[GRASS-dev] [bug #5007] (grass) Formating output with \b doesn't work in tcl/tk

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Subject: Formating output with \b doesn't work in tcl/tk

Platform: GNU/Linux/x86
grass obtained from: Trento Italy site
grass binary for platform: Compiled from Sources
GRASS Version: 6.1.0

Some GRASS modules still use "\b" trick to format output. Of course, it 
doesn't work in tcl/tk.

Examples:
./lib/vector/Vlib/build_nat.c line 502:
"prnmsg ("%7d\b\b\b\b\b\b\b", j);"

./lib/vector/Vlib/build_ogr.c line 344:
"prnmsg ("%7d\b\b\b\b\b\b\b", iFeature);"



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