I have been using htop daily for years and for mysterious reasons¹ I never got to take a look at the doc or even as much as hit F1 to bring up the help screen..
Now, the _only_ thing that I never liked much about htop was that I thought you had to use function keys to interact: bit of a pain with laptops because function keys are usually undersized and that makes them hard to reach². Couple of hours ago, I accidentally hit what turned out to be the 't' key and much to my surprise, htop switched to the tree view. Uh-oh.. thought I.. what's going on. ? I tried the "H" key and bingo, up came the help screen.. and there it was.. a nice reference card with all the convenient keyboard actions that I never even suspected existed.. I can't say how embarrassed I felt.. and at the same time I must admit that this lucky finding has made my day..! Now here's the question: since where I am concerned that footer has become irrelevant--it only mentions function keys, not the alternative letter shortcuts--I'd rather get rid of it. Is there any way I could do that with htop version 1.0.1-1..? Thanks, CJ ¹ Come to think of it, the reason may very well have been the on-screen help footer: Since it tells you to use function keys, I just tried them one after the other and was able to figure out how to use the different screens and features of htop without any problems. It just goes to show that when you are dealing with unimaginative people such as myself it may be best to tell them to just go "Read The Famous Manual" :-) ² Not to mention the fact that contrary to letters, PF keys are not mnemonic, hence harder to memorize.. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Free Next-Gen Firewall Hardware Offer Buy your Sophos next-gen firewall before the end March 2013 and get the hardware for free! Learn more. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sophos-d2d-feb _______________________________________________ htop-general mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/htop-general
