Re: Download speed and progress indicator

2017-11-08 Thread RS
From: Jeremy Nicoll - ml gip Sent: Tuesday, November 7, 2017 9:52 PM Actually that's not the width that matters. The terminal window also has a width (and depth) and if it's set wider than your screen then you just have to scroll it sideways. In XP and W8.1 and presumably W10 too, if you

Re: Download speed and progress indicator

2017-11-07 Thread Jeremy Nicoll - ml gip
On 2017-11-07 20:35, RS wrote: One thing that has occurred to me is that my desktop monitor is wider than the laptop screens. Actually that's not the width that matters. The terminal window also has a width (and depth) and if it's set wider than your screen then you just have to scroll it

Re: Download speed and progress indicator

2017-11-07 Thread RS
From: Ralph Corderoy Sent: Tuesday, November 7, 2017 5:25 PM Do you physically sit at all of these machines' screens, or access some over a network? What OS are they running? If Linux, are you using the same terminal emulator on all of them? xterm(1) is a good standby for testing. Hi Ralph

Re: Download speed and progress indicator

2017-11-07 Thread Jeremy Nicoll - ml gip
On 2017-11-07 17:04, RS wrote: Does Perl distinguish between desktop and laptop machines? I wouldn't think so. Do you run these commands in a Windows cmd.exe command window, or do you by any chance use some other form of terminal? If I run get_iplayer with --verbose I can get an

Re: Download speed and progress indicator

2017-11-07 Thread Ralph Corderoy
Hi Richard, > Does Perl distinguish between desktop and laptop machines? No. :-) > Any ideas on what is causing the different behaviour? Do you physically sit at all of these machines' screens, or access some over a network? What OS are they running? If Linux, are you using the same

Download speed and progress indicator

2017-11-07 Thread RS
Does Perl distinguish between desktop and laptop machines? If I run get_iplayer with --verbose I can get an instantaneous download speed indicator similar to the one we used to have. If I run it on my desktop machine it displays a single line which is continuously updated, like the indicator