nicer printing on terminal

qalbum/Qalbum.py

@@ -324,6 +324,7 @@ def createthumbs(path,list,options):
     nsum=len(list)
     r=str(options.width)
     res=r+'x'+r+'>'
+    print('')
     for i in list:
         outmedium=os.path.join(path,'.med',i+'.jpg')
         outthumb=os.path.join(path,'.tn',i+'.jpg')
@@ -333,12 +334,13 @@ def createthumbs(path,list,options):
         if (options.force) and os.path.exists(outthumb):
             os.unlink(outthumb)
         if (not os.path.exists(outmedium)):
-            print('Medium.. '+i+' '+str(n)+'/'+str(nsum))
+            print_clear('Medium..    '+str(n)+'/'+str(nsum)+' '+i)
             create_medium_bitmap(inpath,outmedium,r,link=options.link,vector=vectorsearch.match(i))
         if (not os.path.exists(outthumb)):
-            print('Thumbnail.. '+i+' '+str(n)+'/'+str(nsum))
+            print_clear('Thumbnail.. '+str(n)+'/'+str(nsum)+' '+i)
             create_thumb_bitmap(outmedium,outthumb,vector=vectorsearch.match(i),gravity=options.gravity)
         n+=1
+    print_clear('')
     return
 
 def create_medium_bitmap(infile,outfile,r,link=False,vector=False):
@@ -407,6 +409,11 @@ def crumblinks(crumbs,title,parent):
     strout+='</div>'
     return strout
 
+def print_clear(s):
+    sys.stdout.write("\033[1K\r")
+    sys.stdout.write(str(s))
+    sys.stdout.flush()
+
 def nicestring(s):
     ''' Returns a nice version of a long string '''
     s = unicode(s, encoding = "utf8")
@@ -428,11 +435,13 @@ def sizestring(size):
                 return "%3.1f%s" % (size, x)
         size /= 1024.0
 
+
 def natural_sort_key(s, _nsre=re.compile('([0-9]+)')):
     ''' Natural sort / Claudiu@Stackoverflow '''
     return [int(text) if text.isdigit() else text.lower()
             for text in re.split(_nsre, s)]
 
+
 def which(program):
     ''' emulate shell which command '''
     def is_exe(fpath):