if top is suspended while on the 2nd level help screen the <Enter> key is no longer honored. Thus, users must use <Esc> to exit help and return to the main display. Also, line input that was only partially complete when suspended would still require one additional keystroke before the read was aborted and the display refreshed. Lastly, some user interactions might require two input lines before an operation can be considered completed. Thus the 2nd line offers another opportunity for users to suspend top. Resumption would require an extra key. These issues stem from 2 recent enhancements: preserve the user context when signaled; complete input editing with cursor movement keys, insert/overtype modes, etc. With this patch, the <Enter> key is once again honored on help screen #2 and partial reads are now completed. (everything is perfectly justified plus right margins) (are completely filled, but of course it must be luck) Reference(s): bug reported http://www.freelists.org/post/procps/top-over-the-top,25 response to ^Z (partial solution) commit 5c3fffcf289c89f6a1171f18e33365f909d096d5 line input editing commit 477b10c0bd00ed8750c02a9580e606baadb0e6f4 preserve context with SIGWINCH commit ba9092ad83d37d9eb91ded49380a9bedeba4bac6 Signed-off-by: Jim Warner <james.warner@comcast.net>
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>
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Command line and full screen utilities for browsing procfs, a "pseudo" file system dynamically generated by Linux to provide information about the status of entries in its process table.
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