* connect via a socket with `--socket=/path/to/mysql.sock --user=someuser --password=somepass`
The user if not specified will default to the contents of `$USER`.
+The port if not specified will default to 3306.
### Grants
really missing a feature in MySQL (see: http://bugs.mysql.com/75156)
to provide higher resolution query times than seconds. It gives
some info but if the queries are very short then the integer runtime
-in seconds makes the output far less interesting.
+in seconds makes the output far less interesting. Total idle time is also
+shown as this gives an indication of perhaps overly long idle queries,
+and the sum of the values here if there's a pile up may be interesting.
You can change the polling interval and switch between modes (see below).