Log File¶
Logfile nodes in the explorer view define aspects common to all views of the log file. These are the markers, trackers and timezone information.
Open New View¶
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Markers¶
Markers are displayed in the margin to the left of a view. Four markers are available. Their colours and styles can be set using the drop-down lists in the Logfile | Markers panel.
Each line in the log file can be associated with a marker in one of two ways:
via text matching, or
explicitly selected
The text matched markers identify marked lines via the search text box. For more information, see searching.
Explicitly selected markers identify user chosen lines. In the log view, place the cursor in the line to be marked and press the Ctrl-B key.

Trackers¶
A tracker is a special mark in the view margin which indicates the line containing the cursor. There are two types of tracker:
Local tracker. This tracks a location within a single log file. All views of the logfile show the same tracker at the same line. If the tracker is not visible for a view, then it is the case that the corresponding line has been filtered out of that view.
Global trackers. These trackers are common to all views of all logfiles in the session. They identify the nearest line in the current view to the tracked line. Correlation of lines in different log files is made by comparing the date/time stamp of the lines.
For more information on how to set the location of a tracker, and how different views can be set to scroll to keep a tracker displayed on-screen, see Tracking.
Tracker colours and styles can be set using the drop-down lists in the Logfile | Trackers panel.

Timezone Info¶
Global trackers use log line date/time information to compare locations in different logfiles. All such caluclations are performed in UTC. Set the timezone here to allow for offsets between the logfiles in the session.

Themes¶
Logfiles interact with Navigation themes and Log pattern themes.
Log Patterns¶
Log pattern themes are the search patterns used to define all of the markers. A gallery of available themes can be found at Logfile | Theme | Log theme gallery.

Where local changes to a Log pattern theme exist, they can be saved or cleared via the Logfile | Theme | Changes to log theme panel.
