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Suggestion to be able to hide all lines that do not match a filter. #74

Closed PatrickRyder closed 4 years ago

PatrickRyder commented 4 years ago

This is not an issue, as such; it is a suggestion for a feature.

Often in log files, I like to tag all lines that belong to a single code module, and sometimes it would be nice to 'turn off' every message that doesn't belong to this module.

For example, if I have a log like this:

|MESSAGING|Message from object 'Foo' received (payload='IsBusy'). |.....|A message from another code module. |MESSAGING|Message from object 'Foo' received (payload='Locked'). |.....|A message from another code module. |.....|A message from another code module. |.....|A message from another code module.

It would be nice if I could easily turn off the 'noise' and reduce the log to:

|MESSAGING|Message from object 'Foo' received (payload='IsBusy'). |MESSAGING|Message from object 'Foo' received (payload='Locked').

Maybe this is possible with the current filtering system but so far I have failed to figure out any way to do this that is convenient enough to be usable during a normal build-debug cycle.

DavidAnson commented 4 years ago

If I understand correctly, you should be able to add a filter for the lines you want to see and then use Ctrl+H to hide the unfiltered lines.

PatrickRyder commented 4 years ago

@DavidAnson

Thank you for the answer, David. It does do roughly what I had in mind and is very useful.

Now you've told me about this, my No 1 feature request would be to have multiple filter files loaded, so I can quickly switch between them. :)

Kind wishes - Patrick

DavidAnson commented 4 years ago

Great, please open an issue for that?