Add PixelBar, based on braille characters

README.rst

@@ -12,13 +12,14 @@ Easy progress reporting for Python
 Bars
 ----
 
-There are 6 progress bars to choose from:
+There are 7 progress bars to choose from:
 
 - ``Bar``
 - ``ChargingBar``
 - ``FillingSquaresBar``
 - ``FillingCirclesBar``
 - ``IncrementalBar``
+- ``PixelBar``
 - ``ShadyBar``
 
 To use them, just call ``next`` to advance and ``finish`` to finish:

progress/bar.py

@@ -80,5 +80,9 @@ class IncrementalBar(Bar):
         self.writeln(line)
 
 
+class PixelBar(IncrementalBar):
+    phases = ('⡀', '⡄', '⡆', '⡇', '⣇', '⣧', '⣷', '⣿')
+
+
 class ShadyBar(IncrementalBar):
     phases = (' ', '░', '▒', '▓', '█')

test_progress.py

@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ import random
 import time
 
 from progress.bar import (Bar, ChargingBar, FillingSquaresBar,
-                          FillingCirclesBar, IncrementalBar, ShadyBar)
+                          FillingCirclesBar, IncrementalBar, PixelBar,
+                          ShadyBar)
 from progress.spinner import Spinner, PieSpinner, MoonSpinner, LineSpinner
 from progress.counter import Counter, Countdown, Stack, Pie
 
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ for bar_cls in (Bar, ChargingBar, FillingSquaresBar, FillingCirclesBar):
     for i in bar.iter(range(200)):
         sleep()
 
-for bar_cls in (IncrementalBar, ShadyBar):
+for bar_cls in (IncrementalBar, PixelBar, ShadyBar):
     suffix = '%(percent)d%% [%(elapsed_td)s / %(eta_td)s]'
     bar = bar_cls(bar_cls.__name__, suffix=suffix)
     for i in bar.iter(range(200)):