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gistfile1.rbx

# For making nicer CLI tools that take a while to do things
#
# Example:
#
#   with_progress do
#     sleep 2 # or some slow task
#   end
#
# You can also pass in options to customize messages as well
# as the rate of the progress output.
def with_progress(options={})
  options[:before] ||= ""  # Message to print before starting
  options[:after]  ||= ""  # Message to print after completion
  options[:char]   ||= '.' # Character to be printed as progress
  options[:rate]   ||= 0.2 # Delay between printing :char option
  options[:change] ||= 1   # Allows for the rate to accelerate/decelerate
  
  print options[:before]
  
  thread = Thread.new do
    printer = proc do |interval|
      print(options[:char])
      $stdout.flush
      sleep interval
      printer.call [interval * options[:change], 0.01].max
    end
    printer.call options[:rate]
  end
  
  yield and thread.kill
  
  puts options[:after]
end