From: Dan Nicolaescu <dann@ics.uci.edu>
To: rms@gnu.org
Cc: 2944@emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com
Subject: bug#2944: 23.0.91; vc-dir confusing at startup
Date: Sat, 11 Apr 2009 08:20:50 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200904111520.n3BFKo5U012663@godzilla.ics.uci.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E1LsHge-0003rT-FC@fencepost.gnu.org> (Richard M. Stallman's message of "Fri, 10 Apr 2009 10:26:32 -0400")
severity 2944 wishlist
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Richard M Stallman <rms@gnu.org> writes:
> The problem with not showing something in VC buffer is a common one for
> asynchronous VC commands (diff, log). The solution we have in emacs-23
> for that is to add [Working...] on the modeline while such command is in
> progress. Was that not obvious enough? Does the face for that message
> need to stand out a bit more?
>
> It will be clear enough to people who look for it, I suppose,
> but I did not notice it at all. I think it is desirable to put something
> temporarily in the buffer saying "the data is not really here yet".
I disagree there's a need to add another mechanism to show work is in
progress. If someone can write a clean patch that shows that message
and has not other ill effects, I won't oppose it. But I don't plan to
change anything in this respect.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-04-11 15:20 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-04-09 22:30 bug#2944: 23.0.91; vc-dir confusing at startup Richard M Stallman
2009-04-10 2:14 ` Dan Nicolaescu
2009-04-10 14:26 ` Richard M Stallman
2009-04-11 15:20 ` Dan Nicolaescu [this message]
2009-04-11 15:30 ` Processed: " Emacs bug Tracking System
2021-08-27 3:19 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
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