X-Git-Url: http://git.tuebingen.mpg.de/?p=paraslash.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=interactive.c;h=7768d36b08ec716718b58396e90549722336f7be;hp=f75e4be531d94521bf87f8baf19b5f4dfb5b6739;hb=be1074b491b51e3fd4a413f530517e3ff847b022;hpb=3ba7724e92b52f5933632ff7d948d0f9491440db

diff --git a/interactive.c b/interactive.c
index f75e4be5..7768d36b 100644
--- a/interactive.c
+++ b/interactive.c
@@ -187,7 +187,26 @@ void i9e_attach_to_stdout(struct btr_node *producer)
 
 static void wipe_bottom_line(void)
 {
-	fprintf(i9ep->stderr_stream, "\r%s\r", i9ep->empty_line);
+	char x[] = "          ";
+	int n = i9ep->num_columns;
+
+	/*
+	 * For reasons beyond my understanding, writing more than 68 characters
+	 * here causes MacOS to mess up the terminal. Writing a line of spaces
+	 * in smaller chunks works fine though. Weird.
+	 */
+	fprintf(i9ep->stderr_stream, "\r");
+	while (n > 0) {
+		if (n >= sizeof(x)) {
+			fprintf(i9ep->stderr_stream, "%s", x);
+			n -= sizeof(x);
+			continue;
+		}
+		x[n] = '\0';
+		fprintf(i9ep->stderr_stream, "%s", x);
+		break;
+	}
+	fprintf(i9ep->stderr_stream, "\r");
 }
 
 /**