From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Chong Yidong Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: CEDET merge Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:29:15 -0400 Message-ID: <87vdj08hp0.fsf@stupidchicken.com> References: <87hbun9jbs.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <87ocov9bji.fsf@hagelb.org> <8763b2pvo0.fsf@stupidchicken.com> <8763b0z8uo.fsf@hagelb.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1254338243 14562 80.91.229.12 (30 Sep 2009 19:17:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 30 Sep 2009 19:17:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Phil Hagelberg Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Sep 30 21:17:16 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1Mt4fq-0006u8-Cc for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 Sep 2009 21:17:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:39229 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Mt4fp-0001Y0-J8 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:17:13 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mt2zT-0008OS-Gp for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:29:23 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mt2zO-0008KQ-SB for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:29:23 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=60315 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Mt2zO-0008KJ-Ew for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:29:18 -0400 Original-Received: from pantheon-po45.its.yale.edu ([130.132.50.79]:49354) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Mt2zO-0001pa-0V for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:29:18 -0400 Original-Received: from furry (dhcp128036014244.central.yale.edu [128.36.14.244]) (authenticated bits=0) by pantheon-po45.its.yale.edu (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id n8UHTGdO031416 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:29:17 -0400 Original-Received: by furry (Postfix, from userid 1000) id DA50FC070; Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:29:15 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <8763b0z8uo.fsf@hagelb.org> (Phil Hagelberg's message of "Wed, 30 Sep 2009 09:38:07 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-YaleITSMailFilter: Version 1.2c (attachment(s) not renamed) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4-2.6 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:115809 Archived-At: Phil Hagelberg writes: > The reason Rudel uses the CEDET one vs the built-in Emacs one is that it > needs a way to indicate that something is happening without knowing the > overall percentage of the task that is actually complete. I believe this > is commonly known as "pulsing" or a "spinner". > > We could probably implement this as an addition to the built-in progress > reporter in subr.el; would this be a welcome feature? Yes, and it should be easy to implement too.