I was not aware of the multiple strings feature of .put for annotations. That's pretty handy. I haven't seen that feature in other logic analyzers (closest was letting the user manually chose terse or verbose). It provides a nice balance between novices for a particular protocol and advanced users.
Between Soeren and you, I think I'll tackle adding variable strings. Please ignore my "Shorted the displayed decode text" submission. I'll re-work it. Is there deeper documentation for the various OUTPUT_ types (annotations, binary, meta, etc)? I reviewed http://sigrok.org/wiki/Protocol_decoder_API and http://sigrok.org/wiki/Protocol_decoder_output and found some info but didn't see the format for annotations defined (i.e. the list of strings wasn't mentioned). Is the Wiki the full documentation but it is still a work-in-progress or is the Wiki a starter guide and there is more documentation elsewhere. If all else fails, I can go read the C code directly. :-) -Chris ---------------------------------------- > Date: Wed, 24 Aug 2016 11:37:52 +0200 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > CC: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [sigrok-devel] Substantial improvement to decoding of MIDI > messages > > Hi, > > On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 10:20:56PM -0700, Chris Dreher wrote: >> I was also thinking that the decoding text was getting too long, especially >> for users who use the GUI. I'll shorten the text by using abbreviations, >> but only for common abbreviations that someone with only moderate experience >> with a logic analyzer or MIDI would likely know. I reviewed some manuals >> for MIDI devices as a guideline. Some examples: >> >> ch = Channels >> SysEx = System Exclusive >> RPN = Registered Parameter Number >> NRPN = Non-Registered Parameter Number >> >> I will not use abbreviations for less common phrases. For example, I've >> seen "CC" used for "Control Change" but only in audio chip datasheets. CC >> seems too technical. > > Sounds good. Note that the PD should emit all annotations lengths/versions, > frontends can use that to show different annotation strings at different > zoom levels. > > Example: > > ['Registered Parameter Number', 'Reg Param Num', 'RPN', 'R'] > > and such... > > > Uwe. > -- > http://hermann-uwe.de | http://randomprojects.org | http://sigrok.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ sigrok-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sigrok-devel
