Latest release 20200229: Upd: can now be used as a context manager, clearing the line on exit. Upd.without is now a context manager, returning the older state, and accepting an optional inner state (default ""). Upd is now a singleton factory, obsoleting upd_for. Upd.nl: use "insert line above" mode if supported.

Single line status updates with minimal update sequences.

This is available as an output mode in cs.logutils.

Example:

with Upd() as U:
    for filename in filenames:
        U.out(filename)
        ... process filename ...
        upd.nl('an informational line')

Function cleanupAtExit()

Cleanup function called at programme exit to clear the status line.

Function Upd(stream)

Factory for Upd singletons keyed by the id of their backend.

Function upd_for(stream)

Factory for Upd singletons keyed by the id of their backend.

Release Log

Release 20200229: Upd: can now be used as a context manager, clearing the line on exit. Upd.without is now a context manager, returning the older state, and accepting an optional inner state (default ""). Upd is now a singleton factory, obsoleting upd_for. Upd.nl: use "insert line above" mode if supported.

Release 20181108: Documentation improvements.

Release 20170903: New function upd_for(stream) returning singleton Upds. Drop noStrip keyword argument/mode - always strip trailing whitespace.

Release 20160828: Use "install_requires" instead of "requires" in DISTINFO. Add Upd.flush method. Upd.out: fix longstanding trailing text erasure bug. Upd.nl,out: accept optional positional parameters, use with %-formatting if supplied, just like logging.

Release 20150118: metadata fix

Release 20150116: Initial PyPI release.