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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+
+# Source: http://code.activestate.com/recipes/475116/, with
+# modifications by Daniel Dunbar.
+
+import sys, re, time
+
+class TerminalController:
+    """
+    A class that can be used to portably generate formatted output to
+    a terminal.  
+    
+    `TerminalController` defines a set of instance variables whose
+    values are initialized to the control sequence necessary to
+    perform a given action.  These can be simply included in normal
+    output to the terminal:
+
+        >>> term = TerminalController()
+        >>> print 'This is '+term.GREEN+'green'+term.NORMAL
+
+    Alternatively, the `render()` method can used, which replaces
+    '${action}' with the string required to perform 'action':
+
+        >>> term = TerminalController()
+        >>> print term.render('This is ${GREEN}green${NORMAL}')
+
+    If the terminal doesn't support a given action, then the value of
+    the corresponding instance variable will be set to ''.  As a
+    result, the above code will still work on terminals that do not
+    support color, except that their output will not be colored.
+    Also, this means that you can test whether the terminal supports a
+    given action by simply testing the truth value of the
+    corresponding instance variable:
+
+        >>> term = TerminalController()
+        >>> if term.CLEAR_SCREEN:
+        ...     print 'This terminal supports clearning the screen.'
+
+    Finally, if the width and height of the terminal are known, then
+    they will be stored in the `COLS` and `LINES` attributes.
+    """
+    # Cursor movement:
+    BOL = ''             #: Move the cursor to the beginning of the line
+    UP = ''              #: Move the cursor up one line
+    DOWN = ''            #: Move the cursor down one line
+    LEFT = ''            #: Move the cursor left one char
+    RIGHT = ''           #: Move the cursor right one char
+
+    # Deletion:
+    CLEAR_SCREEN = ''    #: Clear the screen and move to home position
+    CLEAR_EOL = ''       #: Clear to the end of the line.
+    CLEAR_BOL = ''       #: Clear to the beginning of the line.
+    CLEAR_EOS = ''       #: Clear to the end of the screen
+
+    # Output modes:
+    BOLD = ''            #: Turn on bold mode
+    BLINK = ''           #: Turn on blink mode
+    DIM = ''             #: Turn on half-bright mode
+    REVERSE = ''         #: Turn on reverse-video mode
+    NORMAL = ''          #: Turn off all modes
+
+    # Cursor display:
+    HIDE_CURSOR = ''     #: Make the cursor invisible
+    SHOW_CURSOR = ''     #: Make the cursor visible
+
+    # Terminal size:
+    COLS = None          #: Width of the terminal (None for unknown)
+    LINES = None         #: Height of the terminal (None for unknown)
+
+    # Foreground colors:
+    BLACK = BLUE = GREEN = CYAN = RED = MAGENTA = YELLOW = WHITE = ''
+    
+    # Background colors:
+    BG_BLACK = BG_BLUE = BG_GREEN = BG_CYAN = ''
+    BG_RED = BG_MAGENTA = BG_YELLOW = BG_WHITE = ''
+    
+    _STRING_CAPABILITIES = """
+    BOL=cr UP=cuu1 DOWN=cud1 LEFT=cub1 RIGHT=cuf1
+    CLEAR_SCREEN=clear CLEAR_EOL=el CLEAR_BOL=el1 CLEAR_EOS=ed BOLD=bold
+    BLINK=blink DIM=dim REVERSE=rev UNDERLINE=smul NORMAL=sgr0
+    HIDE_CURSOR=cinvis SHOW_CURSOR=cnorm""".split()
+    _COLORS = """BLACK BLUE GREEN CYAN RED MAGENTA YELLOW WHITE""".split()
+    _ANSICOLORS = "BLACK RED GREEN YELLOW BLUE MAGENTA CYAN WHITE".split()
+
+    def __init__(self, term_stream=sys.stdout):
+        """
+        Create a `TerminalController` and initialize its attributes
+        with appropriate values for the current terminal.
+        `term_stream` is the stream that will be used for terminal
+        output; if this stream is not a tty, then the terminal is
+        assumed to be a dumb terminal (i.e., have no capabilities).
+        """
+        # Curses isn't available on all platforms
+        try: import curses
+        except: return
+
+        # If the stream isn't a tty, then assume it has no capabilities.
+        if not term_stream.isatty(): return
+
+        # Check the terminal type.  If we fail, then assume that the
+        # terminal has no capabilities.
+        try: curses.setupterm()
+        except: return
+
+        # Look up numeric capabilities.
+        self.COLS = curses.tigetnum('cols')
+        self.LINES = curses.tigetnum('lines')
+        
+        # Look up string capabilities.
+        for capability in self._STRING_CAPABILITIES:
+            (attrib, cap_name) = capability.split('=')
+            setattr(self, attrib, self._tigetstr(cap_name) or '')
+
+        # Colors
+        set_fg = self._tigetstr('setf')
+        if set_fg:
+            for i,color in zip(range(len(self._COLORS)), self._COLORS):
+                setattr(self, color, curses.tparm(set_fg, i) or '')
+        set_fg_ansi = self._tigetstr('setaf')
+        if set_fg_ansi:
+            for i,color in zip(range(len(self._ANSICOLORS)), self._ANSICOLORS):
+                setattr(self, color, curses.tparm(set_fg_ansi, i) or '')
+        set_bg = self._tigetstr('setb')
+        if set_bg:
+            for i,color in zip(range(len(self._COLORS)), self._COLORS):
+                setattr(self, 'BG_'+color, curses.tparm(set_bg, i) or '')
+        set_bg_ansi = self._tigetstr('setab')
+        if set_bg_ansi:
+            for i,color in zip(range(len(self._ANSICOLORS)), self._ANSICOLORS):
+                setattr(self, 'BG_'+color, curses.tparm(set_bg_ansi, i) or '')
+
+    def _tigetstr(self, cap_name):
+        # String capabilities can include "delays" of the form "$<2>".
+        # For any modern terminal, we should be able to just ignore
+        # these, so strip them out.
+        import curses
+        cap = curses.tigetstr(cap_name) or ''
+        return re.sub(r'\$<\d+>[/*]?', '', cap)
+
+    def render(self, template):
+        """
+        Replace each $-substitutions in the given template string with
+        the corresponding terminal control string (if it's defined) or
+        '' (if it's not).
+        """
+        return re.sub(r'\$\$|\${\w+}', self._render_sub, template)
+
+    def _render_sub(self, match):
+        s = match.group()
+        if s == '$$': return s
+        else: return getattr(self, s[2:-1])
+
+#######################################################################
+# Example use case: progress bar
+#######################################################################
+
+class SimpleProgressBar:
+    """
+    A simple progress bar which doesn't need any terminal support.
+
+    This prints out a progress bar like:
+      'Header: 0 .. 10.. 20.. ...'
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self, header):
+        self.header = header
+        self.atIndex = None
+
+    def update(self, percent, message):
+        if self.atIndex is None:
+            sys.stdout.write(self.header)
+            self.atIndex = 0
+
+        next = int(percent*50)
+        if next == self.atIndex:
+            return
+
+        for i in range(self.atIndex, next):
+            idx = i % 5
+            if idx == 0:
+                sys.stdout.write('%-2d' % (i*2))
+            elif idx == 1:
+                pass # Skip second char
+            elif idx < 4:
+                sys.stdout.write('.')
+            else:
+                sys.stdout.write(' ')
+        sys.stdout.flush()
+        self.atIndex = next
+
+    def clear(self):
+        if self.atIndex is not None:
+            sys.stdout.write('\n')
+            sys.stdout.flush()
+            self.atIndex = None
+
+class ProgressBar:
+    """
+    A 3-line progress bar, which looks like::
+    
+                                Header
+        20% [===========----------------------------------]
+                           progress message
+
+    The progress bar is colored, if the terminal supports color
+    output; and adjusts to the width of the terminal.
+    """
+    BAR = '%s${GREEN}[${BOLD}%s%s${NORMAL}${GREEN}]${NORMAL}%s\n'
+    HEADER = '${BOLD}${CYAN}%s${NORMAL}\n\n'
+        
+    def __init__(self, term, header, useETA=True):
+        self.term = term
+        if not (self.term.CLEAR_EOL and self.term.UP and self.term.BOL):
+            raise ValueError("Terminal isn't capable enough -- you "
+                             "should use a simpler progress dispaly.")
+        self.width = self.term.COLS or 75
+        self.bar = term.render(self.BAR)
+        self.header = self.term.render(self.HEADER % header.center(self.width))
+        self.cleared = 1 #: true if we haven't drawn the bar yet.
+        self.useETA = useETA
+        if self.useETA:
+            self.startTime = time.time()
+        self.update(0, '')
+
+    def update(self, percent, message):
+        if self.cleared:
+            sys.stdout.write(self.header)
+            self.cleared = 0
+        prefix = '%3d%% ' % (percent*100,)
+        suffix = ''
+        if self.useETA:
+            elapsed = time.time() - self.startTime
+            if percent > .0001 and elapsed > 1:
+                total = elapsed / percent
+                eta = int(total - elapsed)
+                h = eta//3600.
+                m = (eta//60) % 60
+                s = eta % 60
+                suffix = ' ETA: %02d:%02d:%02d'%(h,m,s)
+        barWidth = self.width - len(prefix) - len(suffix) - 2
+        n = int(barWidth*percent)
+        if len(message) < self.width:
+            message = message + ' '*(self.width - len(message))
+        else:
+            message = '... ' + message[-(self.width-4):]
+        sys.stdout.write(
+            self.term.BOL + self.term.UP + self.term.CLEAR_EOL +
+            (self.bar % (prefix, '='*n, '-'*(barWidth-n), suffix)) +
+            self.term.CLEAR_EOL + message)
+
+    def clear(self):
+        if not self.cleared:
+            sys.stdout.write(self.term.BOL + self.term.CLEAR_EOL +
+                             self.term.UP + self.term.CLEAR_EOL +
+                             self.term.UP + self.term.CLEAR_EOL)
+            self.cleared = 1
+
+def test():
+    import time
+    tc = TerminalController()
+    p = ProgressBar(tc, 'Tests')
+    for i in range(101):
+        p.update(i/100., str(i))        
+        time.sleep(.3)
+
+if __name__=='__main__':
+    test()