From b02c0c0d7471e2884852871703a98cd67cb9f16a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Michaels <david_michaels@hms.harvard.edu>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 19:17:14 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] minor progress_bar update

---
 dcicutils/progress_bar.py | 12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dcicutils/progress_bar.py b/dcicutils/progress_bar.py
index 1d9089ab8..fd52af84a 100644
--- a/dcicutils/progress_bar.py
+++ b/dcicutils/progress_bar.py
@@ -335,9 +335,15 @@ def restore_stdout_write() -> None:  # noqa
             nonlocal sys_stdout_write
             if sys_stdout_write is not None:
                 sys.stdout.write = sys_stdout_write
+        def ascii_spinners() -> list:  # noqa
+            # Fun with ASCII spinners.
+            return list("⠋⠙⠹⠸⠼⠴⠦⠧⠇⠏")  # borrowed from rich python package
+            # return list("⣾⣽⣻⢿⡿⣟⣯⣷")  # borrowed from rich python package
+            # return list("⠿⠻⠽⠾⠷⠯⠟")
+            # return list("⠏⠛⠹⠼⠶⠧")
+            # return list("⠻⠽⠾⠷⠯⠟")
+            # return list("|/—◦\\")
         sys.stdout.write = tidy_stdout_write
-        # spina = ["|", "/", "—", "◦", "\\"]
-        spina = ["⠿", "⠻", "⠽", "⠾", "⠷", "⠯", "⠟"]
-        spini = 0 ; spinn = len(spina)  # noqa
+        spina = ascii_spinners() ; spini = 0 ; spinn = len(spina)  # noqa
         sentinel = "[progress]" ; sentinel_internal = f"{sentinel}:"  # noqa
         return namedtuple("tidy_output_hack", ["restore", "sentinel"])(restore_stdout_write, sentinel)