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Jim Warner 21e550bc08 top: provide the means to adjust scaled process memory
This commit is an unrequested outgrowth of the earlier
change dealing with summary area memory field scaling.
That user selectable scaling provision is now extended
to include 6 (at present) task oriented memory fields.

The new companion 'e' (lower case) interactive command
has been added and, like the 'E' command, it can cycle
each of the currently displayed memory columns between
KiB through TiB. There are, however, some differences.

Where '+' indicates summary area truncation at a given
radix, task memory fields are automatically scaled for
their column. Thus, not all rows use the same scaling.

And, while summary area field widths were not changed,
the task memory columns were widened in order to offer
more meaningful data when the radix was increased. The
precision is automatically increased in step with each
radix: MiB displays 2 decimal places, GiB 3 and TiB 4.

To compliment that additional precision, both the %CPU
and %MEM fields were widened by 1 column and now offer
precision up to 3 decimal places. But, unique to %CPU,
widening could already have occurred due to the number
of processors in some massively parallel boxes. At any
rate, total extra width for both memory and percentage
fields could amount to twenty (precious) columns more.

So for both the memory and % fields the original width
(along with loss of precision) can be restored via new
compiler conditionals which this commit also provides.

p.s. and it will be rcfile preserved for any restarts!

(now that we know a '.' + 2 spaces is squeezed to one)
(everything's perfectly justified, but it's just luck)

Reference(s):
http://www.freelists.org/post/procps/top-regression-reports

Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
2012-12-22 17:07:41 +11:00
contrib docs: clarification to license headers in files 2012-03-03 18:41:11 +11:00
Documentation docs: mention linux 3.xx kernels are expected to work 2012-06-02 15:13:18 +10:00
include build-sys: add fileutils.h to dist package 2012-04-18 10:26:20 +02:00
lib lib/fileutils: fix compiler warnings 2012-11-06 22:28:30 +11:00
misc build-sys: rename the 'tools' subdirectory to 'misc' 2012-03-02 21:25:38 +11:00
po build-sys: use Makevars --add-comments= to limit .pot comments 2011-12-20 17:30:52 +01:00
proc pmap: use correct types for memory allocation 2012-11-06 22:22:11 +11:00
ps Allow core file generation by ps command (rhbz#871825, rhbz#512857) 2012-12-13 22:17:03 +11:00
testsuite ps.test: see truncated user/group names as valid 2012-12-13 21:45:28 +11:00
top top: provide the means to adjust scaled process memory 2012-12-22 17:07:41 +11:00
.gitignore Add -i option to w 2012-05-29 22:20:36 +10:00
AUTHORS other: make AUTHORS file obsolete 2012-01-13 22:42:38 +01:00
autogen.sh Fix a remaining util-linux word in autogen 2012-02-26 08:39:16 +11:00
ChangeLog other: tell in ChangeLog where to see changes 2012-01-13 22:42:38 +01:00
configure.ac build-sys: configure option --enable-skill did not work 2012-05-07 09:01:10 +02:00
COPYING license: update FSF addresses 2012-03-04 08:04:24 +11:00
COPYING.LIB license: update FSF addresses 2012-03-04 08:04:24 +11:00
free.1 docs: fix manual page warnings 2012-04-16 12:55:53 +02:00
free.c Show sizes > 4G correctly in bytes on 32-bit machines. 2012-06-27 06:47:38 +10:00
kill.1 docs: fix manual page warnings 2012-04-16 12:55:53 +02:00
Makefile.am fix sysctl.conf inclusion in dist tarballs 2012-10-31 22:42:03 +11:00
NEWS NEWS: updated with changes for the new release (3.3.6) 2012-11-27 22:08:02 +11:00
pgrep.1 Add -c count option to pkill 2012-11-21 22:11:17 +11:00
pgrep.c Add -c count option to pkill 2012-11-21 22:11:17 +11:00
pkill.1 procps 010114 2002-02-01 22:47:29 +00:00
pmap.1 Two new options for pmap, -X and -XX 2012-09-27 22:08:04 +10:00
pmap.c pmap: fix compiler warnings 2012-11-06 22:30:01 +11:00
pwdx.1 docs: fix manual page warnings 2012-04-16 12:55:53 +02:00
pwdx.c Fix pwdx argument parsing 2012-06-14 22:33:49 +10:00
README docs: add how to contribute to README 2012-03-03 18:28:52 +11:00
skill.1 docs: fix manual page warnings 2012-04-16 12:55:53 +02:00
skill.c skill: fix compiler warnings 2012-11-06 22:28:30 +11:00
slabtop.1 docs: fix manual page warnings 2012-04-16 12:55:53 +02:00
slabtop.c all: check stdout and stderr status at exit 2012-03-23 15:57:53 +01:00
snice.1 procps 010114 2002-02-01 22:47:29 +00:00
sysctl.8 sysctl: restore old -p handling 2012-05-07 09:01:10 +02:00
sysctl.c sysctl: fix compiler warnings 2012-11-06 22:30:01 +11:00
sysctl.conf docs: remove tcp_default_win_scale from sysctl.conf sample 2012-01-24 22:34:12 +01:00
sysctl.conf.5 docs: fix manual page warnings 2012-04-16 12:55:53 +02:00
tload.1 docs: fix manual page warnings 2012-04-16 12:55:53 +02:00
tload.c all: check stdout and stderr status at exit 2012-03-23 15:57:53 +01:00
uptime.1 docs: fix manual page warnings 2012-04-16 12:55:53 +02:00
uptime.c all: check stdout and stderr status at exit 2012-03-23 15:57:53 +01:00
vmstat.8 Minor fix with vmstat manpage for r column 2012-05-30 21:41:17 +10:00
vmstat.c vmstat: fix compiler warnings 2012-11-06 22:30:02 +11:00
w.1 Add -i option to w 2012-05-29 22:20:36 +10:00
w.c w: do not truncate command when width is not known 2012-07-15 12:49:22 +02:00
watch.1 docs: fix manual page warnings 2012-04-16 12:55:53 +02:00
watch.c watch: fix compiler warnings 2012-11-06 22:30:02 +11:00

COMPATIBILITY

    This code is intended for use with Linux 2.6.xx, 3.x and
    hopefully all future kernels.

INSTALLATION

    If you are using git version of the project you need extra step.

    ./autogen.sh

    After that, and everyone using .tar.xz version of procps-ng, can
    do normal build.  Read './configure --help' to select options for
    your needs.

    ./configure
    make
    make install

    If you have DejaGNU installed you can run optional test suite.

    make check

HOW TO CONTRIBUTE

    See Documentation/BUGS file.

PACKAGING

    If you are a downstream maintainer (packager) for a Linux
    distribution, please avoid causing troubles.  This section
    applies to you.

    Avoid maintaining distribution specific patches.  Send your
    patches to upstream, where they are at least reviewed, if not
    included.

    Please forward bug reports. If your bug database is public and
    busy enough to bother with, please make this known.  Follow
    Debian's lead in making the bug database easy to comment on via
    email without need for an account.

    For normal packages, ensure that you do not add debugging flags
    to the CFLAGS variable.

UPSTREAM & BUG REPORTS

    procps-ng <procps@freelists.org>