[trace] categories may have colors registered in the trace file

[simgrid.git] / examples / msg / tracing / ms.c

diff --git a/examples/msg/tracing/ms.c b/examples/msg/tracing/ms.c
index 1f7a168..3aa6073 100644 (file)
--- a/examples/msg/tracing/ms.c
+++ b/examples/msg/tracing/ms.c
@@ -113,8 +113,6 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     printf("example: %s msg_platform.xml msg_deployment.xml\n", argv[0]);
     exit(1);
   }
-  //starting the simulation tracing
-  TRACE_start();
 
   //declaring user variables
   TRACE_host_variable_declare("is_slave");
@@ -125,16 +123,17 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
   //declaring user markers
   TRACE_declare_mark("msmark");
 
-  //declaring user categories
-  TRACE_category("compute");
-  TRACE_category("finalize");
+  //declaring user categories with RGB colors (values from 0 to 1)
+  TRACE_category_with_color ("compute", "1 0 0");  //compute is red
+  TRACE_category_with_color ("finalize", "0 1 0"); //finalize is green
+  //categories without user-defined colors receive
+  //random colors generated by the tracing system
+  TRACE_category ("request");
+  TRACE_category_with_color ("report", NULL);
 
   res = test_all(argv[1], argv[2]);
   MSG_clean();
 
-  //ending the simulation tracing
-  TRACE_end();
-
   if (res == MSG_OK)
     return 0;
   else