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    [CLI] Animated wait
  
        
  
    
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  | Rebol [ | |
| title: "Wait with a dot animation as a progress" | |
| needs: 3.6.0 ;; https://github.com/Oldes/Rebol3/releases | |
| usage: [anim-wait 0:0:10] | |
| note: [ | |
| ;; all "dot" chars can be resolved using: | |
| for i 10241 10495 1 [print [i to char! i]] | |
| ] | |
| ] | |
| anim-wait: function [ | |
| "Waits for a duration with a dot animation as a progress" | |
| duration [time! integer! decimal! date!] "Duration or end date" | |
| ][ | |
| str: {⠁⠉⠙⠹⢹⣹⣽⣿⡿⠿⠟⠛⠋⠉⠒⠤⣀⣤⣶⣿⠿⠛⠉⠁⠃⠇⡇⣆⣤⣰⢸⠹⠙⠉} | |
| i: 0 | |
| n: length? str | |
| unless date? duration [ | |
| duration: now/precise + to time! duration | |
| ] | |
| prin "^[[?25l" ;; hides cursor | |
| while [now/precise < duration] [ | |
| prin pickz str i | |
| prin "^M" | |
| wait 0.1 | |
| i: (i + 1) // n | |
| ] | |
| prin " ^M^[[?25h" ;; clears and shows cursor | |
| ] | 
  
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