JAMIE B wrote:
> 
> I would really appreciate a funtion in the csound app, which gave an 
> estimate of the compile time before starting the compilation of orc/sco.
 
Mike Berry wrote:
> 
> We have been planning to add a progress bar to the PPC version. 
> But an estimated time would be very difficult. 

Yes, it would interesting to know how far the rendition has progressed. 
I have long wished (and sometimes thought I should suggest) that the 
"heartbeat" character is changed, or that a numerical heartbeat 
option is added. 
The present heartbeat on console versions is a rotating dash, like 
/ - \ | etc. (The first heartbeat was to output a dot for each sample 
buffer written; that actually gives more information than the present 
version.) The new heartbeat would state how many samples (and seconds 
of sound) have been generated. If the user knows how long the output 
file will be, this would do for a progress bar. 

To change the existing heartbeat is the simplest, since it only
requires a minor change in one file (soundio.c, lines 156 and 176), 
but that's up to John, and of course other users, if you like the idea.

Regards,

	re