[tin-users] Piping/Printing message looks odd TODO

[Glenn Spell]

For years the following note has been in the tin feed.c file
concerning the piping and printing messages:

    /* TODO: looks odd because screen mode is raw */

For almost fifteen years this has been a problem with tin on NetBSD.

Here's what the problem looks like when piping a thread:

Piping... (7/261)  98% Piping... (18/261)  45% Piping... (18/261)  91%
 (0:00 remaining)Piping... (23/261) 100% Piping... (43/261)  83% Pipin
g... (47/261)  48% Piping... (47/261)  96% (0:00 remaining)Piping... (
54/261)  98% Piping... (55/261)  64% Piping... (56/261)  94% Piping...

Is there a terminal setting that might affect this issue?

As an illustration, the following patch provides me with a workaround
for this issue.  Is there some better way to deal with this issue?

Index: src/feed.c
--- tin-2.3.2.orig/src/feed.c   2015-11-22 00:14:30.000000000 +0000
+++ tin-2.3.2/src/feed.c        2016-03-12 02:26:33.000000000 +0000
@@ -440,6 +440,8 @@ feed_article(
 #ifndef DONT_HAVE_PIPING
                case FEED_PIPE:
                        /* TODO: looks odd because screen mode is raw */
+                       echochar(13);
+                       clrtoeol();
                        progress_mesg = fmt_string("%s (%d/%d)", _(txt_piping), counter->total, counter->max);
                        break;
 #endif /* !DONT_HAVE_PIPING */
@@ -447,6 +449,8 @@ feed_article(
 #ifndef DISABLE_PRINTING
                case FEED_PRINT:
                        /* TODO: looks odd because screen mode is raw */
+                       echochar(13);
+                       clrtoeol();
                        progress_mesg = fmt_string("%s (%d/%d)", _(txt_printing), counter->total, counter->max);
                        break;
 #endif /* !DISABLE_PRINTING */
Index: src/lang.c
--- tin-2.3.2.orig/src/lang.c   2015-11-22 00:14:30.000000000 +0000
+++ tin-2.3.2/src/lang.c        2016-03-12 02:25:55.000000000 +0000
@@ -1141,7 +1141,7 @@ Tin will try to use XHDR XREF instead (s
        constext txt_articles_printed[] = N_("%d %s printed");
        constext txt_help_global_print[] = N_("output article/thread/hot/pattern/tagged articles to printer");
        constext txt_print[] = N_("Print");
-       constext txt_printing[] = N_("Printing...");
+       constext txt_printing[] = N_("\rPrinting...");
 #endif /* !DISABLE_PRINTING */
 
 #ifndef DONT_HAVE_PIPING
@@ -1149,7 +1149,7 @@ Tin will try to use XHDR XREF instead (s
        constext txt_no_command[] = N_("No command");
        constext txt_pipe[] = N_("Pipe");
        constext txt_pipe_to_command[] = N_("Pipe to command [%.*s]> ");
-       constext txt_piping[] = N_("Piping...");
+       constext txt_piping[] = N_("\rPiping...");
 #else
        constext txt_piping_not_enabled[] = N_("Piping not enabled.");
 #endif /* !DONT_HAVE_PIPING */

Thanks,
Glenn