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perf config: Document variables for 'colors' section in man page

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Explain 'colors' section and its variables, used for The variables for
customizing the colors used in the output for the 'report', 'top' and
'annotate' in the TUI, those are:

'top', 'medium', 'normal', 'selected',
'jump_arrows', 'addr' and 'root'.

Signed-off-by: Taeung Song <treeze.taeung@gmail.com>
Cc: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@kernel.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1452253193-30502-2-git-send-email-treeze.taeung@gmail.com
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
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@ -98,6 +98,52 @@ Given a $HOME/.perfconfig like this:
order = caller
sort-key = function
Variables
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colors.*::
The variables for customizing the colors used in the output for the
'report', 'top' and 'annotate' in the TUI. They should specify the
foreground and background colors, separated by a comma, for example:
medium = green, lightgray
If you want to use the color configured for you terminal, just leave it
as 'default', for example:
medium = default, lightgray
Available colors:
red, yellow, green, cyan, gray, black, blue,
white, default, magenta, lightgray
colors.top::
'top' means a overhead percentage which is more than 5%.
And values of this variable specify percentage colors.
Basic key values are foreground-color 'red' and
background-color 'default'.
colors.medium::
'medium' means a overhead percentage which has more than 0.5%.
Default values are 'green' and 'default'.
colors.normal::
'normal' means the rest of overhead percentages
except 'top', 'medium', 'selected'.
Default values are 'lightgray' and 'default'.
colors.selected::
This selects the colors for the current entry in a list of entries
from sub-commands (top, report, annotate).
Default values are 'black' and 'lightgray'.
colors.jump_arrows::
Colors for jump arrows on assembly code listings
such as 'jns', 'jmp', 'jane', etc.
Default values are 'blue', 'default'.
colors.addr::
This selects colors for addresses from 'annotate'.
Default values are 'magenta', 'default'.
colors.root::
Colors for headers in the output of a sub-commands (top, report).
Default values are 'white', 'blue'.
SEE ALSO
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linkperf:perf[1]