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: Thu, 22 Sep 2022 13:02:53 +0000 Message-ID: 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> <2d1b683c22d98c9cabd3@heytings.org> <83edw3udmh.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="26732"; 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 Thu Sep 22 16:22:36 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 1obN60-0006cl-Iy for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 22 Sep 2022 16:22:32 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42100 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1obN5z-0004kh-K1 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 22 Sep 2022 10:22:31 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:57778) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1obLr5-0006f9-9H for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Sep 2022 09:03:06 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:37563) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1obLr5-00075L-1E for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Sep 2022 09:03:03 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1obLr3-0003iV-RS for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 22 Sep 2022 09:03:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Gregory Heytings Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2022 13:03:01 +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=B51490.166385177714277 (code B ref 51490); Thu, 22 Sep 2022 13:03:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 51490) by debbugs.gnu.org; 22 Sep 2022 13:02:57 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36641 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1obLqz-0003iD-77 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 22 Sep 2022 09:02:57 -0400 Original-Received: from heytings.org ([95.142.160.155]:54020) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1obLqx-0003i4-PW for 51490@debbugs.gnu.org; Thu, 22 Sep 2022 09:02:56 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=heytings.org; s=20220101; t=1663851774; bh=5k9SSaGb4dkah6BezFxVmSqQxwkQOc7JlHCdQUDzMkc=; h=Date:From:To:cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:Message-ID:References:From; b=mbahWYeiQuF5iI4ePMdFshUgb1ERj4zL4FWejfQ1hBjnX4wTn0Rov/UoAbmKgCfem RJW7roNezcM13ucTt0bT91zzbxCJWc03umF9L1Kso0FItzxBdjlOI9JGyH6cW1/gKe 7U1k++r91N5+aK/7kRvnUyPrYSohpjpDFu0wikEecvkKnx96/B9KboBH6QC348OdpR R1GiSMib2wXFd9ThrJKdWDKzeUIGI4KGNULYFjkduY7n2ZSTAzp2t326CvkXvr2otR 3bg+dB4A3Zf/p0ourrdUF4q0GnA/O19fMB+tmTuqljwdpGHvdUzD4GeGUpPrUDBq8Y PJoqtWXsA2yvA== In-Reply-To: <83edw3udmh.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:243418 Archived-At: >> Aren't they the simplest graphical element drawn by Emacs, a simple >> black-and-white bitmap? > > No, they aren't. They are certainly not black-and-white: they use > faces. > Sorry, I wrote a bit too fast (as usual), I did not mean literally "black" and "white", I meant "two colors", represented by a two-value pixel bitmap. > > Drawn how? Bitmaps are images, and drawing images in the text area > means we need to invoke all the machinery of redrawing a certain screen > line, be it on the mode line or elsewhere. That's how Emacs draws > stuff; we don't have any way of directly poking the glass with an > arbitrary bunch of pixels, at least not one that I know of. > I'm thinking aloud here, sorry if it isn't useful. But I think we have at least one similar occurrence: XTflash.