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Date:      Mon, 14 Jul 1997 23:34:31 +0400 (MSD)
From:      =?KOI8-R?B?4c7E0sXKIP7F0s7P1w==?= <ache@nagual.pp.ru>
To:        Adam David <adam@veda.is>
Cc:        peter@spinner.dialix.com.au, peter@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-all@FreeBSD.ORG, cvs-usrbin@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/top machine.c
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.970714233322.8069A-100000@lsd.relcom.eu.net>
In-Reply-To: <199707141844.SAA21921@ubiq.veda.is>

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On Mon, 14 Jul 1997, Adam David wrote:

> > > > >   It's not ideal but (I think) better than it was before.  The width is
> > > > >   limited to within 8..16.
> > 
> > Please back it out. We don't need hacks. If you try to improve situation,
> > please implement run-time scanning through active names to be displayed
> > (not at startup only, but each time) to compute max one. 
> 
> The only other sane alternative seems to be a config file, where the field
> length is specified. Once a config file is there of course, it could specify
> dynamic behaviour or (old) fixed length. But which behaviour should be the
> default?

Why config file is ever needed? True dynamic behaviour (not at startup 
only but each time displayed) will be enough.

-- 
Andrey A. Chernov
<ache@null.net>
http://www.nagual.pp.ru/~ache/




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