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<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"><title>Chapter28.Navigating the Preferences Window</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="covered.css" type="text/css"><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.71.1"><link rel="start" href="index.html" title="Covered User's Guide - 0.7.9"><link rel="up" href="part.gui.html" title="PartIV.Graphical User Interface"><link rel="prev" href="chapter.gui.rank.html" title="Chapter27.Creating a CDD Ranking Report"><link rel="next" href="chapter.gui.exclude.html" title="Chapter29.The Exclusion Reason Popup Window"><center><img src="img/banner.jpg"></center><hr></head><body bgcolor="#dfeef8" text="black" link="#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Chapter28.Navigating the Preferences Window</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="chapter.gui.rank.html"><img src="img/prev.gif" alt="Prev"></a></td><th width="60%" align="center">PartIV.Graphical User Interface</th><td width="20%" align="right"><a accesskey="n" href="chapter.gui.exclude.html"><img src="img/next.gif" alt="Next"></a></td></tr></table><hr></div><div class="chapter" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title"><a name="chapter.gui.preferences"></a>Chapter28.Navigating the Preferences Window</h2></div></div></div><div class="toc"><p><b>Table of Contents</b></p><dl><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="chapter.gui.preferences.html#section.gui.pref.categories">28.1. Option Categories</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="chapter.gui.preferences.html#section.gui.pref.buttons">28.2. Preference Buttons</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="chapter.gui.preferences.html#section.gui.pref.buttons.apply">Apply Button</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="chapter.gui.preferences.html#section.gui.pref.buttons.ok">OK Button</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="chapter.gui.preferences.html#section.gui.pref.buttons.cancel">Cancel Button</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="chapter.gui.preferences.html#section.gui.pref.buttons.help">Help (?) Button</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="chapter.gui.preferences.html#section.gui.pref.configfile">28.3. Preferences Configuration File</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="chapter.gui.preferences.html#section.gui.pref.general">28.4. Preferences General Pane</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="chapter.gui.preferences.html#section.gui.pref.general.wizard">Show wizard window on startup</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="chapter.gui.preferences.html#section.gui.pref.general.state">Save state of GUI when exiting the application</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="chapter.gui.preferences.html#section.gui.pref.general.tooltips">Show tooltips</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="chapter.gui.preferences.html#section.gui.pref.color">28.5. Preferences Color Pane</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="chapter.gui.preferences.html#section.gui.pref.color.set">Set Highlight Color</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="chapter.gui.preferences.html#section.gui.pref.goals">28.6. Preference Coverage Goals Pane</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="chapter.gui.preferences.html#section.gui.pref.goals.acceptable">Set Acceptable Coverage Goals Frame</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="chapter.gui.preferences.html#section.gui.pref.syntax">28.7. Preferences Syntax Highlighting Pane</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="chapter.gui.preferences.html#section.gui.pref.syntax.highlighting">Set Syntax Highlighting Options</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="chapter.gui.preferences.html#section.gui.pref.exclude">28.8. Preferences Exclusion Pane</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="chapter.gui.preferences.html#section.gui.pref.exclude.enable">Enable exclusion reason support when items are excluded</a></span></dt><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="chapter.gui.preferences.html#section.gui.pref.exclude.genreasons">Create General Exclusion Reasons</a></span></dt></dl></dd><dt><span class="sect1"><a href="chapter.gui.preferences.html#section.gui.pref.merging">28.9. Preference Merging Pane</a></span></dt><dd><dl><dt><span class="sect2"><a href="chapter.gui.preferences.html#section.gui.pref.merging.er">Exclusion Reason Conflict Resolution Frame</a></span></dt></dl></dd></dl></div><p>
The preferences window allows the user to adjust the view of some of the GUI elements for the purpose of more easily
analyzing coverage information for a specific user. <a href="chapter.gui.preferences.html#figure.gui.pref.main" title="Figure28.1.Main Preferences Window">Figure28.1, “Main Preferences Window”</a> shows the preferences
window that is created when the user selects the <span class="bold"><strong><code class="code">View > Preferences...</code></strong></span> menu option
from the main window.
</p><p>
</p><div class="figure"><a name="figure.gui.pref.main"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure28.1.Main Preferences Window</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="img/pref_main.gif" alt="Main Preferences Window"></div></div></div><p><br class="figure-break">
</p><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="section.gui.pref.categories"></a>28.1.Option Categories</h2></div></div></div><p>
On the left side of the preferences window is a list of option categories that can be modified. Selecting any one
of the items in the listbox will display the modifiable options to the frame to the right of the listbox. The
following option categories exist:
</p><p>
</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p><a href="chapter.gui.preferences.html#section.gui.pref.general" title="28.4.Preferences General Pane">Section28.4, “Preferences General Pane”</a></p></li><li><p><a href="chapter.gui.preferences.html#section.gui.pref.color" title="28.5.Preferences Color Pane">Section28.5, “Preferences Color Pane”</a></p></li><li><p><a href="chapter.gui.preferences.html#section.gui.pref.goals" title="28.6.Preference Coverage Goals Pane">Section28.6, “Preference Coverage Goals Pane”</a></p></li><li><p><a href="chapter.gui.preferences.html#section.gui.pref.syntax" title="28.7.Preferences Syntax Highlighting Pane">Section28.7, “Preferences Syntax Highlighting Pane”</a></p></li><li><p><a href="chapter.gui.preferences.html#section.gui.pref.exclude" title="28.8.Preferences Exclusion Pane">Section28.8, “Preferences Exclusion Pane”</a></p></li><li><p><a href="chapter.gui.preferences.html#section.gui.pref.merging" title="28.9.Preference Merging Pane">Section28.9, “Preference Merging Pane”</a></p></li></ul></div><p>
</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="section.gui.pref.buttons"></a>28.2.Preference Buttons</h2></div></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="section.gui.pref.buttons.apply"></a>Apply Button</h3></div></div></div><p>
Clicking on the <span class="bold"><strong>Apply</strong></span> button will cause the currently selected preference
options to be immediately updated in Covered but will not update the preference option values in the .coveredrc
file. This has the effect of changing the preferences for the current application only. Clicking on this button
will not close the Preferences window.
</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="section.gui.pref.buttons.ok"></a>OK Button</h3></div></div></div><p>
Clicking on the <span class="bold"><strong>OK</strong></span> button will cause the currently selected preference options
to be immediately updated in Covered and will update the .coveredrc file with the new values. This also causes
the Preferences window to close.
</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="section.gui.pref.buttons.cancel"></a>Cancel Button</h3></div></div></div><p>
Clicking on the <span class="bold"><strong>Cancel</strong></span> button will cause the the Preferences window to close
without updating Covered with the currently selected values and without updating the .coveredrc file.
</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="section.gui.pref.buttons.help"></a>Help (?) Button</h3></div></div></div><p>
Clicking on the help (?) button will cause the help page for the currently selected'Option Category' to be
displayed.
</p></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="section.gui.pref.configfile"></a>28.3.Preferences Configuration File</h2></div></div></div><p>
User preferences are loaded from the ".coveredrc" file that is searched for in the following order:
</p><p>
</p><div class="orderedlist"><ol type="1"><li><p>Current directory that the 'covered report -view' command was executed from.</p></li><li><p>The user's home directory.</p></li><li><p>The installation directory (by default this is /usr/local/share/covered).</p></li></ol></div><p>
</p><p>
If user preferences are changed in this window and the <span class="bold"><strong>OK</strong></span> button is pressed, the
settings are immediately saved back to a configuration file and the GUI is immediately updated to reflect the new
user changes. If the <span class="bold"><strong>Cancel</strong></span> button is pressed, all changes are thrown away and
the configuration file remains unchanged. The location of the stored configuration file depends on which
configuration file location was initially loaded. The following table describes this correlation.
</p><p>
</p><div class="table"><a name="table.gui.pref.coveredrc"></a><p class="title"><b>Table28.1.Location of Written .coveredrc File According to the Location of Read .coveredrc File</b></p><div class="table-contents"><table summary="Location of Written .coveredrc File According to the Location of Read .coveredrc File" border="1"><colgroup><col><col></colgroup><thead><tr><th>Loaded config file location</th><th>Stored config file location</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Current directory</td><td>Current directory</td></tr><tr><td>Home directory</td><td>Home directory</td></tr><tr><td>Install directory</td><td>Current directory</td></tr><tr><td>None found</td><td>Current directory</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><p><br class="table-break">
</p></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="section.gui.pref.general"></a>28.4.Preferences General Pane</h2></div></div></div><p>
The general preferences pane allows the user to control Covered's settings that are not specific to an individual
task. The following subsections describe the controls available within this pane.
</p><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="section.gui.pref.general.wizard"></a>Show wizard window on startup</h3></div></div></div><p>
This checkbutton selects if Covered's <a href="chapter.gui.wizard.html" title="Chapter30.Navigating the Wizard Window">wizard</a> popup window will be displayed upon
starting Covered. Simply check this button if you would like to see the wizard at the beginning of each startup
or uncheck it to cause the wizard window to not be displayed on startup. On the wizard window itself, there is
an option to change this behavior as well.
</p><p>
Note that you can always display the wizard window by selecting its menu option in the
<a href="chapter.gui.main.html#section.gui.main.viewmenu" title="The View Menu">view</a> menu.
</p></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="section.gui.pref.general.state"></a>Save state of GUI when exiting the application</h3></div></div></div><p>
This checkbutton determines if certain GUI element (i.e., window placement/sizing, module/instance listbox
column arrangement/width/state, etc.) information is saved when the GUI exits. If this checkbutton is selected,
the state is saved to the configuration file on application exit and will be used when the application is started.
If the checkbutton is deselected, the state will not be saved and the default GUI element behaviors will be used.
</p><p>
This setting allows the user to setup the various GUI elements to their liking and retains this information whenever
the application is restarted, saving the user the hassle of getting the environment setup again.
</p><div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><table border="0" summary="Note"><tr><td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Note]" src="img/note.gif"></td><th align="left">Note</th></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top">
While the application is being used, any GUI state information will be remembered for the duration of the application
run, regardless of the setting of this preference item.
</td></tr></table></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="section.gui.pref.general.tooltips"></a>Show tooltips</h3></div></div></div><p>
This checkbutton specifies if GUI widget tooltips should be displayed if the user hovers the cursor over a GUI element
that has a tooltip associated with it. To disable tooltips from being used, uncheck this option and click either the
<span class="bold"><strong>Apply</strong></span> or <span class="bold"><strong>OK</strong></span> buttons.
</p></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="section.gui.pref.color"></a>28.5.Preferences Color Pane</h2></div></div></div><p>
The color preference pane allows the user to adjust the foreground and background colors for all code that is
considered covered, uncovered, or in a race condition state.
</p><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="section.gui.pref.color.set"></a>Set Highlight Color</h3></div></div></div><p>
This frame contains six buttons that affect the foreground and background colors used to highlight code in the
<a href="chapter.gui.main.html#section.gui.main.viewer" title="17.4.The Coverage File Viewer">file viewer</a> portion of the main window. The currently selected foreground/background
colors are displayed to the left of the corresponding buttons to allow the user to see the selections prior to
committing to them by clicking the <span class="bold"><strong>Apply</strong></span> or <span class="bold"><strong>OK</strong></span>
buttons at the bottom of the Preferences window.
</p><p>
The "F" button controls the foreground color while the "B" button controls the background color. Clicking one
of these buttons will bring up a color selection window that you can use to modify the current color to one of
your choosing.
</p></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="section.gui.pref.goals"></a>28.6.Preference Coverage Goals Pane</h2></div></div></div><p>
The coverage goals preference pane allows the user to change the acceptable coverage goals for each coverage metric.
</p><p>
</p><div class="figure"><a name="figure.gui.pref.goals"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure28.2.Coverage Goals Window</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="img/pref_goals.gif" alt="Coverage Goals Window"></div></div></div><p><br class="figure-break">
</p><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="section.gui.pref.goals.acceptable"></a>Set Acceptable Coverage Goals Frame</h3></div></div></div><p>
This frame contains four spinner boxes that contains values between 0 and 100. These values correspond to a
coverage percentage for each coverage metric that the user deems to be "good enough". These values are used by
the <a href="chapter.gui.main.html#section.gui.main.listbox" title="17.3.The Module/Instance Listbox">listbox</a> to help visually identify modules/instances that are meeting or
exceeding these goals and which modules are not meeting these goals. If a coverage percentage for a
module/instance is less than this value, the module is colored red. If the coverage percentage is greater than or
equal to this value, the module/instance is colored yellow (or green which indicates that the module/instance
reached 100% coverage for a given metric).
</p><p>
To increase the specified percentage value, simply click on the "Up" button to the right of the percentage until
the desired value is displayed. To decrease the specified percentage value, simply click on the "down" button to
the right of the percentage until the desired value is displayed.
</p><p>
</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p><span class="bold"><strong>Line Coverage %</strong></span></p><p>
Sets the coverage goal of line coverage to the specified percentage to the right. If line coverage for a
given module/instance meets or exceeds this percentage value, it will be displayed yellow in the
Module/Instance listbox on the Main window.
</p></li><li><p><span class="bold"><strong>Toggle Coverage %</strong></span></p><p>
Sets the coverage goal of toggle coverage to the specified percentage to the right. If toggle coverage for
a given module/instance meets or exceeds this percentage value, it will be displayed yellow in the
Module/Instance listbox on the Main window.
</p></li><li><p><span class="bold"><strong>Memory Coverage %</strong></span></p><p>
Sets the coverage goal of memory coverage to the specified percentage to the right. If memory coverage for
a given module/instance meets or exceeds this percentage value, it will be displayed yellow in the
Module/Instance listbox on the Main window.
</p></li><li><p><span class="bold"><strong>Combinational Logic Coverage %</strong></span></p><p>
Sets the coverage goal of combinational coverage to the specified percentage to the right. If combinational
logic coverage for a given module/instance meets or exceeds this percentage value, it will be displayed
yellow in the Module/Instance listbox on the Main window.
</p></li><li><p><span class="bold"><strong>FSM State/Arc Coverage %</strong></span></p><p>
Sets the coverage goal of FSM state/arc coverage to the specified percentage to the right. If FSM state/arc
coverage for a given module/instance meets or exceeds this percentage value, it will be displayed yellow in
the Module/Instance listbox on the Main window.
</p></li><li><p><span class="bold"><strong>Assertion Coverage %</strong></span></p><p>
Sets the coverage goal of assertion coverage to the specified percentage to the right. If assertion
coverage for a given module/instance meets or exceeds this percentage value, it will be displayed yellow in
the Module/Instance listbox on the Main window.
</p></li></ul></div><p>
</p></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="section.gui.pref.syntax"></a>28.7.Preferences Syntax Highlighting Pane</h2></div></div></div><p>
The syntax highlighting preferences pane allows the user to adjust the syntax highlighting mode and colors for any
displayed Verilog source code.
</p><p>
</p><div class="figure"><a name="figure.gui.pref.syntax"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure28.3.Syntax Highlighting Preferences Pane</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="img/pref_syntax.gif" alt="Syntax Highlighting Preferences Pane"></div></div></div><p><br class="figure-break">
</p><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="section.gui.pref.syntax.highlighting"></a>Set Syntax Highlighting Options</h3></div></div></div><p>
This frame allows the user to specify if syntax highlighting should be performed in all Verilog source viewers or
not. When the square to the left of the <span class="bold"><strong>Turn on syntax highlighting mode</strong></span> is
selected, syntax highlighting will occur; otherwise, it will not perform syntax highlighting. The various colored
buttons below the selection mode allow the user to select the foreground color of the text associated with its
specified syntax type (Comments, Preprocessor Keywords, Verilog Keywords, Strings, Constant Values, and Operation
Symbols). Simply click on one of the buttons to change its color. Doing so will cause a color selection window
(see <a href="chapter.gui.preferences.html#figure.gui.pref.syntax" title="Figure28.3.Syntax Highlighting Preferences Pane">Figure28.3, “Syntax Highlighting Preferences Pane”</a> above) to be displayed.
</p><p>
If the syntax highlighting mode is disabled by the user, the color selection buttons will be disabled.
</p></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="section.gui.pref.exclude"></a>28.8.Preferences Exclusion Pane</h2></div></div></div><p>
The exclude preferences pane allows the user to control whether or not the coverage exclusion reason window
automatically pops up when a coverage point is excluded, and it allows the user to create some general purpose
exclusion reasons. The reasons created in this pane can be selected in the exclusion reason window's drop-down
table and can help to expedite the exclusion process when many coverage points are being excluded for the same
reason. <a href="chapter.gui.preferences.html#figure.gui.pref.exclude" title="Figure28.4.Exclusion Preferences Pane">Figure28.4, “Exclusion Preferences Pane”</a> shows the layout of this preference pane.
</p><p>
</p><div class="figure"><a name="figure.gui.pref.exclude"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure28.4.Exclusion Preferences Pane</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="img/pref_exclude.gif" alt="Exclusion Preferences Pane"></div></div></div><p><br class="figure-break">
</p><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="section.gui.pref.exclude.enable"></a>Enable exclusion reason support when items are excluded</h3></div></div></div><p>
If this option is enabled, whenever the user clicks on a coverage point to cause it to be excluded from
coverage, a popup window will be displayed, allowing for an exclusion message to be associated with the
excluded coverage point.
</p><p>
If this option is not enabled, the coverage point will still be excluded but no exclusion message will
be associated with it.
</p><div class="note" style="margin-left: 0.5in; margin-right: 0.5in;"><table border="0" summary="Note"><tr><td rowspan="2" align="center" valign="top" width="25"><img alt="[Note]" src="img/note.gif"></td><th align="left">Note</th></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top">
If a coverage point was excluded and is selected to be included and the coverage point had an exclusion
message associated with it, the exclusion message will be forgotten/deleted.
</td></tr></table></div></div><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="section.gui.pref.exclude.genreasons"></a>Create General Exclusion Reasons</h3></div></div></div><p>
This frame allows the user to add/delete general purpose exclusion reasons that can be selected from within
the <a href="chapter.gui.exclude.html" title="Chapter29.The Exclusion Reason Popup Window">exclusion reason popup window's</a> drop-down table. Having these
reasons specified can help to speed up coverage point exclusion when multiple coverage points need to be
excluded for the same reason.
</p><p>
To add a new general purpose exclusion reason, simply type in the general purpose exclusion reason in the
bottom textbox (note that any formatting characters such as newlines, tabs, extra spaces will be removed
from the exclusion message) and click the "+" button. You will see the exclusion reason get added to the
table when this occurs. Note that the "+" button will only be enabled when you have entered at least one
character in the textbox.
</p><p>
To remove a general purpose exclusion reason from the table, simply click on the reason in the table and
click the "-" button. Note that the "-" button will only be enabled once an entry has been selected in
the table.
</p><p>
To help find an exclusion reason more easily within the exclusion reason popup window, you may also rearrange
the order of the exclusions within the table by simply clicking on an entry and dragging it to the desired
location. The order of the exclusion reasons specified in this table will be the initial order of the
exclusion reasons in the popup window.
</p></div></div><div class="sect1" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h2 class="title" style="clear: both"><a name="section.gui.pref.merging"></a>28.9.Preference Merging Pane</h2></div></div></div><p>
The merging pane is needed to specify to Covered how to resolve conflicts that are found when merging CDD
files. Although coverage points and exclusions are simply merged (ORed) together, things such as exclusion
reasons can exist for the same coverage point but contain different information. When two exclusion reasons
are given for the same coverage point, Covered must decide how to resolve this information and this preference
pane allows the user to set what this behavior will be.
</p><p>
</p><div class="figure"><a name="figure.gui.pref.merging"></a><p class="title"><b>Figure28.5.Merging Preferences Pane</b></p><div class="figure-contents"><div class="mediaobject"><img src="img/pref_merge.gif" alt="Merging Preferences Pane"></div></div></div><p><br class="figure-break">
</p><div class="sect2" lang="en"><div class="titlepage"><div><div><h3 class="title"><a name="section.gui.pref.merging.er"></a>Exclusion Reason Conflict Resolution Frame</h3></div></div></div><p>
This frame allows the user to specify the way in which exclusion reason conflicts should be resolved. The
following options are provided:
</p><p>
</p><div class="itemizedlist"><ul type="disc"><li><p><span class="bold"><strong>Use the first reason</strong></span></p><p>
Specifies if two or more exclusion reasons are found for the same coverage point, Covered should use
the exclusion reason found in the first CDD file merged. The rest of the exclusion reasons are thrown away.
</p></li><li><p><span class="bold"><strong>Use the last reason</strong></span></p><p>
Specifies if two or more exclusion reasons are found for the same coverage point, Covered should use
the exclusion reason found in the last CDD file merged. The rest of the exclusion reasons are thrown away.
</p></li><li><p><span class="bold"><strong>Use the newest reason</strong></span></p><p>
Specifies if two or more exclusion reasons are found for the same coverage point, Covered should use
the newest exclusion reason (when an exclusion is created, a timestamp is saved along with the
coverage reason). The rest of the exclusion reasons are thrown away.
</p></li><li><p><span class="bold"><strong>Use the oldest reason</strong></span></p><p>
Specifies if two or more exclusion reasons are found for the same coverage point, Covered should use
the oldest exclusion reason. The rest of the exclusion reasons are thrown away.
</p></li><li><p><span class="bold"><strong>Merge all reasons</strong></span></p><p>
Specifies if two or more exclusion reasons are found for the same coverage point, Covered should
merge all of them. No information is lost in this case.
</p></li></ul></div><p>
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