From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Gregory Heytings Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#51490: Show an indicator when Emacs is busy somewhere in the Emacs window Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2022 17:11:17 +0000 Message-ID: <2d1b683c22d98c9cabd3@heytings.org> References: <83ee8a2pm7.fsf@gnu.org> <87fssq2orj.fsf@gnus.org> <87pmru18xg.fsf@gnus.org> <87lf2i18pv.fsf@gnus.org> <87h7d618j7.fsf@gnus.org> <87bl3e2m1y.fsf@gnus.org> <87pmrtz1y7.fsf@gnus.org> <83pmrt1bsa.fsf@gnu.org> <87y26hxm8a.fsf@gnus.org> <87k0hvviiu.fsf@gnus.org> <87a6iqr8il.fsf@gnus.org> <87r107nmq7.fsf@gnus.org> <83y1uewa55.fsf@gnu.org> <87fsgl7zri.fsf@gnus.org> <83illhueuo.fsf@gnu.org> <87wn9x543a.fsf@gnus.org> <83bkr8vpwy.fsf@gnu.org> <87bkr8am4o.fsf@gnus.org> <834jx0vnam.fsf@gnu.org> <2d1b683c22a3585f038d@heytings.org> <83sfkku29t.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset=us-ascii Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="21680"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: larsi@gnus.org, stefan@marxist.se, 51490@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 21 19:12:18 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1ob3Gj-0005PZ-9D for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 21 Sep 2022 19:12:17 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40070 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ob3Gi-0004qU-3R for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Wed, 21 Sep 2022 13:12:16 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:60316) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ob3GU-0004px-8J for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Sep 2022 13:12:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:36073) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1ob3GU-0003Jq-0W for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Sep 2022 13:12:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ob3GT-0007nA-O8 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 21 Sep 2022 13:12:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Gregory Heytings Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2022 17:12:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 51490 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 51490-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B51490.166378028229903 (code B ref 51490); Wed, 21 Sep 2022 17:12:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 51490) by debbugs.gnu.org; 21 Sep 2022 17:11:22 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35151 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ob3Fp-0007mF-L2 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 21 Sep 2022 13:11:21 -0400 Original-Received: from heytings.org ([95.142.160.155]:52988) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1ob3Fn-0007m6-4O for 51490@debbugs.gnu.org; Wed, 21 Sep 2022 13:11:20 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=heytings.org; s=20220101; t=1663780277; bh=HPSy6bIua/Ikv7ZhlcKYW8aco/kOvu4iZdPTkDF7Pa8=; h=Date:From:To:cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:References:From; b=bjuQqfBYOyA/VYaVU1xEd2MWdSubBSXsm52dl4ag40X90tbehKA7TQHZtQPXt/zTD ak6xaRzSb8ClJIQVrtjV5So2iLiJz31OezzIt33zyytQ/s60waq+JbXFws4aIPa/75 eYrLtMWvzxTvF5co5Ac7v8f4vNVCbHqZkbId6jRefo+ZMyXqGx4WmOwcME8lZ3UJnK Ici/BzXxt6pkzd70WvHoLKRJMbFlnKiv/PUMRYOnrESg/MyCh8L3QkV+LcTr4sRDCz E4P0NoWfWXPGn5IIZQAoltqtcUZN9ONOiibaSQlKxTpq8zz6LY5KMfiHim/Zrn9f6q AI/pt5xfvEDmA== In-Reply-To: <83sfkku29t.fsf@gnu.org> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:243370 Archived-At: >> On GUI frames, can't we do something similar to what we do for fringe >> bitmaps? > > I'm not sure I follow. Fringe bitmaps are drawn by redisplay, and they > do access faces, text properties, overlays,... So how would this solve > the problem? > Aren't they the simplest graphical element drawn by Emacs, a simple black-and-white bitmap? I don't think a "busy" indicator would have to access faces, text properties and overlays, it could be a simple (list of) black-and-white bitmaps drawn at a fixed position, e.g. on the left of the mode line. The interaction with Lisp would be minimal.