#!/usr/bin/env python """ Example application for the 'blessed' Terminal library for python. This isn't a real progress bar, just a sample "animated prompt" of sorts that demonstrates the separate move_x() and move_yx() capabilities, made mainly to test the `hpa' compatibility for 'screen' terminal type which fails to provide one, but blessed recognizes that it actually does, and provides a proxy. """ from __future__ import print_function # std imports import sys # local from blessed import Terminal def main(): """Program entry point.""" term = Terminal() assert term.hpa(1) != u'', ( 'Terminal does not support hpa (Horizontal position absolute)') col, offset = 1, 1 with term.cbreak(): inp = None print("press 'X' to stop.") sys.stderr.write(term.move_yx(term.height, 0) + u'[') sys.stderr.write(term.move_x(term.width - 1) + u']' + term.move_x(1)) while inp != 'X': if col >= (term.width - 2): offset = -1 elif col <= 1: offset = 1 sys.stderr.write(term.move_x(col)) if offset == -1: sys.stderr.write(u'.') else: sys.stderr.write(u'=') col += offset sys.stderr.write(term.move_x(col)) sys.stderr.write(u'|\b') sys.stderr.flush() inp = term.inkey(0.04) print() if __name__ == '__main__': main()