Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 21:36:30 +0300
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Subject: Re: how to flush cprintf output
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> From: Michiel de Bondt <michielb AT sci DOT kun DOT nl>
> Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> Date: Thu, 17 May 2001 18:20:34 +0200
> 
> > > The cprintf ("\b \b")'s might be done in a procedure
> > > called by an alarm event.
> >
> > This just adds to complexity.  I'd advise against such complex design,
> > just to print and remove a message.
> >
> 
> What do you suggest. I wish to control the frequency of printing
> progress info: asteriks or search path. There must not be to much
> printing, since that will affect the speed of the algorithm.

Just do the printing and the removal of the previous print-out from
the same routine which is called by the timer.

> Removal of
> the asterisks can be done by another procedure, but the old progress
> value must be read in order to get the right number of "\b \b"'s to
> be printed.

Why can't you remove all of it?  Perhaps you should modify how the
progress indicator looks, to know how to erase in advance.