Re: top that shows "Web Content" (was Re: Recommended editor for novice programmers?)

[rhkramer@gmail.com]

On Friday, September 08, 2017 07:59:40 PM David Wright wrote:
> On Fri 08 Sep 2017 at 17:39:39 (-0400), rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
> > On Friday, September 08, 2017 05:13:31 PM David Wright wrote:
> > > Meanwhile, I have firefox open on the results of a google search.
> > > That's currently reading
> > > firefox-esr 31% + Web Content 28%
> > 
> > Hmm, do you have a version of top (or something else) which reports the
> > use of memory for web content?  I don't see that in top on Wheezy., but
> > I'd like to get that number.
> 
> I don't have any browsers on my wheezy systems, but is it possible
> that wheezy calls it plugin-container? That is what ps calls it in
> jessie, but I used top's value and terminology.
> 
> Another name to check out might be xul-runner which is where
> plugin-container used to live.

David,

Thanks  very much for your reply!

Son of a gun, this morning I looked at top and now there is a task named "Web 
Content".  That must have been part of a (recent) "security" update ;-)