Question!

Dear Sir,
 
One of the rebmix package users informed me about an error occurring when the rebmix runs from R console on mac:
 
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I assume that the problem is caused by:
 
Rprintf("%sTime left %2.1f sec", CL, TimeLeft);
R_FlushConsole();
R_ProcessEvents();
 
in my C code, where:
 
#ifndef CL
#define CL"\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b\b"
#endif
 
As you can see I try to inform the user of the rebmix about the time needed to finish the calculation. Consequently I first clean the line by calling backshlash several times as the exact length of the string is supposed not to be known. Next TileLeft is written. On R console one should, e.g., observe Time left = 0.3 sec.
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On other platforms my code runs error free. On CRAN checks: rebmix results the status of all checks is OK.
 
I assume that \b causes troubles. Could you please give me some idea on how to avoid the problem.
 

Thank you in advance.
 
Best regards,
 
Marko Nagode
 
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University of Ljubljana
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