From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tassilo Horn Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: "Loading" Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:55:11 +0100 Message-ID: <87obry5ba8.fsf@thinkpad.tsdh.de> References: <87obrzo8qy.fsf@gmx.de> <8762e75k1o.fsf@thinkpad.tsdh.de> <87ipi76xmc.fsf@gmx.de> <87ipi6e0a1.fsf@gmx.de> <87zkbicg8r.fsf@gmx.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1331812570 10112 80.91.229.3 (15 Mar 2012 11:56:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 11:56:10 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Michael Albinus , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Dave Abrahams Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 15 12:56:06 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1S89Hn-0007H4-Ij for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:56:03 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60818 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S89Hn-0000Le-0u for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 15 Mar 2012 07:56:03 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:56974) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S89HN-0008Vz-Do for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Mar 2012 07:56:01 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S89H7-0005iH-NZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Mar 2012 07:55:36 -0400 Original-Received: from deliver.uni-koblenz.de ([141.26.64.15]:34730) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S89H7-0005iC-HG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Mar 2012 07:55:21 -0400 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by deliver.uni-koblenz.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1687CD25B3; Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:55:19 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at uni-koblenz.de Original-Received: from deliver.uni-koblenz.de ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (deliver.uni-koblenz.de [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id n0q8lFpQx6lG; Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:55:18 +0100 (CET) X-CHKRCPT: Envelopesender noch tassilo@member.fsf.org Original-Received: from thinkpad.tsdh.de (tsdh.uni-koblenz.de [141.26.67.142]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by deliver.uni-koblenz.de (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 693ADD259D; Thu, 15 Mar 2012 12:55:18 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: (Dave Abrahams's message of "Thu, 15 Mar 2012 07:22:46 -0400") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130004 (Ma Gnus v0.4) Emacs/24.0.94 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 141.26.64.15 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:149080 Archived-At: Dave Abrahams writes: >> The modeline is designed to provide indications to the user. I >> believe, it is the natural place for showing unfinished network >> activities. >> >> If it cannot be a spinning char due to the permanent refresh, than it >> might be some coloured text, as running processes show already. > > Yeah... but of course I'm looking at three modelines in my frame right > now. The problem of having no central place to display global state > is well known around here, though. Maybe just use the modeline of the > leftmost window immediately above the minibuffer? Why is that a "global state"? I mean, the running process is associated with a buffer (e.g., a tramp buffer visiting a remote file, or a gnus article buffer that has spawned several download processes), so I'd expect the process activity indicator in the mode line of exactly that buffer, no? Bye, Tassilo