%Cpu3, ...’. With a second ‘!’ command toggle two
additional cpus are combined and shown as ‘0‐2, 3‐5, ...’. Then the third ‘!’ press, combining four additional cpus, shows as ‘0‐4, 5‐9, ...’, etc.
Such progression continues until individual cpus are again displayed and impacts both the ‘1’ and ‘4’ toggles (one or muliple columns). Use the ‘=’ command to exit Combine Cpus mode.
Note: If the entire summary area has been toggled Off for any window, you would be left with just the message line. In that way, you will have maximized available task rows but (temporarily) sacrificed the program
name in full-screen mode or the ‘current’ window name when in alternate-display mode.
4c. TASK AREA Commands
The task area interactive commands are always available in full-screen mode.
The task area interactive commands are never available in alternate-display mode if the ‘current’ window’s task display has been toggled Off (see topic 5. ALTERNATE-DISPLAY Provisions).
APPEARANCE of task window
J :Justify‐Numeric‐Columns toggle
Alternates between right‐justified (the default) and left‐justified numeric data. If the numeric data completely fills the available column, this command toggle may impact the column header only.
j :Justify‐Character‐Columns toggle
Alternates between left‐justified (the default) and right‐justified character data. If the character data completely fills the available column, this command toggle may impact the column header only.
The following commands will also be influenced by the state of the global ‘B’ (bold enable) toggle.
b :Bold/Reverse toggle
This command will impact how the ‘x’ and ‘y’ toggles are displayed. It may also impact the summary area when a bar graph has been selected for cpu states or memory usage via the ‘t’ or ‘m’ toggles.
x :Column‐Highlight toggle
Changes highlighting for the current sort field. If you forget which field is being sorted this command can serve as a quick visual reminder, providing the sort field is being displayed. The sort field might
not be visible because:
1) there is insufficient Screen Width
2) the ‘f’ interactive command turned it Off
y :Row‐Highlight toggle
Changes highlighting for "running" tasks. For additional insight into this task state, see topic 3a. DESCRIPTIONS of Fields, the ‘S’ field (Process Status).
Use of this provision provides important insight into your system’s health. The only costs will be a few additional tty escape sequences.
z :Color/Monochrome toggle
Switches the ‘current’ window between your last used color scheme and the older form of black‐on‐white or white‐on‐black. This command will alter both the summary area and task area but does not affect the
state of the ‘x’, ‘y’ or ‘b’ toggles.
CONTENT of task window
c :Command‐Line/Program‐Name toggle
This command will be honored whether or not the COMMAND column is currently visible. Later, should that field come into view, the change you applied will be seen.
F :Maintain‐Parent‐Focus toggle
When in forest view mode, this key serves as a toggle to retain focus on a target task, presumably one with forked children. If forest view mode is Off this key has no effect.
The toggle is applied to the first (topmost) process in the ‘current’ window. Once established, that task is always displayed as the first (topmost) process along with its forked children. All other processes
will be suppressed.
Note: keys like ‘i’ (idle tasks), ‘n’ (max tasks), ‘v’ (hide children) and User/Other filtering remain accessible and can impact what is displayed.
f :Fields‐Management