ticker now properly scales to cols and has a dev option to just be a printf

base/breakerbox.zsh

@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 # ESPECIALLY DON'T EDIT this file if you're using zeesh near nuclear reactor
 # control software for whatever unimaginable reason.
 
-_zeeshdev_ignore_updates=0
+_zeeshdev_ignore_updates=0
+_zeeshdev_ticker_newlines=0

base/zeesh.zsh

@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
-function ticker_message () {
-    # TODO: get cols and scale
-    printf "\r                                                    \r"
+cols=$(stty -a | grep -Po '(?<=columns )\d+' | tr -d "\n")
 
-    printf "$@"
+function ticker_message () {
+    if [[ $_zeeshdev_ticker_newlines == 0 ]]; then
+        printf "\r${(l:$cols:: :)A}\r"
+        printf "$@"
+    else
+        printf "$@\n"
+    fi
 }
 
 function ticker_finish () {
-    # TODO: get cols and scale
-    printf "\r                                                    \r"
+    [[ $_zeeshdev_ticker_newlines == 0 ]] && printf "\r${(l:$cols:: :)A}\r"
 }