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top: tweak the heck out of some command line help text

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This patch began as just an attempt to make any option
which also included an argument a little more readable
by adding one space before the '=ARGUMENT' convention.

[ by the way, i don't agree with most of those other ]
[ procps-ng programs that use an '<arg>' convention. ]
[ it's too easily misread as an 'optional' argument. ]

[ top uses a convention like that found in coreutils ]
[ albeit now with one extra space before the equals. ]

In adjusting those arguments it was apparent that many
explanations already lined up nicely at the right hand
margin. So, this commit will force right-justification
with all explanations (as we do with commit messages).

[ and as a final challenge, for those options taking ]
[ an argument, that argument was repeated within the ]
[ explanation and made the rightmost item on a line. ]

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
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Jim Warner 2022-01-26 00:00:00 -06:00 committed by Craig Small
parent 5f19a76c2b
commit 101ca76786
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@ -335,26 +335,26 @@ static void build_norm_nlstab (void) {
" %s [options]\n"
"\n"
"Options:\n"
" -b, --batch-mode run in non-iteractive batch mode\n"
" -c, --cmdline-toggle reverse last remembered 'c' state\n"
" -d, --delay=SECONDS delay time between updates\n"
" -E, --scale-summary-mem=SCALE scale memory as: k,m,g,t,p or e\n"
" -e, --scale-task-mem=SCALE scale memory as: k,m,g,t or p\n"
" -H, --threads-show display individual threads\n"
" -i, --idle-toggle reverse last remembered 'i' state\n"
" -n, --iterations=NUMBER maximum number of iterations\n"
" -O, --list-fields output field names and exit\n"
" -o, --sort-override=FIELD force sorting on FIELD name\n"
" -p, --pid=PIDLIST monitor only specified process IDs\n"
" -S, --accum-time-toggle reverse last remembered 'S' state\n"
" -s, --secure-mode force secure mode operation\n"
" -U, --filter-any-user=USER show only processes owned by USER\n"
" -u, --filter-only-euser=USER show only processes owned by USER\n"
" -w, --width [=COLUMNS] override terminal width\n"
" -1, --single-cpu-toggle reverse last remembered '1' state\n"
" -b, --batch-mode run in non-interactive batch mode\n"
" -c, --cmdline-toggle reverse last remembered 'c' state\n"
" -d, --delay =SECS [.TENTHS] iterative delay as SECS [.TENTHS]\n"
" -E, --scale-summary-mem =SCALE set mem as: k,m,g,t,p,e for SCALE\n"
" -e, --scale-task-mem =SCALE set mem with: k,m,g,t,p for SCALE\n"
" -H, --threads-show show tasks plus all their threads\n"
" -i, --idle-toggle reverse last remembered 'i' state\n"
" -n, --iterations =NUMBER exit on maximum iterations NUMBER\n"
" -O, --list-fields output all field names, then exit\n"
" -o, --sort-override =FIELD force sorting on this named FIELD\n"
" -p, --pid =PIDLIST monitor only the tasks in PIDLIST\n"
" -S, --accum-time-toggle reverse last remembered 'S' state\n"
" -s, --secure-mode run with secure mode restrictions\n"
" -U, --filter-any-user =USER show only processes owned by USER\n"
" -u, --filter-only-euser =USER show only processes owned by USER\n"
" -w, --width [=COLUMNS] change print width [,use COLUMNS]\n"
" -1, --single-cpu-toggle reverse last remembered '1' state\n"
"\n"
" -h, --help display this help and exit\n"
" -V, --version output version information and exit\n"
" -h, --help display this help text, then exit\n"
" -V, --version output version information & exit\n"
"\n"
"For more details see top(1).");
Norm_nlstab[FAIL_statopn_fmt] = _("failed /proc/stat open: %s");