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Progression Handler: Progress Reported via 'cli' Progress Bars (Text) in the Terminal

Description

A progression handler for cli::cli_progress_bar().

Usage

handler_cli(
  show_after = 0,
  intrusiveness = getOption("progressr.intrusiveness.terminal", 1),
  target = "terminal",
  type = c("default", "steps", "percent", "time"),
  ...
)

Arguments

show_after	(numeric) Number of seconds to wait before displaying the progress bar.
intrusiveness	(numeric) A non-negative scalar on how intrusive (disruptive) the reporter to the user.
target	(character vector) Specifies where progression updates are rendered.
type	(character) The type of progress bar to display, which controls the default format and format_done passed to cli::cli_progress_bar(). If "default", the cli default format is used (format = NULL). If "steps", the progress bar shows the current and total number of steps using the format string "{cli::pb_spin} {cli::pb_bar} {cli::pb_current}/{cli::pb_total} {cli::pb_status}" (and format_done = "{cli::pb_bar} {cli::pb_current}/{cli::pb_total} {cli::pb_status}"). If "percent", the progress bar shows the percentage completed using the format string "{cli::pb_spin} {cli::pb_bar} {cli::pb_percent} {cli::pb_status}" (and format_done = "{cli::pb_bar} {cli::pb_percent} {cli::pb_status}"). If "time", the progress bar shows the percentage completed, the current and total number of steps, the estimated time remaining (ETA), and the total elapsed time using the format string "[{cli::pb_elapsed}] {cli::pb_spin} {cli::pb_bar} {cli::pb_percent} [{cli::pb_current}/{cli::pb_total}] (ETA: {cli::pb_eta}) {cli::pb_status}" (and format_done = "[{cli::pb_elapsed}] {cli::pb_bar} {cli::pb_percent} [{cli::pb_current}/{cli::pb_total}] {cli::pb_status}"). For the meaning of these format variables, see Progress bar variables in the cli package. This argument is ignored if format is explicitly specified via ....
...	Additional arguments passed to cli::cli_progress_bar() and make_progression_handler().

Value

A function of class progression_handler that takes a progression condition as its first and only argument.

Requirements

This progression handler requires the cli package.

Appearance

Below are a few examples on how to use and customize this progress handler. In all cases, we use handlers(global = TRUE).

library(progressr)
handlers("cli")
y <- slow_sum_p(1:25)

library(progressr)
handlers(handler_cli(type = "steps"))
y <- slow_sum_p(1:25)

library(progressr)
handlers(handler_cli(type = "percent"))
y <- slow_sum_p(1:25)

library(progressr)
handlers(handler_cli(type = "time"))
y <- slow_sum_p(1:25)

library(progressr)
handlers(handler_cli(format = "{cli::pb_spin} {cli::pb_bar} {cli::pb_current}/{cli::pb_total} {cli::pb_status}"))
y <- slow_sum_p(1:25)

Examples

if (requireNamespace("cli", quietly = TRUE)) {
  handlers(handler_cli(format = "{cli::pb_spin} {cli::pb_bar} {cli::pb_percent} {cli::pb_status}"))
  with_progress({ y <- slow_sum_p(1:10) })
  print(y)
}

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