Hi, On Thu, 2 May 2019, SZEDER Gábor wrote: > On Tue, Apr 30, 2019 at 06:25:35PM -0400, Johannes Schindelin wrote: > > > > On Tue, 30 Apr 2019, SZEDER Gábor wrote: > > > > > diff --git a/sequencer.c b/sequencer.c > > > index 546f281898..c2e4baa90e 100644 > > > --- a/sequencer.c > > > +++ b/sequencer.c > > > @@ -3631,6 +3631,12 @@ static int pick_commits(struct repository *r, > > > int saved = *end_of_arg; > > > struct stat st; > > > > > > + if (!opts->verbose) > > > + /* > > > + * Fully cover the previous "Rebasing (n/m)" > > > + * progress line. > > > + */ > > > + fprintf(stderr, "%*s\r", term_columns(), ""); > > > > IIRC there are terminals (`cmd.exe`?) that would advance to the next row > > automatically when printing the exact number of columns in a row. So this > > would not work. > > Hrm, I though about using 'term_columns()-1', or moving the '\r' from > the format string to the string to be printed, but in the end didn't > do either, because it seemed to work well as it is in the two > terminals that I tried (on Linux). > > > But isn't there an ANSI sequence that we can use? > > > > *clicketyclick* > > > > Yes: https://github.com/git/git/blob/v2.21.0/editor.c#L101 (introduced in > > https://github.com/git/git/commit/abfb04d0c7#diff-cdeec438beb851e450b94a11db9ab7edR89) > > > > So maybe we should do the same here, i.e. > > > > fputs("\r\033[K", stderr); > > Oh, that would be nice (and not only here, but it could have made the > changes in 'sg/overlong-progress-fix' a bit simpler as well). > Unfortunately, however, it only works on non-dumb terminals (note the > '!is_terminal_dumb()' call in the preceeding condition), while rebase > hasn't had such a limitation on the terminal yet. I think it would still be nice to have it in the common case of a capable terminal. Maybe this could even become a helper function, e.g. `erase_terminal_line_remainder()`? This should also help other developers discover and use it. Ciao, Dscho
