.TH STATUSBAR 8
.SH NAME
-statusbar \- display a bar graph status window
+statusbar, statusmsg \- display a bar graph or status message window
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B aux/statusbar
[
.I minx,miny,maxx,maxy
]
.I title
+.br
+.B aux/statusmsg
+[
+.B -kt
+]
+[
+.B -w
+.I minx,miny,maxx,maxy
+] [
+.I title
+]
.SH DESCRIPTION
-.I Aux/statusbar
-reads textual status lines
-from standard input, converting them into a
-continuously updated bar graph displayed in a new window
-on the screen.
+.I Statusbar
+and
+.I statusmsg
+read textual status lines from standard input into a
+continuously updated bar graph or text message displayed in
+a new window on the screen.
The
.I title
-is displayed on a line above the bar graph.
-Each input line is two space-separated decimal numbers:
+is displayed on a line above the bar graph or message.
+For
+.I statusbar,
+each input line is two space-separated decimal numbers:
the numerator and denominator of a fraction.
.PP
-.I Statusbar
-exits when it reaches end-of-file on standard input.
+The programs exit when it reaches end-of-file on standard input.
Typing
.SM DEL
or control-C
The options are:
.TP
.B -k
-do not allow typing to cause
-.I statusbar
-to exit
+do not allow typing to cause exit
.TP
.B -t
-print an ASCII status bar to standard output, using
-backspace to redraw it
+print an ASCII version of the bar or message to standard output, using
+backspace to redraw it.
.TP
.B -w
-set the coordinates of the statusbar window created
+set the coordinates of the window created
.PD
-.SH EXAMPLE
-The
-.B -v
-option to
-.IR hget (1)
-.\" and the
-.\" .B -d
-.\" option to
-.\" .IR venti/fmtarenas
-.\" and
-.\" .I venti/fmtisect
-.\" (see
-.\" .IR venti-fmt (8))
-causes it to print status lines suitable for
-input to
-.IR statusbar .
-.PP
-Monitor a long download:
-.IP
-.EX
-hget -v -o bigfile http://server.com/bigfile |[2]
- aux/statusbar 'big file download'
-.EE
.SH SOURCE
.B /sys/src/cmd/aux/statusbar.c
+.br
+.B /sys/src/cmd/aux/statusmsg.c