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homk

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howto delay every symbol [SOLVED]

Hi.
I decided to have old-scool terminal, like in sci-fi films: with a delay per every symbol. I think about some ways to do this, but for the first step I wanna ask for advices. Maybe someone did or know this stuff...

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Last edited by homk (2015-03-05 21:29:38)

nullified

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Re: howto delay every symbol [SOLVED]

What exactly are you talking about? That video has scenes with terminals from 20 different movies...

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Re: howto delay every symbol [SOLVED]

Not a Programming issue, moving to NC...

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homk

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Re: howto delay every symbol [SOLVED]

What exactly are you talking about? That video has scenes with terminals from 20 different movies...

I'm talking about exactly this moment in video: 00:27

mpan

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Re: howto delay every symbol [SOLVED]

Delay per every symbol? Your demands are so unimaginative! I would like to draw that fast with a keyboard, as they do at 0:55; or ability to destroy TV sets by turning a communication satellite into a flameball at 3:31; not mentioning making flameballs in a vacuum!

For your requirements, the solution is easy: Dmitry Grinberg has provided one 3 years ago. You may also try to decrease your PC's clock frequency, given DRAMs will stay stable.

Assuming you prefer not to use the next year of your life on sleeping with an AVR chip, you may just do that:

#include <stdlib.h>
#include <stdbool.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>

int main(void) {
    while (true) {
        putchar(getchar());
        fflush(stdout);
        sleep(1);
    }
    return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}

... and pass output of any program through it. If you need bidirectional I/O and/or stderr, or making delay less, you need more code - but the basic idea is the same.

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Re: howto delay every symbol [SOLVED]

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/cool-retro-term/
https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/cool-retro-term-git/

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homk

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Re: howto delay every symbol [SOLVED]

Yea, exactly, waht I want.
Thanks.