Re: [PHP] Updating content on the line. (cli)

2004-03-03 Thread Frank M. Kromann
At least on Windows you can send chr(13), and then rebuild the entire line. - Frank > Well I bet it would work on Win32, it just depends on how much CYGWIN > your willing to include with your program. I think all you would need is > the basic CYGWIN DLL(s) and a terminal like bash (plus ncurses >

Re: [PHP] Updating content on the line. (cli)

2004-03-03 Thread Adam Voigt
Well I bet it would work on Win32, it just depends on how much CYGWIN your willing to include with your program. I think all you would need is the basic CYGWIN DLL(s) and a terminal like bash (plus ncurses obviously). On Wed, 2004-03-03 at 11:07, Simon Fredriksson wrote: > Yes, that's one way. It

Re: [PHP] Updating content on the line. (cli)

2004-03-03 Thread Simon Fredriksson
Yes, that's one way. It's currently in development for Win32, but it would be nice if it works on *nix later on aswell. Got a tip from a user in a chatroom to use Ncurses for it, but then I can't use it on win32. Just to correct myself; it's chr(8) and not 7. //Simon Adam Voigt wrote: I'm not

Re: [PHP] Updating content on the line. (cli)

2004-03-03 Thread Adam Voigt
I'm not sure of how you could do this, but one other thing you could do, is like I've seen certain console FTP apps do, is just do a division of the total size by whats downloaded, and have like 100 pound signs that are gradually filled in as it downloads. On Wed, 2004-03-03 at 10:53, Simon Fredr

[PHP] Updating content on the line. (cli)

2004-03-03 Thread Simon Fredriksson
I'm building a download-manager script (like wget), in PHP. Does any of you know how I can update a line in the console? I've tried to echo chr(7) which is the backspace character, but it won't work. This kind of thing is seen in tons of console applications. Like some "please wait" thing that