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Added interpretative guidelines for trend lines
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.. image:: ./images/trend_slope.png
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The intended usage of the -s switch is to check the labels' numerical slope over a significant time period for :
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>0 - it might mean a memory leak.
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~0 - if 0 or near 0, the memory usage may be considered stable.
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<0 - to be interpreted depending on the expected process memory usage patterns, also might mean that the sampling period is too small.
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The trend lines are for ilustrative purposes and are plotted as (very) small dashed lines.
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Setting debugger breakpoints
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It is possible to set breakpoints depending on the amount of memory used.

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