[Freeciv-Dev] Re: Console Printout method

[Jason Dorje Short <jdorje@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

YaChu Yang wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been trying to print simple string messages to the commanline prompt. I've
> found freelog(...) but I've notice that if I try using this method in my own
> defined methods in my own files, in the commandline, it gives things like "last
> message was repeated twice". I was wondering is there a print method which
> allows us just to simply print to the commandline? something just as simple as
> printf? because I noticed that when I use printf, the application seems to
> "buffer" the messages and these messages don't get printed out to the
> commandline until the application has been closed.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you for your time.
The terminal usually buffers printf output unless you put a newline (\n) 
at the end of the string.
Using freelog is the recommended method.  freelog won't print multiple 
identical lines in a row but instead gives a message like "last message 
repeated 8 times" if you print the same string 8 times in a row.
-jason