Re: [Ngspice-devel] Add NDEV to CVS

[Paolo N. <pao...@po...>]

Dear Gong,

Thanks for your answers.

>
>>> I think dc and tran simulation should have a process bar when  
>>> runtime is
>>> very long.
>>> A simple process indicator had been added to tran simulation. Who  
>>> can do
>>> dc
>>> process bar?
>>
>> I would prefer a descriptive text line, a progressbar is something
>> terminal
>> or window related,
>> while a simple line telling you what's happening will be more  
>> portable.
>>
>
> You may add a progress bar as linux fs check program do.

Most people use ngspice as a batch process. We should find a non  
intrusive way to add this feature.
I have seen that you introduced some printfs in the dctran.c file. I  
think that adding an option to ngspice
to show progress bar can be the right solution. I think that people  
using ngspice as batch process need
something more similar to a text line containing important  
information about the current step, let's say
time point, error, non convergence, etc.

Have you received feedback from the other developers ?

Ciao,
Paolo