RE: Some Feedback from using Chainsaw V2 ...
There is a log4j wiki - adding a ChainsawTutorial topic would be a great help - feel free to contribute. The wiki appears to be down now but here's the link: http://wiki.apache.org/logging-log4j/Log4JProjectPages Scott -Original Message- From: Siegfried Goeschl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2005 4:37 AM To: Log4J Users List Subject: Re: Some Feedback from using Chainsaw V2 ... Hi Scott, is there any way to contribute to the tutorial? ChainsawV2 is very powerful but initially I felt lost when switching from the old Chainsaw. Just had a quick look - I have no idea how you generate the documentation though +) would it make sense to write a seperate tutorial in any document format (apart from MS Word) +) there is a WIKI would could be a starting point +) since a tutorial will contain a few images maybe OpenOffice would be okayish My other comments you find below ... Thanks in advance Siegfried Goeschl Scott Deboy wrote: >Thanks for the feedback - > >Chainsaw supports most of what you've suggested. Here are the details: > >- You should be able to open Chainsaw from the command line and specify the configuration file by adding -Dlog4j.configuration=chainsaw.xml to the command (log4j.xml has to be in the classpath). Example command line (in this example, chainsaw.xml is in \downloads\log4j): > > > Gotcha >java -Dlog4j.configuration=chainsaw.xml -classpath c:\downloads\log4j;c:\downloads\log4j\jakarta-oro-2.0.8.jar;c:\downloads \log4j\log4j-chainsaw-1.3alpha-7.jar;c:\downloads\log4j\log4j-oro.jar;c: \downloads\log4j\log4j-xml.jar;c:\downloads\log4j\log4j-optional.jar;c:\ downloads\log4j\log4j-1.3alpha-7.jar org.apache.log4j.chainsaw.LogUI > >- If you are using a receiver like LogFilePatternReceiver (log file not stored using XMLLayout) to view a log file, you can 'reload' the log file by clearing events and restarting the receiver: > - clear the events from the tab (ctrl-backspace or the trash can icon) > - open the receiver panel (view-show receivers menu) > - select the receiver that's loading events from the log file > - select the third icon from the left in the receiver toolbar (tooltip is 'restarts the selected Receiver') > >- If you're viewing a log file stored using XMLLayout, you can still clear the current tab and then choose file-open and open the file > > > I'm not sure but Chainsaw always starts from the USER_HOME and running file open is in our case a long way to refresh the file. There are many ways to skin the cat +) reload button +) keeping track of the origin directory +) recent logfile list >- You can close a tab by right-clicking on a tab and selecting 'hide' (you can also undock a tab by double-clicking on the tab-to re-dock 'close' the tab) > > > Ooops, is hiding the same as closing?! Sorry for sounding dumb ... . >- To hide the Welcome tab, press F1, or select the 'view-Welcome tab' menu > > > I'm not good in reading welcome screens - I'm sure it was mentioned thers somewhere ... >- I agree with the pre-defined filters suggestion, and I'll make the change > >These are all good questions and should be added to the tutorial. > > >Scott > > >-Original Message- >From: Siegfried Goeschl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Fri 10/7/2005 12:10 PM >To: log4j-user@logging.apache.org >Subject: Some Feedback from using Chainsaw V2 ... > >Hi folks, > >I started to use Chainsaw V2 in production and would like to provide >some feedback ... very politely of course and hoping I didn't miss >something VERY obvious :-) > >+) it would be helpful to use command line parameters, i.e. to open >chainsaw with XML logfile defined on the command line >+) I think it would be also useful to have a reload button when looking >at a XML logfile when not using Chainsaw Appender >+) how can I close a tab?! >+) is there a way to get rid of "Welcome" and "chainsaw-log" - our >sysadmins are slightly confused >+) Chainsaw provides a few predefined filter, e.g "LEVEL == INFO" - I >think "LEVEL > INFO" would be more intuitive for a user > >I hope this was helpful and not offending ;-) > >Cheers, > >Siegfried Goeschl > > > > >- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Some Feedback from using Chainsaw V2 ...
Hi Scott, is there any way to contribute to the tutorial? ChainsawV2 is very powerful but initially I felt lost when switching from the old Chainsaw. Just had a quick look - I have no idea how you generate the documentation though +) would it make sense to write a seperate tutorial in any document format (apart from MS Word) +) there is a WIKI would could be a starting point +) since a tutorial will contain a few images maybe OpenOffice would be okayish My other comments you find below ... Thanks in advance Siegfried Goeschl Scott Deboy wrote: Thanks for the feedback - Chainsaw supports most of what you've suggested. Here are the details: - You should be able to open Chainsaw from the command line and specify the configuration file by adding -Dlog4j.configuration=chainsaw.xml to the command (log4j.xml has to be in the classpath). Example command line (in this example, chainsaw.xml is in \downloads\log4j): Gotcha java -Dlog4j.configuration=chainsaw.xml -classpath c:\downloads\log4j;c:\downloads\log4j\jakarta-oro-2.0.8.jar;c:\downloads\log4j\log4j-chainsaw-1.3alpha-7.jar;c:\downloads\log4j\log4j-oro.jar;c:\downloads\log4j\log4j-xml.jar;c:\downloads\log4j\log4j-optional.jar;c:\downloads\log4j\log4j-1.3alpha-7.jar org.apache.log4j.chainsaw.LogUI - If you are using a receiver like LogFilePatternReceiver (log file not stored using XMLLayout) to view a log file, you can 'reload' the log file by clearing events and restarting the receiver: - clear the events from the tab (ctrl-backspace or the trash can icon) - open the receiver panel (view-show receivers menu) - select the receiver that's loading events from the log file - select the third icon from the left in the receiver toolbar (tooltip is 'restarts the selected Receiver') - If you're viewing a log file stored using XMLLayout, you can still clear the current tab and then choose file-open and open the file I'm not sure but Chainsaw always starts from the USER_HOME and running file open is in our case a long way to refresh the file. There are many ways to skin the cat +) reload button +) keeping track of the origin directory +) recent logfile list - You can close a tab by right-clicking on a tab and selecting 'hide' (you can also undock a tab by double-clicking on the tab-to re-dock 'close' the tab) Ooops, is hiding the same as closing?! Sorry for sounding dumb ... . - To hide the Welcome tab, press F1, or select the 'view-Welcome tab' menu I'm not good in reading welcome screens - I'm sure it was mentioned thers somewhere ... - I agree with the pre-defined filters suggestion, and I'll make the change These are all good questions and should be added to the tutorial. Scott -Original Message- From: Siegfried Goeschl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri 10/7/2005 12:10 PM To: log4j-user@logging.apache.org Subject: Some Feedback from using Chainsaw V2 ... Hi folks, I started to use Chainsaw V2 in production and would like to provide some feedback ... very politely of course and hoping I didn't miss something VERY obvious :-) +) it would be helpful to use command line parameters, i.e. to open chainsaw with XML logfile defined on the command line +) I think it would be also useful to have a reload button when looking at a XML logfile when not using Chainsaw Appender +) how can I close a tab?! +) is there a way to get rid of "Welcome" and "chainsaw-log" - our sysadmins are slightly confused +) Chainsaw provides a few predefined filter, e.g "LEVEL == INFO" - I think "LEVEL > INFO" would be more intuitive for a user I hope this was helpful and not offending ;-) Cheers, Siegfried Goeschl - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Some Feedback from using Chainsaw V2 ...
Thanks for the feedback - Chainsaw supports most of what you've suggested. Here are the details: - You should be able to open Chainsaw from the command line and specify the configuration file by adding -Dlog4j.configuration=chainsaw.xml to the command (log4j.xml has to be in the classpath). Example command line (in this example, chainsaw.xml is in \downloads\log4j): java -Dlog4j.configuration=chainsaw.xml -classpath c:\downloads\log4j;c:\downloads\log4j\jakarta-oro-2.0.8.jar;c:\downloads\log4j\log4j-chainsaw-1.3alpha-7.jar;c:\downloads\log4j\log4j-oro.jar;c:\downloads\log4j\log4j-xml.jar;c:\downloads\log4j\log4j-optional.jar;c:\downloads\log4j\log4j-1.3alpha-7.jar org.apache.log4j.chainsaw.LogUI - If you are using a receiver like LogFilePatternReceiver (log file not stored using XMLLayout) to view a log file, you can 'reload' the log file by clearing events and restarting the receiver: - clear the events from the tab (ctrl-backspace or the trash can icon) - open the receiver panel (view-show receivers menu) - select the receiver that's loading events from the log file - select the third icon from the left in the receiver toolbar (tooltip is 'restarts the selected Receiver') - If you're viewing a log file stored using XMLLayout, you can still clear the current tab and then choose file-open and open the file - You can close a tab by right-clicking on a tab and selecting 'hide' (you can also undock a tab by double-clicking on the tab-to re-dock 'close' the tab) - To hide the Welcome tab, press F1, or select the 'view-Welcome tab' menu - I agree with the pre-defined filters suggestion, and I'll make the change These are all good questions and should be added to the tutorial. Scott -Original Message- From: Siegfried Goeschl [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Fri 10/7/2005 12:10 PM To: log4j-user@logging.apache.org Subject: Some Feedback from using Chainsaw V2 ... Hi folks, I started to use Chainsaw V2 in production and would like to provide some feedback ... very politely of course and hoping I didn't miss something VERY obvious :-) +) it would be helpful to use command line parameters, i.e. to open chainsaw with XML logfile defined on the command line +) I think it would be also useful to have a reload button when looking at a XML logfile when not using Chainsaw Appender +) how can I close a tab?! +) is there a way to get rid of "Welcome" and "chainsaw-log" - our sysadmins are slightly confused +) Chainsaw provides a few predefined filter, e.g "LEVEL == INFO" - I think "LEVEL > INFO" would be more intuitive for a user I hope this was helpful and not offending ;-) Cheers, Siegfried Goeschl - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Some Feedback from using Chainsaw V2 ...
Hi folks, I started to use Chainsaw V2 in production and would like to provide some feedback ... very politely of course and hoping I didn't miss something VERY obvious :-) +) it would be helpful to use command line parameters, i.e. to open chainsaw with XML logfile defined on the command line +) I think it would be also useful to have a reload button when looking at a XML logfile when not using Chainsaw Appender +) how can I close a tab?! +) is there a way to get rid of "Welcome" and "chainsaw-log" - our sysadmins are slightly confused +) Chainsaw provides a few predefined filter, e.g "LEVEL == INFO" - I think "LEVEL > INFO" would be more intuitive for a user I hope this was helpful and not offending ;-) Cheers, Siegfried Goeschl - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
