Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 14:19:09 +0100 From: Dominic Marks <dom@goodforbusiness.co.uk> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Cc: Tuomo Latto <djv@mbnet.fi> Subject: Re: Strange top(1) output Message-ID: <200505121419.09662.dom@goodforbusiness.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4283565F.5000103@mbnet.fi> References: <c21e92e20505100316667e6bd4@mail.gmail.com> <200505121349.31508.dom@goodforbusiness.co.uk> <4283565F.5000103@mbnet.fi>
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On Thursday 12 May 2005 14:13, Tuomo Latto wrote: > Dominic Marks wrote: > >>This includes at least the following changes (some not visible): > >> > >> + The entire header line is limited to the window width too. > >> + The USERNAME column is hard-limited to 8 characters. > > ... > > > I suppose it could be argued that using usernames of that format is a > > poor choice on my part, and if that is the consensus of opinion then I'll > > have to look at fixing my own setup. I use long format usernames because > > it do not wish to have to remember that rm5, rmoore (many other possible > > ways) is a particular person. > > finger? True, that would work, but it does increase the amount of time needed to get a proper idea of the current state of the system significantly, which is the purpose of top (to me). > > If this behaviour could be turned on and off, I'd be very happy. > > How about making it a command line parameter? The field size, I mean. -- Dominic GoodforBusiness.co.uk I.T. Services for SMEs in the UK.
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