SST signals pane with
460 the following actions possible: insert (default), replace, ap‐
461 pend, prepend, none. The value specified for the action is case
462 insensitive and only the first letter is required. Invalid ac‐
463 tion types default to none.
464 sst_dynamic_filter <value>
466 When true (default) allows the SST dialog signal filter to fil‐
467 ter signals while keys are being pressed, otherwise enter must
468 be pressed to cause the filter to go active.
469 sst_expanded <value>
471 When true allows the SST dialog (when not hidden) to come up al‐
472 ready expanded.
473 strace_repeat_count <value>
475 Determines how many times that edge search and pattern search
476 will iterate on a search. This allows, for example, skipping
477 ahead 10 clock edges instead of 1.
478 use_big_fonts <value>
480 A nonzero value indicates that any text rendered into the wave
481 window will use fonts that are four points larger in size than
482 normal. This can enhance readability. A zero value indicates
483 that normal font sizes should be used.
484 use_fat_lines <value>
486 A nonzero value indicates that any lines rendered into the wave
487 window will be two pixels wide instead of a single pixel in
488 width. This can enhance readability. A zero value indicates that
489 normal line widths should be used.
490 use_frequency_delta <value>
492 allows you to switch between the delta time and frequency dis‐
493 play in the upper right corner of the main window when measuring
494 distances between markers. Default behavior is that the delta
495 time is displayed (off).
496 use_gestures <value>
498 if supported by the GTK version will enable gestures such as
499 swipe in the wave window. The default is that this feature is
500 enabled if a touch screen is available (value is "maybe"). Val‐
501 ues of on or off are also permissible.
502 use_full_precision <value>
504 does not round time values when the number of ticks per pixel
505 onscreen is greater than 10 when active. The default is that
506 this feature is disabled.
507 use_maxtime_display <value>
509 A nonzero value indicates that the maximum time will be dis‐
510 played in the upper right corner of the screen. Otherwise, the
511 current primary (unnamed) marker time will be displayed. This
512 can be toggled at any time with the Toggle Max-Marker menu op‐
513 tion.
514 use_nonprop_fonts <value>
516 Allows accelerated redraws of the signalwindow that can be done
517 because the font width is constant. Default is off.
518 use_pango_fonts <value>
520 Uses anti-aliased pango fonts (GTK2) rather than bitmapped X11
521 ones. Default is on.
522 use_roundcaps <value>
524 A nonzero value indicates that vector traces should be drawn
525 with rounded caps rather than perpendicular ones. The default
526 for this is zero.
527 use_scrollbar_only <value>
529 A nonzero value indicates that the page, shift, fetch, and dis‐
530 card buttons should not be drawn (i.e., time manipulations
531 should be through the scrollbar only rather than front panel
532 buttons). The default for this is zero.
533 use_scrollwheel_as_y <value>
535 A nonzero value indicates that the scroll wheel on the mouse
536 should be used to scroll the signals up and down rather than
537 scrolling the time value from left to right.
538 use_standard_clicking <value>
540 This option no longer has any effect in gtkwave: normal GTK
541 click semantics are used in the signalwindow.
542 use_standard_trace_select <value>
544 A nonzero value keeps the currently selected traces from dese‐
545 lecting on mouse button press. This allows drag and drop to
546 function more smoothly. As this behavior is not how GTK nor‐
547 mally functions, it is by default disabled.
548 use_toolbutton_interface <value>
550 A nonzero value indicates that a toolbar with buttons should be
551 at the top of the screen instead of the traditional style gtk‐
552 wave button groups. Default is on.
553 vcd_explicit_zero_subscripts <value>
555 indicates that signal names should be stored internally as
556 name.bitnumber when enabled. When disabled, a more "normal" or‐
557 dering of name[bitnumber] is used. Note that when disabled, the
558 Bundle Up and Bundle Down options are disabled in the Signal
559 Search Regexp, Signal Search Hierarchy, and Signal Search Tree
560 options. This is necessary as the internal data structures for
561 signals are represented with one "less" level of hierarchy than
562 when enabled and those functions would not work properly. This
563 should not be an issue if atomic_vectors are enabled. Default
564 for vcd_explicit_zero_subscripts is disabled.
565 vcd_preserve_glitches <value>
567 indicates that any repeat equal values for a net spanning dif‐
568 ferent time values in the VCD/FST file are not to be compressed
569 into a single value change but should remain in order to allow
570 glitches to be present for this case. Default for vcd_pre‐
571 serve_glitches is disabled.
572 vcd_preserve_glitches_real <value>
574 indicates that any repeat equal values for a real net spanning
575 different time values in the VCD/FST file are not to be com‐
576 pressed into a single value change but should remain for this
577 case. Default for vcd_preserve_glitches is disabled. The in‐
578 tended use is for when viewing analog interpolated data such
579 that removing duplicate values would incorrectly deform the in‐
580 terpolation.
581 vcd_warning_filesize <value>
583 produces a warning message if the VCD filesize is greater than
584 the argument's size in MB. Set to zero to disable this.
585 vector_padding <value>
587 indicates the number of pixels of extra whitespace that should
588 be added to any strings for the purpose of calculating text in
589 vectors. Permissible values are 0 to 16 with the default being
590 4.
591 vlist_compression <value>
594 indicates the value to pass to zlib during vlist processing
595 (which is used in the VCD recoder). -1 disables compression,
596 0-9 correspond to the value zlib expects. 4 is default.
597 vlist_prepack <value>
599 indicates that the VCD recoder should pre-compress data going
600 into the value change vlists in order to reduce memory usage.
601 This is done before potential zlib packing. Default is off.
602 vlist_spill <value>
604 indicates that the VCD recoder should spill all generated vlists
605 to a tempfile on disk in order to reduce memory usage. Default
606 is off.
607 wave_scrolling <value>
609 a nonzero value enables scrolling by dragging the marker off the
610 left or right sides of the wave window. A zero value disables
611 it.
612 zoom_base <value>
614 allows setting of the zoom base with a value between 1.5 and
615 10.0. Default is 2.0.
616 zoom_center <value>
618 a nonzero value enables center zooming, a zero value disables
619 it.
620 zoom_dynamic <value>
622 a nonzero value enables dynamic full zooming when using the par‐
623 tial VCD (incremental) loader, a zero value disables it.
624 zoom_dynamic_end <value>
626 a nonzero value enables dynamic zoom to the end when using the
627 partial VCD (incremental) loader, a zero value disables it.
628 zoom_pow10_snap <value>
630 corresponds to the Zoom Pow10 Snap menu option. Default for this
631 is disabled (zero).
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