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Using the Root Window
Button Action Purpose How to Use It
Right Context
menu
Dive Displays more
information or replaces
window contents.
Displays a menu with
commonly used
commands.
Move the cursor over an object, then
click the middle-mouse button.
Move the cursor over an object and
click the button.
Most windows and panes have
context menus; dialog boxes do not
have context menus.
In most cases, a single-click selects what’s under the cursor and a doubleclick
dives on the object. However, if the field is editable, TotalView goes
into its edit mode, in which you can alter the selected item's value.
In some places such as the Stack Trace Pane, selecting a line tells TotalView
to perform an action. In this pane, TotalView dives on the selected routine.
(In this case, diving means that TotalView finds the selected routine and
shows it in the Source Pane.)
In the line number area of the Source Pane, a left mouse click sets a breakpoint
at that line. TotalView shows you that it has set a breakpoint by displaying
a icon instead of a line number.
Selecting the icon a second time deletes the breakpoint. If you
change any of the breakpoint’s properties or if you’ve created an eval point
(indicated by an icon), selecting the icon disables it. For more information
on breakpoints and eval points, see Chapter 16, “Setting
Action Points,” on page 349.
Using the Root Window
The Root Window appears when you start TotalView. If you type a program
name immediately after the totalview command, TotalView also opens a
Process Window that contains the program’s source code. If you do not
enter a program name when you start TotalView, TotalView also displays its
File > New Program dialog box. Use this dialog box to enter a program’s
name and information needed to execute that program.
The Root Window displays a list of all the processes and threads being
debugged. Initially—that is, before your program begins executing—the
Root Window just contains the name of the program being debugged. As
your program creates processes and threads, TotalView adds them to this
list. Associated with each is a name, location (if a remote process), process
ID, status, and a list of executing threads for each process. It also shows
the thread ID, status, and the routine being executed in each thread.
166 Chapter 8: Using TotalView Windows