#  Created By    : Dr. Detlef Groth, MPIMG Berlin
 #  Last Modified : <050221.1233>
 #
 #  Description	  : snittype for a console progressbar, 
 #                  required to get feedback during parsing of gigabytes 
 #                  of biological data
 #

 
 package require snit 0.93

 snit::type Progress {
    # options
    option -size ""
    option -file ""
    # variables
    variable state 0
    # typevariables
    constructor {args} {
        $self configurelist $args
        if {[file exists $options(-file)]} {
            set options(-size) [file size $options(-file)]
        }
             
    }   
    # public methods (are lowercase)
    method progress {pos} {
        if {[expr $state + 4] < [expr 1.0 * $pos / $options(-size) * 100]} {
            if {[expr $state % 20] == 0 && $state > 0} {
                puts -nonewline stderr " $state " ;
            } else {
                puts -nonewline stderr "#" 
            }
            incr state 4 
        }
       
    }
    # private methods (are uppercase)
 }

 # test
 proc test {} {
  set p [Progress %AUTO% -size 100]
  for {set i 0} {$i < 100} { incr i} {
    $p progress $i
    update
    after 200
  }
 }
 # test -> ##### 20 #### 40 #### 60 #### 80 ###