From: Aldric Giacomoni <aldric@...>
Date: 2008-11-05T03:38:30+09:00
Subject: Re: Showing a spinner ?

Great, thanks! What other special characters are there? Where can I find
a list? (I know - I could probably just google that, so if you don't
have it handy I'll go and do my own research when I get a chance).

--Aldric

Rodrigo Bermejo 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
> 
>