Author: Edd Barrett <vex...@gmail.com>
Branch: argparse-collect
Changeset: r240:5bef5a9b487d
Date: 2013-08-31 00:22 +0100
http://bitbucket.org/pypy/jitviewer/changeset/5bef5a9b487d/

Log:    Again improve help message.

         * put common case first.
         * add help showing how to collect log manually.

diff --git a/_jitviewer/app.py b/_jitviewer/app.py
--- a/_jitviewer/app.py
+++ b/_jitviewer/app.py
@@ -3,16 +3,21 @@
 DESCR = """Jit Viewer: A web-based browser for PyPy log files"""
 
 EPILOG = """
+Typical usage with no existing log file:
+
+    jitviewer.py --collect pypy <your script> <arg1> ... <argn>
+
 Typical usage with existing log file:
 
     jitviewer.py --log <path to your log file>
 
-Typical usage with no existing log file:
+where you collected a logfile by setting PYPYLOG, e.g.:
 
-    jitviewer.py --collect pypy <your script> <arg1> ... <argn>
+    PYPYLOG=jit-log-opt,jit-backend:<path to your log file> pypy arg1 ... argn
 
-By default the script will run a web server, point your browser to
+By default jitviewer will run a web server. Point your browser to:
 http://localhost:5000
+
 """
 
 import sys
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