6b. Bouncing Windows
For these stupid tricks, top needs alternate-display mode.
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With 3 or 4 task displays visible, pick any window other than the last
and turn idle processes Off.
Depending on where you applied 'i', sometimes several task displays are bouncing and
sometimes it's like an accordion, as top tries his best to allocate space.
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Set each window's summary lines differently: one with no memory; another with
no states; maybe one with nothing at all, just the message line.
Then hold down 'a' or 'w' and watch a variation on bouncing windows --
hopping windows.
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Display all 4 windows and for each, in turn, set idle processes to Off.
You've just entered the "extreme bounce" zone.
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