- added OscTextMeter() class

it's sole purpose is to show the progress immediately because it might take
some time until it shows up (depending on the used bufsize)

osc/commandline.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from core import *
 import cmdln
 import conf
 import oscerr
+import urlgrabber.progress
 
 MAN_HEADER = r""".TH %(ucname)s "1" "%(date)s" "%(name)s %(version)s" "User Commands"
 .SH NAME
@@ -37,6 +38,11 @@ You can modify osc commands, or roll you own, via the plugin API:
 osc was written by several authors. This man page is automatically generated.
 """
 
+class OscTextMeter(urlgrabber.progress.TextMeter):
+    """show the progress bar immediately"""
+    def _do_start(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        urlgrabber.progress.TextMeter._do_start(self, *args, **kwargs)
+        self._do_update(0)
 
 class Osc(cmdln.Cmdln):
     """Usage: osc [GLOBALOPTS] SUBCOMMAND [OPTS] [ARGS...]
@@ -135,8 +141,7 @@ class Osc(cmdln.Cmdln):
         self.options.verbose = conf.config['verbose']
         self.download_progress = None
         if conf.config.get('show_download_progress', False):
-            import urlgrabber.progress
-            self.download_progress = urlgrabber.progress.TextMeter()
+            self.download_progress = OscTextMeter()
 
 
     def get_cmd_help(self, cmdname):