commit 700b54c10c4f5cf37f250189fd76ffa6bd24cca6
Author: Damian Johnson <atagar@torproject.org>
Date:   Fri Dec 7 17:30:53 2012 -0800

    Prompt notice when tor is starting
    
    When the prompt script is first ran it can take a while for tor to start.
    Giving a notice that tor is starting.
    
    This also changes the Controller instance variable from 'control' to
    'controller'. I'm trying to standardize on the later to avoid a naming confict
    with stem.control imports.
---
 prompt         |    6 +++---
 test/prompt.py |   15 +++++++++------
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/prompt b/prompt
index e833fd2..c1ba961 100755
--- a/prompt
+++ b/prompt
@@ -6,14 +6,14 @@
 #
 #   atagar@morrigan:~/Desktop/stem$ ./prompt 
 #   Welcome to stem's testing prompt. You currently have a controller available
-#   via the 'control' variable.
+#   via the 'controller' variable.
 #
-#   >>> control.get_info("version")
+#   >>> controller.get_info("version")
 #   '0.2.1.30'
 #   >>> quit()
 #
 #   Would you like to stop the tor instance we made? (y/n, default: n): y
 
-python -i -c "import test.prompt; test.prompt.print_usage(); control = test.prompt.controller()"
+python -i -c "import test.prompt; test.prompt.print_usage(); controller = test.prompt.controller()"
 python -c "import test.prompt; test.prompt.stop(True)"
 
diff --git a/test/prompt.py b/test/prompt.py
index 290cd6e..b7da033 100644
--- a/test/prompt.py
+++ b/test/prompt.py
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ easier.
 ::
 
   >>> from test.prompt import *
-  >>> control = controller()
-  >>> control.get_info("version")
+  >>> controller = controller()
+  >>> controller.get_info("version")
   '0.2.1.30'
   
   >>> is_running()
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ easier.
 """
 
 import os
+import sys
 import signal
 
 import stem.control
@@ -32,7 +33,7 @@ def print_usage():
   """
   
   print "Welcome to stem's testing prompt. You currently have a controller available"
-  print "via the 'control' variable."
+  print "via the 'controller' variable."
   print
 
 def start():
@@ -46,7 +47,9 @@ def start():
     'ExitPolicy': 'reject *:*',
   }
   
+  sys.stdout.write("Starting tor...")
   stem.process.launch_tor_with_config(config = tor_config, completion_percent = 5)
+  sys.stdout.write("  done\n\n")
 
 def stop(prompt = False):
   """
@@ -82,7 +85,7 @@ def controller():
   """
   
   if not is_running(): start()
-  control = stem.control.Controller.from_port(control_port = CONTROL_PORT)
-  control.authenticate()
-  return control
+  controller = stem.control.Controller.from_port(control_port = CONTROL_PORT)
+  controller.authenticate()
+  return controller