Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 10:15:03 -0500 From: Jonathan Noack <noackjr@alumni.rice.edu> To: Matthias Buelow <mkb@incubus.de> Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Strange top(1) output Message-ID: <428372F7.1050209@alumni.rice.edu> In-Reply-To: <42836F07.1030100@incubus.de> References: <c21e92e20505100316667e6bd4@mail.gmail.com> <1115815807.8809.3.camel@buffy.york.ac.uk> <20050512103929.GB1320@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> <200505121349.31508.dom@goodforbusiness.co.uk> <20050512131219.GB3107@orion.daedalusnetworks.priv> <42836B8F.607@alumni.rice.edu> <42836F07.1030100@incubus.de>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigBC9179F982B5E27DFA88FCB7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On 5/12/2005 9:58 AM, Matthias Buelow wrote: > Jonathan Noack wrote: >>What happens if the command is long enough to overrun the screen? Is >>the thread information truncated and lost? I believe this was the >>argument for making a separate column for the thread info. > > How about leaving either SIZE or RES out, the one which makes less sense > for typical use (probably SIZE which, afaik, is quite pointless in the > presence of an overcomitting memory allocator, and the curious user > could consult ps if he's really interested in that). I think you will have a very hard time removing anything from top because someone will always pipe up and say, "I've been using <random_option> since the days when computers were measured in MILLIhertz... *shaking fist*" Why not add an option to switch between SIZE and RES? Perhaps 'M'? Also, why aren't the interactive options sorted in the man page: h, q, d, m, n, s, S, k, r, u, o, e, i, t. Man pages are supposed to be *more* organized than my brain... -- Jonathan Noack | noackjr@alumni.rice.edu | OpenPGP: 0x991D8195 --------------enigBC9179F982B5E27DFA88FCB7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (MingW32) iD8DBQFCg3L8UFz01pkdgZURAp7tAKDT1YetKKoNZGaG/k7cjiSbKm0TeACfd/wN omdD+EuMQWT1wyayiFGKpbQ= =m7IZ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigBC9179F982B5E27DFA88FCB7--
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