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Flush princ/prompt/write-char text console buffer
guigonse posted a topic in AutoLISP, Visual LISP & DCL
Dear all. This is something I tried years ago, without success; let's try again with you wise men (and women): we have many routines which iterate the full database drawing many times, so not to fulfill the console screen (you know, the F2 one with text, we print on it a single variable character as a feedback for the user as everything is up and running, despite the long time usually taken by these routines. Problem rely in the console's character buffer, as every (princ "[char]") IS NOT visualized till the buffer fills, so appearing sudden chunks of characters after long silence lapses, or when the routine ends. I've tried (prin? ..) (prompt ..) and (write-char ..) without success. Ideas? By the way, would be nice to find a solution pre-VisualLisp compatible (but not mandatory Regards