Format a UI from a Device

A UI can be formatted from a PVI Device. Formatters currently exist for adl, edl and bob files. This is selected based on the file extension of the given output path and formatter. Formatters are in the formatters directory in the root of the pvi repo. For example, to create a bob UI from the simDetector.pvi.device.yaml created in Create a PVI Device from a database template:

pvi format simDetector.bob simDetector.pvi.device.yaml dls.bob.pvi.formatter.yaml

The format command will search for parents of the given Device (from the parent field) and include those PVs on the UI. If the Device yaml files for the parents exist in another directory, the directory can be provided with the --yaml-path option.

Note

See `pvi format --help` for a full list of options.