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The crtl-alt-f1 thing is often called a Virtual TeleTYpewriter or 'vtty', since it uses a series of virtual tty interfaces in order to multiplex the hardware into acting like several consoles without having to run additional software like window, screen, or tmux.
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Hmm I see...
To the original question... For top it can wrap around by something like "top -C -d1". But I am still not sure what to do in the general case where it goes beyond edge of the screen?
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I believe some terminals had the ability to shift between different modes (AxB and CxD; where the letters are $COLUMNSx$LINES) but am not aware if that is implemented by the console drivers.
Generally it's considered a program problem: vi for example treats it as one line unless something like wrapmargin is set. Like wise ksh will `scroll` the line edit if your typing gets to close to the right margin. Someone here might be able to speak from a greater depth of experience, which is why I glanced over that ^ part in my previous post.
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AFAIK, all you can do in this case is increase the terminal size. On FBSD you can use vidcontrol(1) for this purpose. |
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I've never seen top going beyond the column limit (at least under FreeBSD).
Even if you run it under X and increase the width of your terminal emulator, top will only move the uptime and the time to the right and will leave the rest as it is normally.
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