From 474af62cae2109cc97365ded985e872af856411d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Cesar_Strauss <Cesar_Strauss@web>
Date: Sun, 6 Sep 2020 23:12:55 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Show how to change the color of a trace

---
 Documentation/gtkwave_tutorial.mdwn | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/gtkwave_tutorial.mdwn b/Documentation/gtkwave_tutorial.mdwn
index b127ee9b2..2eb679b86 100644
--- a/Documentation/gtkwave_tutorial.mdwn
+++ b/Documentation/gtkwave_tutorial.mdwn
@@ -81,6 +81,19 @@ do: ``echo splash_disable 1 >> ~/.gtkwaverc``
 5. If you modify the document manually, better to save it with another
 name
 
+## Adding color
+
+Go back to the trace list and replace the ``'op__sdir'`` string with:
+
+    ('op__sdir', {'color': 'orange'})
+
+Recreate the document (you can change the file name):
+
+    write_gtkw("color.gtkw", "test_shifter.vcd", traces, module='top.shf')
+
+If you now run ``gtkwave color.gtkw``, you will see that ``op__sdir``
+has the new color.
+
 # New signals at simulation time
 
 At simulation time, you can declare a new signal, and use it inside
-- 
2.30.2