Changing the 'o' character used in Write-Progress?

12-17-2007

A very minor request: Is there any way to change the 'o' character
used to build the progress-bar when using Write-Progress with -
PercentCompleted?

Can't help thinking '‘' (177) or '’' (178) would've been easier on the
eyes?

Many thanks,

Duncan

12-17-2007

Duncan Smith wrote:

	Quote:
	> A very minor request: Is there any way to change the 'o' character > used to build the progress-bar when using Write-Progress with - > PercentCompleted? > > Can't help thinking '‘' (177) or '’' (178) would've been easier on the > eyes? > > Many thanks, > > Duncan

I don't see anything in the help file. I would be curious as to how
write-progress writes to the screen/console.

Then what is written could possibly be customized much easier.

Consider putting a feature request here:
https://connect.microsoft.com/site/s...aspx?SiteID=99

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12-17-2007

"Duncan Smith" <DSmith1974@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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	Quote:
	> A very minor request: Is there any way to change the 'o' character > used to build the progress-bar when using Write-Progress with - > PercentCompleted? > > Can't help thinking '‘' (177) or '’' (178) would've been easier on the > eyes? >

It would be nice to be able to tweak this but I suspect they didn't because
different users could have different fonts in use for their console. I use
Consolas and the characters at 177/178 are: +/- sign character and
superscripted 2 character.

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12-17-2007

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> "Duncan Smith" <DSmith1974@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:b63b222f-4cfa-4c20-96bd-1e9eba0fabe4@xxxxxx

	Quote:
	>> A very minor request: Is there any way to change the 'o' character >> used to build the progress-bar when using Write-Progress with - >> PercentCompleted? >> >> Can't help thinking '‘' (177) or '’' (178) would've been easier on the >> eyes? >>

>
> It would be nice to be able to tweak this but I suspect they didn't
> because different users could have different fonts in use for their
> console. I use Consolas and the characters at 177/178 are: +/- sign
> character and superscripted 2 character.

Make that different OEM code pages. What you suggest is from the original
IBM code page 437. I believe the code page in use on my system is Windows
1252 (West European Latin).

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Keith

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