On Wed, 10 Sep 2008 09:21:39 +0530 kalyan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
k> I have been looking for a way to show to the user the status of the k> compilation (like 40% complete) in my build system. k> I know its tricky ( k> http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-make/2006-09/msg00026.html) but has k> anyone made a progress on the lines of "make -n" or something else? Do the users need to see the actual percentage, or just that progress is made? Most often, the latter is the case, and you can fake things with a "Zeno's arrow" progress bar that goes to 50%, 75%, etc. (half the remainder each time). Users don't like that exact behavior (there was a usability study on the topic that actually looked at the progress patterns that users like) so you may want to weigh things at the beginning so progress starts slow, speeds up in the middle, then slows again. You can use make -n to gauge the total number of steps, but if it's not important to be exact then you will be OK. Ted _______________________________________________ Help-make mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-make
