Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 02:20:05 -0700 (PDT) From: Aragon Gouveia <aragon@phat.za.net> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/41674: iostat column formatting overlaps Message-ID: <200208150920.g7F9K5iT080396@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR misc/41674; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Aragon Gouveia <aragon@phat.za.net> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: misc/41674: iostat column formatting overlaps Date: Thu, 15 Aug 2002 11:17:06 +0200 | By Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> | [ 2002-08-15 10:37 +0200 ] > This makes it a nightmare to read on 80-column terminals. The number of > devices shown by default would have to be reduced from 3 to only 2 to > reduce the line length to less than 80 columns again. > > Printing more precision might confuse parsers that expect plain integers, > especially if they know that the integers are formatted in 3 characters, > as they probably have to do to parse the run together digits. Ok understandable. I think the column spacing should atleast be increased a notch to accomodate "100" without overlapping with a value next to it. I didn't intend to include the precision change in my diff - that kinda slipped in by accident because I use it. I don't think it's necessary either, but would be a nice option to enable on the command line. Will %4.0f still be too big for 80 column terms? Thanks, Aragon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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