Use ASCII control codes to hide cursor at the pacman start and then show the cursor when pacman finishes.
It helps to avoid annoying blinking when progress bars are re-drawn. Cursor is reenabled if pacman expects user's input. Signed-off-by: Anatol Pomozov <[email protected]> --- src/common/util-common.c | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ src/common/util-common.h | 3 +++ src/pacman/pacman.c | 2 ++ src/pacman/sighandler.c | 5 +++++ 4 files changed, 32 insertions(+) diff --git a/src/common/util-common.c b/src/common/util-common.c index 7d43ac0d..09a41ea6 100644 --- a/src/common/util-common.c +++ b/src/common/util-common.c @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ #include <errno.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <string.h> +#include <unistd.h> #include "util-common.h" @@ -104,6 +105,18 @@ int llstat(char *path, struct stat *buf) return ret; } +void console_hide_cursor(void) { + if(isatty(fileno(stdout))) { + printf("\x1B[?25l"); + } +} + +void console_show_cursor(void) { + if(isatty(fileno(stdout))) { + printf("\x1B[?25h"); + } +} + /** Wrapper around fgets() which properly handles EINTR * @param s string to read into * @param size maximum length to read @@ -114,6 +127,12 @@ char *safe_fgets(char *s, int size, FILE *stream) { char *ret; int errno_save = errno, ferror_save = ferror(stream); + int is_tty = isatty(fileno(stream)); + + if(is_tty) { + /* Show cursor if read from STDIN */ + console_show_cursor(); + } while((ret = fgets(s, size, stream)) == NULL && !feof(stream)) { if(errno == EINTR) { /* clear any errors we set and try again */ @@ -125,6 +144,9 @@ char *safe_fgets(char *s, int size, FILE *stream) break; } } + if(is_tty) { + console_hide_cursor(); + } return ret; } diff --git a/src/common/util-common.h b/src/common/util-common.h index 483d5da4..8eacde7e 100644 --- a/src/common/util-common.h +++ b/src/common/util-common.h @@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ char *mdirname(const char *path); int llstat(char *path, struct stat *buf); +void console_hide_cursor(void); +void console_show_cursor(void); + char *safe_fgets(char *s, int size, FILE *stream); void wordsplit_free(char **ws); diff --git a/src/pacman/pacman.c b/src/pacman/pacman.c index d58c428a..aafd9e63 100644 --- a/src/pacman/pacman.c +++ b/src/pacman/pacman.c @@ -300,6 +300,7 @@ static void cleanup(int ret) /* free memory */ FREELIST(pm_targets); + console_show_cursor(); exit(ret); } @@ -1084,6 +1085,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) int ret = 0; uid_t myuid = getuid(); + console_hide_cursor(); install_segv_handler(); /* i18n init */ diff --git a/src/pacman/sighandler.c b/src/pacman/sighandler.c index 46e6481f..59aaa61f 100644 --- a/src/pacman/sighandler.c +++ b/src/pacman/sighandler.c @@ -27,6 +27,9 @@ #include "sighandler.h" #include "util.h" +/* the same ANSI sequence as used in console_show_cursor */ +#define SHOW_CURSOR_ANSI "\x1B[?25h" + /** Write function that correctly handles EINTR. */ static ssize_t xwrite(int fd, const void *buf, size_t count) @@ -60,6 +63,7 @@ static void soft_interrupt_handler(int signum) const char msg[] = "\nHangup signal received\n"; xwrite(STDERR_FILENO, msg, ARRAYSIZE(msg) - 1); } + xwrite(STDOUT_FILENO, SHOW_CURSOR_ANSI, sizeof(SHOW_CURSOR_ANSI) - 1); if(alpm_trans_interrupt(config->handle) == 0) { /* a transaction is being interrupted, don't exit pacman yet. */ return; @@ -95,6 +99,7 @@ static void segv_handler(int signum) const char msg[] = "\nerror: segmentation fault\n" "Please submit a full bug report with --debug if appropriate.\n"; xwrite(STDERR_FILENO, msg, sizeof(msg) - 1); + xwrite(STDOUT_FILENO, SHOW_CURSOR_ANSI, sizeof(SHOW_CURSOR_ANSI) - 1); /* restore the default handler */ _reset_handler(signum); -- 2.25.1
