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Re: Inconsistent list output


From: Paul Eggert
Subject: Re: Inconsistent list output
Date: Sat, 10 Sep 2022 09:59:13 -0500
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On 9/10/22 09:51, Dr. David Alan Gilbert wrote:
Why 'user/group size' and not two separate fields of 'user/group' and 'size'?

Two separate fields would consume more screen space, because the first column is left-adjusted and the second column is right-adjusted. It's the same reason that traditional Unix grew the heap upwards and the stack downwards.




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