Re: [Bug-wget] [Bug-Wget][RFC] Even more changes to the progress bar

[Darshit Shah]

On Tue, May 20, 2014 at 1:26 AM, Ángel González <address@hidden> wrote:
> On 19/05/14 21:17, Darshit Shah wrote:
>>
>> This patch is currently only a RFC. There's a few things I'd like your
>> comments on:
>>
>> 1. Should the numbers have localization support? They don't seem to
>> have localization support as of now. i.e. 123.45 would be displayed as
>> 123,45 for the Europeans.
>
> Yes. Just like the transfer speed currently has.
>
Great!
>
>
>> 2. I am not aware of anyone parsing the output of Wget's progress bar.
>> Do you think changing the default output would cause a problem?
>
> No.
Thought so, needed secondary confirmation
>
>
>> 3. Should we add some kind of --human-readable option to toggle
>> between bytes output and human readable output?
>
> I don't like dozens of options just to control the progress bar. I wouldn't
> add
> it yet. Maybe if we later see a need for it.
>
Yes, even I believe there are too many options for controlling the
progress bar's output. I'll just make this the default, if people
complain, we can add a switch.

>
> Best regards



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Thanking You,
Darshit Shah