[R-SIG-Mac] Question!

[Nagode, Marko]

Dear Sir,

One of the rebmix package users informed me about an error occurring when the rebmix runs from R console on mac:

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I assume that the problem is caused by:

Rprintf("%sTime left %2.1f sec", CL, TimeLeft);
R_FlushConsole();
R_ProcessEvents();

in my C code, where:

#ifndef CL
#define CL "\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b"
#endif

As you can see I try to inform the user of the rebmix about the time needed to finish the calculation. Consequently I first clean the line by calling backshlash several times as the exact length of the string is supposed not to be known. Next TileLeft is written. On R console one should, e.g., observe Time left = 0.3 sec.
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On other platforms my code runs error free. On CRAN checks: rebmix results the status of all checks is OK.

I assume that \b causes troubles. Could you please give me some idea on how to avoid the problem.

Thank you in advance.

Best regards,

Marko Nagode

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prof. Marko Nagode, Ph.D.
University of Ljubljana
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering
Aškerčeva 6
1000 Ljubljana
Slovenia
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E-mail: marko.nagode at fs.uni-lj.si

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