From 5a92bf8ed36cd28844c4ec0b9b8093830c6235f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: forkless <forkless@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 31 May 2026 19:50:57 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Replace spinner with bouncing whale animation

---
 _whale_preview.py | 11 +++++++++++
 src/tui.rs        | 23 +++++++++--------------
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 _whale_preview.py

diff --git a/_whale_preview.py b/_whale_preview.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a796873
--- /dev/null
+++ b/_whale_preview.py
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import time, sys
+width = 40; direction = 1; pos = 0; whales = ['🐋', '🐳']; frame = 0
+for _ in range(80):
+    bar = [' '] * width
+    bar[pos] = whales[frame % 2]
+    sys.stdout.write('\r[' + ''.join(bar) + ']')
+    sys.stdout.flush()
+    pos += direction; frame += 1
+    if pos <= 0 or pos >= width - 1: direction *= -1
+    time.sleep(0.05)
+print()
diff --git a/src/tui.rs b/src/tui.rs
index 0fffa51..529fd95 100644
--- a/src/tui.rs
+++ b/src/tui.rs
@@ -600,24 +600,19 @@ fn draw_status_bar(f: &mut Frame, area: Rect, app: &AppState) {
         f.render_widget(Paragraph::new(line), area);
     }
 
-    // Spinner
+    // Whale spinner — bounces across the status bar
     if app.spinner_active {
         if let Some(start) = app.spinner_start {
             let elapsed = start.elapsed().as_millis() as u64;
-            let frames = &["⠋", "⠙", "⠹", "⠸", "⠼", "⠴", "⠦", "⠧", "⠇", "⠏"];
-            let idx = ((elapsed / 80) % frames.len() as u64) as usize;
-            let spinner = Paragraph::new(Span::styled(
-                frames[idx],
-                Style::default().fg(Color::Cyan),
-            ));
+            let bar_w = area.width.saturating_sub(4) as u64;
+            let period = bar_w.max(2) * 2;
+            let t = (elapsed / 80) % period;
+            let x = if t < bar_w { t } else { period - t };
+            let whale = if (elapsed / 160) % 2 == 0 { "🐋" } else { "🐳" };
+            let x_u16 = (x as u16).min(area.width.saturating_sub(8));
             f.render_widget(
-                spinner,
-                Rect {
-                    x: area.width.saturating_sub(4),
-                    y: area.y,
-                    width: 3,
-                    height: 1,
-                },
+                Paragraph::new(Span::styled(whale, Style::default().fg(Color::Cyan))),
+                Rect { x: area.x + 2 + x_u16, y: area.y, width: 4, height: 1 },
             );
         }
     }