extern crate crossterm; use crossterm::Context; use crossterm::screen::AlternateScreen; use crossterm::cursor::cursor; use crossterm::terminal::{self, ClearType}; use std::io::{Write, stdout}; use std::{time, thread}; use std::rc::Rc; use crossterm::raw::IntoRawMode; // raw screen is not working correctly currently fn print_wait_screen(context: Rc) { terminal::terminal(context.clone()).clear(ClearType::All); let mut cursor = cursor(context.clone()); cursor.goto(0,0).print("Welcome to the wait screen."); cursor.goto(0,1).print("Please wait a few seconds until we arrive back at the main screen."); cursor.goto(0,2).print("Progress: "); // print some progress example. for i in 1..5 { // print the current counter at the line of `Seconds to Go: {counter}` cursor.goto(10,2).print(format!("{} of the 5 items processed", i)); // 1 second delay thread::sleep(time::Duration::from_secs(1)); } } pub fn print_wait_screen_on_alternate_window() { let context = Context::new(); // create scope. If this scope ends the screen will be switched back to mainscreen. // because `AlternateScreen` switches back to main screen when going out of scope. { // create new alternate screen instance this call is also switching the screen to alternate screen. // then convert the output of the program to raw mode. // then print the wait screen on the alternate screen in raw mode. let mut screen = AlternateScreen::from(context.clone()); let alternate_screen = screen.into_raw_mode(context.clone()); // Print the wait screen. print_wait_screen(context.clone()); screen.flush(); } println!("Whe are back at the main screen"); }