Mulitline does not work well on windows command prompt

[mannharleen]

For every update, a new bar is written ie. the original bar is not updated.
Instead of getting one line that updates (code #1), I get a separate line for every update (code #2)

code #1 
[Account             ] ████████████████████████████████████████ 100 | Progress=19/19 | Elapsed(s)=5

code #2
[Account             ] ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 1 | Progress=1/100 | Elapsed(s)=0 | ETA(s)=1
[Account             ] ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 1 | Progress=1/100 | Elapsed(s)=1 | ETA(s)=1
[Account             ] ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 1 | Progress=1/100 | Elapsed(s)=2 | ETA(s)=1

node=11
cli-progress=3.8.0
windows=8
terminal= Microsoft Windows [Version 6.3.9600]

[AndiDittrich]

can you provide a minimal example to reproduce the issue ?
which versions (node, cli-progress, windows, which kind of terminal/version) do you use ?

[mannharleen]

That was a really quick response!
I just some luck - I had to increase the screen buffer size of the command prompt. That made the bars update in-place. However, now I issue occurs when the terminal has to auto scroll down

[AndiDittrich]

the windows command prompt doesn't work as expected. please use the powershell.
since the issue is raised on an old windows version i'm unable to test it - cli-progress is not designed for windows even it may work

generally the window has to be bigger then the number of total progress bars - see #59

[mannharleen]

"cli-progress is not designed for windows even it may work" - it would be best mentioned on the README.md then

[AndiDittrich]

maybe...but this issue affects any UI component within the standard command prompts on windows

[AndiDittrich]

did you tried it with windows powershell on win10 ?

[mannharleen]

Same issue with powershell.

[AndiDittrich]

it works without any issues...the problem seems to be related to your environment (windows version, powershell version, environment config)

[AndiDittrich]

std windows command prompt ...

[mannharleen]

Thanks for your responses Andi. I've settled for how it is on Win8.
It would still help if README mentions that it works as expected on Win10 CMD version etc & above.

I dont have Win10, so cant verify at my end.

[AndiDittrich]

i've already added a "weak" notice about windows platforms: https://github.com/AndiDittrich/Node.CLI-Progress#compatibility

btw. cli-progress is also used in NodeMCU-Tool which doesn't encountered any issue with older windows versions yet - therefore you're observed behaviour is very strange