--- a/devtools/devctl.py	Sat Jul 18 22:58:30 2009 +0200
+++ b/devtools/devctl.py	Sun Jul 19 16:10:59 2009 +0200
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 from logilab.common.textutils import get_csv
 from logilab.common.clcommands import register_commands
 
-from cubicweb import CW_SOFTWARE_ROOT as BASEDIR, BadCommandUsage
+from cubicweb import CW_SOFTWARE_ROOT as BASEDIR, BadCommandUsage, underline_title
 from cubicweb.__pkginfo__ import version as cubicwebversion
 from cubicweb.toolsutils import Command, confirm, copy_skeleton
 from cubicweb.web.webconfig import WebConfiguration
@@ -304,11 +304,10 @@
         # cleanup
         rm(tempdir)
         # instructions pour la suite
-        print '*' * 72
-        print 'you can now edit the following files:'
+        print '-> regenerated CubicWeb\'s .po catalogs.'
+        print '\nYou can now edit the following files:'
         print '* ' + '\n* '.join(toedit)
-        print
-        print "then you'll have to update cubes catalogs using the i18ncube command"
+        print 'when you are done, run "cubicweb-ctl i18ncube yourcube".'
 
 
 class UpdateTemplateCatalogCommand(Command):
@@ -341,10 +340,10 @@
             traceback.print_exc()
             print '-> Error while updating catalogs for cube', cubedir
     # instructions pour la suite
-    print '*' * 72
-    print 'you can now edit the following files:'
+    print '-> regenerated this cube\'s .po catalogs.'
+    print '\nYou can now edit the following files:'
     print '* ' + '\n* '.join(toedit)
-
+    print 'when you are done, run "cubicweb-ctl i18ninstance yourinstance".'
 
 def update_cube_catalogs(cubedir):
     import shutil
@@ -356,8 +355,7 @@
     cube = basename(normpath(cubedir))
     tempdir = mktemp()
     mkdir(tempdir)
-    print '*' * 72
-    print '-> updating cube %s' % cube
+    print underline_title('Updating i18n catalogs for cube %s' % cube)
     chdir(cubedir)
     potfiles = [join('i18n', scfile) for scfile in ('entities.pot',)
                 if exists(join('i18n', scfile))]

--- a/server/__init__.py	Sat Jul 18 22:58:30 2009 +0200
+++ b/server/__init__.py	Sun Jul 19 16:10:59 2009 +0200
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@
     assert len(repo.sources) == 1, repo.sources
     schema = repo.schema
     sourcescfg = config.sources()
-    print '-> creating tables...'
+    _title = '-> creating tables '
+    print _title,
     source = sourcescfg['system']
     driver = source['db-driver']
     sqlcnx = repo.system_source.get_connection()
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@
         schemasql = sqlschema(schema, driver)
         #skip_entities=[str(e) for e in schema.entities()
         #               if not repo.system_source.support_entity(str(e))])
-    sqlexec(schemasql, execute)
+    sqlexec(schemasql, execute, pbtitle=_title)
     # install additional driver specific sql files
     for fpath in glob(join(config.schemas_lib_dir(), '*.sql.%s' % driver)):
         print '-> installing', fpath
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@
     config.bootstrap_schema = bootstrap_schema
     config.consider_user_state = True
     config.set_language = True
-    print '-> application %s initialized.' % config.appid
+    print '-> database for application %s initialized.' % config.appid
 
 
 def initialize_schema(config, schema, mhandler, event='create'):

--- a/server/schemaserial.py	Sat Jul 18 22:58:30 2009 +0200
+++ b/server/schemaserial.py	Sun Jul 19 16:10:59 2009 +0200
@@ -277,12 +277,13 @@
     """synchronize schema and permissions in the database according to
     current schema
     """
-    print '-> storing the schema in the database...'
+    _title = '-> storing the schema in the database '
+    print _title,
     eschemas = schema.entities()
     aller = eschemas + schema.relations()
     if not verbose:
         pb_size = len(aller) + len(CONSTRAINTS) + len([x for x in eschemas if x.specializes()])
-        pb = ProgressBar(pb_size)
+        pb = ProgressBar(pb_size, title=_title)
     for cstrtype in CONSTRAINTS:
         rql = 'INSERT CWConstraintType X: X name "%s"' % cstrtype
         if verbose:

--- a/server/sqlutils.py	Sat Jul 18 22:58:30 2009 +0200
+++ b/server/sqlutils.py	Sun Jul 19 16:10:59 2009 +0200
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 SQL_PREFIX = 'cw_'
 
 
-def sqlexec(sqlstmts, cursor_or_execute, withpb=True, delimiter=';'):
+def sqlexec(sqlstmts, cursor_or_execute, withpb=True, pbtitle='', delimiter=';'):
     """execute sql statements ignoring DROP/ CREATE GROUP or USER statements
     error. If a cnx is given, commit at each statement
     """
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
         execute = cursor_or_execute
     sqlstmts = sqlstmts.split(delimiter)
     if withpb:
-        pb = ProgressBar(len(sqlstmts))
+        pb = ProgressBar(len(sqlstmts), title=pbtitle)
     for sql in sqlstmts:
         sql = sql.strip()
         if withpb: