Comment 6 for bug 926104
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| Jeff Lane (bladernr) wrote Re: [Bug 926104] Re: checkbox-cli doesn't wait for password before filling the screen with dots while "gathering information" | #6 |
On 09/12/2012 09:45 AM, Daniel Manrique wrote:
> A comment! The CLI basically outputs dots when it's waiting for
> something. We can potentially change it to something that stays in place
> (like a "twirler". Sequentially print a backspace (to erase previous
> twirler) and one of these characters:
>
> |/-\
>
> This will look somewhat bad when the user is typing, but will give a
> progress indication while not filling the screen with unsightly gunk.
>
I think any of those would be fine, at least we could implement it and
see...
or would it be possible to simply turn the dots off completely for that
step?
The biggest complaint (from me and those who've run checkbox-cli a bit)
is that the dots filling up the screen make it appear as though you've
missed your opportunity to fill in the password at that point.
So my preference would be, in order:
* turn off dots completely for the password phase
* change the series of dots to a twirler
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