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To: Adam David <adam@veda.is>
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Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/usr.bin/top machine.c
References: <199707141844.SAA21921@ubiq.veda.is>
From: Thomas Gellekum <tg@ihf.rwth-aachen.de>
Date: 15 Jul 1997 09:10:59 +0200
In-Reply-To: Adam David's message of Mon, 14 Jul 1997 18:44:14 +0000 (GMT)
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Adam David <adam@veda.is> writes:
> 
> 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 don't you simply set the UID field to eight characters width and
cut the rest off?  Maybe you can add a command key to display the UID
as a number in case of ambiguities.

tg