Re: [Bug-ddrescue] [PATCH] ascii "vissualization"

[Michael Niedermayer]

Hi

On Mon, Aug 14, 2006 at 10:24:13PM -0400, Ariel wrote:
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> On Tue, 15 Aug 2006, Michael Niedermayer wrote:
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> >attached you will find a patch which adds some ascii vissualization of the
> >ddrescuing, if your terminal supports it should be colorized too
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> Also you should use ioctl TIOCGWINSZ and sigwinch to detect the terminal 
> size rather then have people type it in themself.
> 
> However, that too, may cause portability problems.

well i do like it if the thing is smaller then my whole screen, and
its simpler and more portable


> 
> I would maybe recommend investigating curses, and using that. It should be 
> fully portable, although the full curses library seems somewhat overkill 
> for this purpose.

yes, i strongly agree that curses would be overkill

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