From: Yaser Sulaiman <yaserbuntu@...>
Date: 2008-11-05T03:34:27+09:00
Subject: Re: Showing a spinner ?

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I think a STDOUT.flush is needed after the second print "\b" to make it work
properly.

On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 7:22 PM, Rodrigo Bermejo
<rodrigo.bermejo@ps.ge.com>wrote:

> Aldric Giacomoni wrote:
> > How do I show a spinner on the command line interface when a ruby script
> > is working? I sometimes write things that take a while, and I know I get
> > impatient when all I see a blinking cursor :)
> > A spinner has \ | / - all in one spot so it looks like a spinning wheel.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > --Aldric
>
> Here is the idea ..you can make it better..
>
> a=["-","\\","|","/"]
> n=0
> while 1 do
>    print a[n % 4]
>    print "\b"
>    n+=1
>    sleep 0.1
>    puts "..#{n}." if (n % 50==0)
> end
>
>
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