patch 8.1.1079: no need for a separate ScreenLinesUtf8() test function commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/48aed0824e47147faf19fc235ad4bcf851584c9c Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Sat Mar 30 15:44:17 2019 +0100 patch 8.1.1079: no need for a separate ScreenLinesUtf8() test function Problem: No need for a separate ScreenLinesUtf8() test function. Solution: Get the composing characters with ScreenLines().

#!/usr/bin/python
#
# Program that writes a number to stdout repeatedly
#
# This requires Python 2.6 or later.

from __future__ import print_function
import sys
import time

if __name__ == "__main__":

    done = 0
    while done < 10:
        done = done + 1
        print(done)
        sys.stdout.flush()
        time.sleep(0.05)  # sleep 50 msec