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. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
