On Mar 13, 2007, at 10:00 AM, ara.t.howard / noaa.gov wrote:

> On Tue, 13 Mar 2007, Trans wrote:
>
>> This has been asked about before, and I've been wondering about it
>> myself. So I worked on it and came up with this. I know it's rather a
>> poor man's way of handling it but at least it's light and portable
>> (well, at least I think it is).
>>
>>  def password( msg=nil )
>>    msg ||= "Enter Password"
>>    inp = ''
>>
>>    i = Thread.new{ inp = $stdin.gets }
>>    c = Thread.new do
>>      loop do
>>        sleep 0.01
>>        $stdout << "\r#{msg}:        "
>>        $stdout << "\r#{msg}: "
>>        $stdout.flush
>>      end
>>    end
>>
>>    i.join
>>
>>    return inp
>>  end
>
> gem install highline !!

I agree.  :)

James Edward Gray II