Wolfgang Denk wrote:
In message 47D15301.8060601@ge.com you wrote:
I was too terse. The problem is that I added a progress bar. Previously, the printout sequence was: Writing to Flash... followed by an indeterminate wait, followed by the string "done." which formed the composite: Writing to Flash... done.
That's what it shall remain: a single line of text.
I added a progress bar, but the progress bar needs to be on a new line.
Please don't.
Best regards, Wolfgang Denk
There is no way to add an end marker without using a new line (or use '\r' which is really unacceptable, and more justifiably so). Since we are settling in on having 50 (?probably want to use a #define) dots unless there are fewer than 50 units to be written, I suppose we can live without a end marker. Sigh, the end marker was the fun part.
I also contend that it was a useful part even if you /know/ that there will be 50 dots because the human eye cannot count dots at a glance.
Illustration:
Tell me at a glance how close this is to completion[1]: Writing to Flash..............................
Now tell me here: Writing to Flash v ..............................
With an added parameter to the flash write routine (which would serve double duty to suppress the progress dots), I can condense the above into two lines. This is still 100% more lines than Wolfgang demands, but I think it has sufficient value to pay its freight.
Writing to Flash v ..............................
Best regards, gvb
[1] Answer: 60% done, 40% remaining for all the examples.