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Changing How Data is Displayed
Figure 168: File > Preferences
Formatting Page
Following pointers in an STL data structure to retrieve values can be timeconsuming.
By default, TotalView only follows 500 pointers. You can change
this by altering the value of the TV::ttf_ max_length variable.
Changing Size and Precision
If the defaults formats that TotalView uses to display a variable’s value
doesn’t meet your needs, you can use the Formatting Page of the File >
Preferences Dialog Box to indicate how precise you want the simple data
types to be.
After selecting one of the data types listed on the left side of the Formatting
Page, you can set how many character positions a value uses when
TotalView displays it (Min Width) and how many numbers to display to the
right of the decimal place (Precision). You can also tell TotalView how to
align the value in the Min Width area, and if it should pad numbers with
zeros or spaces.
Although the way in which these controls relate and interrelate may appear
to be complex, the Preview area shows you the result of a change. Play with
the controls for a minute or so to see what each control does. You may
need to set the Min Width value to a larger number than you need it to be
to see the results of a change. For example, if the Min Width value doesn’t
allow a number to be justified, it could appear that nothing is happening.
CLI: You can set these properties from within the CLI. To obtain a list of
variables that you can set, type “dset TV::data_format*”.
282 Chapter 14: Examining and Changing Data