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Category: Power User Tips

Functions Shall Be lowerCamelCase

Posted on January 10, 2022

Fixing function names with Understand’s Rename Refactor tool, and some recent improvements to it

A Toolsmith’s Guide to the Understand API

Posted on January 4, 2022

Using Understand’s C, Perl, and Python APIs to write programs about your programs, you can make your team more productive, smarter, and less dangerous

Git Comparison Projects

Posted on December 9, 2021

You can now create Understand Comparison Projects directly from git

How Hard is it?

Posted on November 10, 2021

Understand is used to determine how much work it would take to create a database that reads files from a git repository.

Minimize the Impact of Interruptions

Posted on November 2, 2021

Now you keep interruptions from ruining your thought process in Understand. Session Browser lets you save your work, explore something completely unrelated, and then switch back to where you were.

Info is just a Hover Away

Posted on September 29, 2021

If you hover over your code in Understand it will tell you all sorts of things about what you are hovering over.

One-Click Code Browsing

Posted on September 29, 2021

The “Browse” mode of Understand generates synch events and definition visits with just a single click.

Browsing Code with Tired Eyes

Posted on July 14, 2021

You are tired. Your eyes are old. Or you just have bad eyes. You CAN change the font look/size for most of Understand’s interface easily and press on!

Analyzing Makefile Based Source Code

Posted on July 14, 2021

We use “bear”, an open-source tool, to watch builds from a Makefile built project (bitcoin) and create a very useful Understand parse with it.

Understand’s most useful and smallest button

Posted on July 14, 2021

The button controlling how the Information Browser shows references packs a big punch in just 25 pixels.

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