On 2009/11/15 20:25, Ted Unangst wrote:
> part1: tweak the format strings so that numbers never run together.  If, 
> for example, your blocked process count hits double digits, it smears into 
> the next column, which then makes the rest of the output unparseable by 
> scripts.  The alignment is then a little off, but I'll take hard to read 
> over impossible to read anyday.

good - this also stops w running into avm when Firefox is running (:

> part2: do not print the banner if it's not a tty.  If you're piping the 
> output, the receiver probably doesn't want to see it.

the way your diff works (print initial banner, skip continuation banners)
makes a lot of sense. (when I just read your description I thought you were
also skipping the initial banner, which I wasn't keen on, but this is fine).

ok with me.

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