VK(1) NAME VK - View Kernel (AIMS program-visualization tool) SYNOPSIS VK [ options ] [ sorted trace file ] DESCRIPTION VK animates the execution of applications instrumented using AIMS. VK supports several different views, each portraying a different aspect of the application program's behavior. See AIMS Reference Manual for details. The primary argument to VK is the name of a sorted trace file; it defaults to ./inst/TRACE.SORT. The sorted trace file is produced by first running an instrumented applica- tion program (see batch_inst(1) and xinstrument(1) ) and then sorting the execution trace of that program using tracesort(1). VK supports several options that can be specified as X resource values. Such specifications follow the standard X resource-resolution rules (i.e. the - xrm switch, and the .Xdefaults and app_defaults files). The user-settable options of AIMS can be found in the file /usr/lib/X11/app- defaults/Aims. On-line help for most windows in VK can be displayed by pressing the MOTIF help key (usually F1). OPTIONS -start Specify the time (in seconds) into the event log when VK should begin playback of execution trace. This value is interpreted as a floating-point literal. -stop Specify the time (in seconds) into the event log when VK should suspend playback. This value is interpreted as a floating-point literal. -fixcolors Use this option if VK is unable to allocate suffi- ciently many colors. This option will cause VK to allocate all colors read-only. -help Shows command-line options. In addition, since VK uses X toolkit's command-line- processing utilities, the user may pass standard X options (e.g. -fg, -bg, -bw, -xrm.) FILES $(HOME)/.Xdefaults /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/Aims SEE ALSO AIMS(1), xinstrument(1), tracesort(1), tally(1) The AIMS Reference Manual AIMS Release 3.7 Last change: 2 July 1997