Re: top man page, clarification of interactive command 1

2011-03-25 Thread Ted Unangst
On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 5:44 AM, Glen Anderson wrote: > Ultimately I think there should be a note explaining what happens in > the case of non-identical CPUs but without knowing what top does I'm > happy with either of the following diffs. > > I'll have a dig through the source to see if I can fin

Re: top man page, clarification of interactive command 1

2011-03-25 Thread Glen Anderson
On 25 March 2011 12:54, Jason McIntyre wrote: > On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 09:44:33AM +, Glen Anderson wrote: >> >> "combined" is ok with me, it doesn't imply anything about how the >> figures are reached so side-steps the issues I had earlier. In the >> esoteric case I mentioned people will make

Re: top man page, clarification of interactive command 1

2011-03-25 Thread Jason McIntyre
On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 01:42:48PM +, Glen Anderson wrote: > > I agree that the wording in previous diffs was a bit awkward however > using the same wording as the C, I, S and T commands suggests that CPU > statistics will either be on or off. "Toggle the display of CPU > statistics between th

Re: top man page, clarification of interactive command 1

2011-03-25 Thread Jason McIntyre
On Fri, Mar 25, 2011 at 09:44:33AM +, Glen Anderson wrote: > > "combined" is ok with me, it doesn't imply anything about how the > figures are reached so side-steps the issues I had earlier. In the > esoteric case I mentioned people will make their own (probably > incorrect) assumptions with e

Re: top man page, clarification of interactive command 1

2011-03-25 Thread Glen Anderson
On 25 March 2011 09:44, Glen Anderson wrote: > Ultimately I think there should be a note explaining what happens in > the case of non-identical CPUs but without knowing what top does I'm > happy with either of the following diffs. > > I'll have a dig through the source to see if I can find out. I'

Re: top man page, clarification of interactive command 1

2011-03-25 Thread Glen Anderson
On 25 March 2011 09:15, David Vasek wrote: > On Thu, 24 Mar 2011, Jason McIntyre wrote: > >> On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 06:02:15PM +, Glen Anderson wrote: >>> >>> I liked the idea of using an adjective when talking about the combined >>> statistics however cumulative isn't really an accurate term

Re: top man page, clarification of interactive command 1

2011-03-25 Thread David Vasek
On Thu, 24 Mar 2011, Jason McIntyre wrote: On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 06:02:15PM +, Glen Anderson wrote: I liked the idea of using an adjective when talking about the combined statistics however cumulative isn't really an accurate term and while ostensibly mean seems appropriate I'm unsure ho

Re: top man page, clarification of interactive command 1

2011-03-24 Thread Jason McIntyre
On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 06:02:15PM +, Glen Anderson wrote: > > I liked the idea of using an adjective when talking about the combined > statistics however cumulative isn't really an accurate term and while > ostensibly mean seems appropriate I'm unsure how top calculates that > line on machine

Re: top man page, clarification of interactive command 1

2011-03-24 Thread Glen Anderson
On 24 March 2011 15:49, Jason McIntyre wrote: > On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 03:32:38PM +0100, David Vasek wrote: >> On Thu, 24 Mar 2011, Glen Anderson wrote: >> >> >A small change to the interactive commands section to make the >> >description of the 1 command more accurate. >> > >> >$ diff -u top.1 t

Re: top man page, clarification of interactive command 1

2011-03-24 Thread Jason McIntyre
On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 03:32:38PM +0100, David Vasek wrote: > On Thu, 24 Mar 2011, Glen Anderson wrote: > > >A small change to the interactive commands section to make the > >description of the 1 command more accurate. > > > >$ diff -u top.1 top.1.new > >--- top.1 Thu Mar 24 12:39:45 2011 >

Re: top man page, clarification of interactive command 1

2011-03-24 Thread David Vasek
On Thu, 24 Mar 2011, Glen Anderson wrote: A small change to the interactive commands section to make the description of the 1 command more accurate. $ diff -u top.1 top.1.new --- top.1 Thu Mar 24 12:39:45 2011 +++ top.1.new Thu Mar 24 13:10:45 2011 @@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ .Sq P interactive

top man page, clarification of interactive command 1

2011-03-24 Thread Glen Anderson
A small change to the interactive commands section to make the description of the 1 command more accurate. $ diff -u top.1 top.1.new --- top.1 Thu Mar 24 12:39:45 2011 +++ top.1.new Thu Mar 24 13:10:45 2011 @@ -282,7 +282,7 @@ .Sq P interactive command. .It 1 -Display CPU statistics on