From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Proposal for a new mechanism for delayed stuff Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 01:30:16 -0500 Message-ID: References: <87pq1y46ao.fsf@gnus.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1356762627 24719 80.91.229.3 (29 Dec 2012 06:30:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2012 06:30:27 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Dec 29 07:30:43 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 1TopwM-00083T-Pb for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 29 Dec 2012 07:30:38 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43233 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Topw7-0002Qc-Ty for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 29 Dec 2012 01:30:23 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:39922) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Topw5-0002Q8-KN for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Dec 2012 01:30:22 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Topw4-00080F-Pb for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Dec 2012 01:30:21 -0500 Original-Received: from pruche.dit.umontreal.ca ([132.204.246.22]:58832) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Topw4-00080B-KY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Dec 2012 01:30:20 -0500 Original-Received: from fmsmemgm.homelinux.net (lechon.iro.umontreal.ca [132.204.27.242]) by pruche.dit.umontreal.ca (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id qBT6UEWw003351; Sat, 29 Dec 2012 01:30:16 -0500 Original-Received: by fmsmemgm.homelinux.net (Postfix, from userid 20848) id EB5B2AE038; Sat, 29 Dec 2012 01:30:16 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: <87pq1y46ao.fsf@gnus.org> (Lars Ingebrigtsen's message of "Tue, 25 Dec 2012 14:20:31 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.3.50 (gnu/linux) X-NAI-Spam-Flag: NO X-NAI-Spam-Threshold: 5 X-NAI-Spam-Score: 0 X-NAI-Spam-Rules: 1 Rules triggered RV4445=0 X-NAI-Spam-Version: 2.2.0.9309 : core <4445> : streams <882719> : uri <1306252> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 132.204.246.22 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:155976 Archived-At: > (with-timeout-forms > (progn > (bla) > (bla)) > (1.5 (message "This is sure taking a lot of time...")) > (10 (message "This is sure taking forever!"))) Maybe an alternative would be a `current-state-message' global variable, which is then displayed once per second that Emacs is busy. Stefan