I would prefer a dot for buffer writes
Every so often print out:
P 99.99 / C 99.99 = 9.9
Where P stands for playing time
C stands for time elapsed to compute
= ratio of P to C so far.

-----Original Message-----
From: jpff@maths.bath.ac.uk 
To: rasmus.ekman@hexagon.se 
Cc: csound@noether.ex.ac.uk 
Date: Thursday, April 09, 1998 8:42 AM
Subject: Re: [my vote]: ETA feature request


>>>>>> "rasmus" == rasmus ekman  writes:
>
> rasmus> jpff@maths.bath.ac.uk wrote:
> >> 
> >> I originlly wrote the heartbeat function to use . characters, but i
> >> was prevailed upon to produce the rotating bar.  Is there a consensus,
> >> or do you want this as a controlled option?  Advice please.
>
> rasmus> I'd like number of buffers written, followed by time:
> rasmus> nbufs (secs)
>
>Do you mean elapsed time or time in soundfile?
>
> rasmus> - as a new option, say command line flag "-H1".
> rasmus> Keep the rotating bar as "-H" and "-H0".
>
>Looks sense abd "easy"
>
>