halshow(1)

halshow1

Show hal parameters, pins and signals

Usage

halshow [Options] [watchfile]

Options

--help (help)
--fformat format_string_for_float
--iformat format_string_for_int
--noprefs don't use preference file to save settings

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

Overview

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⟩

Releases

2 releases since Debian 12 (Bookworm); the text changed 1 time.

  1. 12
  2. 13

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

Raymond E. Henry

Reporting bugs

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

From linuxcnc-uspace 1:2.9.4-2+deb13u1 in Debian 13 (Trixie). Parsed by carta from the page's man source.