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authorJosé Fonseca <jose.r.fonseca@gmail.com>2012-03-09 18:22:28 +0000
committerJosé Fonseca <jose.r.fonseca@gmail.com>2012-03-09 18:22:28 +0000
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Document how to start the gui on a specific call.
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@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ About **apitrace**
* visualize and edit trace files.
-Basic usage
-===========
+Obtaining **apitrace**
+======================
To obtain apitrace either [download the latest
binaries](https://github.com/apitrace/apitrace/downloads) for your platform if
@@ -21,6 +21,10 @@ available, or follow the [build instructions](INSTALL.markdown) to build it
yourself. On 64bits Linux and Windows platforms you'll need apitrace binaries
that match the architecture (32bits or 64bits) of the application being traced.
+
+Basic usage
+===========
+
Run the application you want to trace as
apitrace trace --api API /path/to/application [args...]
@@ -48,10 +52,18 @@ Replay an OpenGL trace with
Pass the `-sb` option to use a single buffered visual. Pass `--help` to
glretrace for more options.
+
+Basic GUI usage
+===============
+
Start the GUI as
qapitrace application.trace
+You can also tell the GUI to go directly to a specific call
+
+ qapitrace application.trace 12345
+
Advanced command line usage
===========================