doc: Explain the various logevel settings

Signed-off-by: Derek Buitenhuis <derek.buitenhuis@gmail.com>
pull/13/merge
Derek Buitenhuis 12 years ago
parent 1fb8ecb498
commit 4c79367e9b
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      doc/avtools-common-opts.texi

@ -120,13 +120,25 @@ Set the logging level used by the library.
@var{loglevel} is a number or a string containing one of the following values:
@table @samp
@item quiet
Show nothing at all; be silent.
@item panic
Only show fatal errors which could lead the process to crash, such as
and assert failure. This is not currently used for anything.
@item fatal
Only show fatal errors. These are errors after which the process absolutely
cannot continue after.
@item error
Show all errors, including ones which can be recovered from.
@item warning
Show all warnings and errors. Any message related to possibly
incorrect or unexpected events will be shown.
@item info
Show informative messages during processing. This is in addition to
warnings and errors. This is the default value.
@item verbose
Same as @code{info}, except more verbose.
@item debug
Show everything, including debugging information.
@end table
By default the program logs to stderr, if coloring is supported by the

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