| a | the state transition, current event and messages sent |
| d | the random samples chosen for processes steps and message transmission delays |
| e | event status |
| t | timer status |
| p | protocol-defined tracing information; this information can be printed by invocation |
| of the procedure debug(``p", ``message ", args) by the protocol. | |
| s | if multiple executions of a protocol are run in one simulation invocation, this debug |
| option chooses to also get the information on the mean numbers together with the | |
| size of the topology are added in files times.protocol_number and mess.protocol_number | |
| (subdirectory /stats) | |
| g | if the visual output display interface is disabled, this option directs the |
| debug-file-information to the screen (standard output). |