From 5533c1a17274335b67b42cabf063ae1370ac70c8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brennen Raimer <>
Date: Sat, 7 Mar 2020 12:40:22 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] halonotebook no longer overwrite spinner on Windows

resolves #141
---
 halo/halo_notebook.py | 25 ++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 24 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/halo/halo_notebook.py b/halo/halo_notebook.py
index c2e30a4..059662d 100644
--- a/halo/halo_notebook.py
+++ b/halo/halo_notebook.py
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@
 import threading
 
 import cursor
+from spinners.spinners import Spinners
 
 from halo import Halo
-from halo._utils import (colored_frame, decode_utf_8_text)
+from halo._utils import (colored_frame, decode_utf_8_text, is_text_type)
 
 
 class HaloNotebook(Halo):
@@ -108,3 +109,25 @@ def stop_and_persist(self, symbol=' ', text=None):
 
         with self.output:
             self.output.outputs = self._output(output)
+
+    def _get_spinner(self, spinner):
+        """Extracts spinner value from options and returns value
+        containing spinner frames and interval, defaults to 'dots' spinner.
+        Parameters
+        ----------
+        spinner : dict, str
+            Contains spinner value or type of spinner to be used
+        Returns
+        -------
+        dict
+            Contains frames and interval defining spinner
+        """
+        default_spinner = Spinners['dots'].value
+
+        if spinner and type(spinner) == dict:
+            return spinner
+
+        if all([is_text_type(spinner), spinner in Spinners.__members__]):
+            return Spinners[spinner].value
+        else:
+            return default_spinner