extern crate crossterm; use crossterm::Crossterm; use crossterm::terminal::{self, ClearType}; use std::io::{stdout, Write}; use std::{thread, time}; // raw screen is not working correctly currently fn print_wait_screen(crossterm: &mut Crossterm) { let terminal = crossterm.terminal(); let mut cursor = crossterm.cursor(); terminal.clear(ClearType::All); 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 mut term = Crossterm::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. term.to_alternate_screen(); term.enable_raw_mode(); // Print the wait screen. print_wait_screen(&mut term); term.flush(); } println!("Whe are back at the main screen"); }