From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dave Abrahams Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: "Loading" Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:33:55 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87obrzo8qy.fsf@gmx.de> <8762e75k1o.fsf@thinkpad.tsdh.de> <87ipi76xmc.fsf@gmx.de> <87ipi6e0a1.fsf@gmx.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1331804057 10011 80.91.229.3 (15 Mar 2012 09:34:17 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2012 09:34:17 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Michael Albinus Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 15 10:34:14 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 1S874X-00062h-I4 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 15 Mar 2012 10:34:13 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56491 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S874W-000666-Vd for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:34:12 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:48036) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S874Q-00064a-Uk for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:34:11 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S874K-0002vl-7H for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:34:06 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-yw0-f41.google.com ([209.85.213.41]:64161) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1S874K-0002tj-3I for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:34:00 -0400 Original-Received: by yhr47 with SMTP id 47so3434564yhr.0 for ; Thu, 15 Mar 2012 02:33:58 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version:content-type:x-gm-message-state; bh=3QoB5pgyepiqoobco3kufKePRzE/ifcwx62u9Rg6E8M=; b=E9mzpeqXcGUbUknBCLC+KYYZZE9Hn1E4VEZqA2CqAZwBBXHVL9/ilCEx3/nPnk5Q8G xUQfQ7Ws3E44avdN3ORSz+opMV8jZZ7DfKh/v5e89a4bXlFWcK0o/mYTnPBmavWHEUos 6dbreCY5nNeRi3XuYfcBLxSrzikRi+AuNyyQ2mUVwPtYbZd7AUSXP6+4IgSKCYESWEJb g+i+0zbNcJ6KsgCsZz3UH82hctSqRqYVYoraW7TKKSM/A+T16NbGhH6nc8B+8dUhUQeS PtC2otCx/SnNZopsB6nFZREPIWs5MHZS3qumlRpXmPCGMrpm6VVRcVJq1phiIl7HOueC QHQA== Original-Received: by 10.224.199.202 with SMTP id et10mr6743074qab.60.1331804037827; Thu, 15 Mar 2012 02:33:57 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from pluto.luannocracy.com (207-172-223-249.c3-0.smr-ubr3.sbo-smr.ma.static.cable.rcn.com. [207.172.223.249]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id h11sm3273152qae.3.2012.03.15.02.33.56 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Thu, 15 Mar 2012 02:33:57 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by pluto.luannocracy.com (Postfix, from userid 501) id 3BAEC2C0D65F; Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:33:55 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: <87ipi6e0a1.fsf@gmx.de> (Michael Albinus's message of "Thu, 15 Mar 2012 09:28:06 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130004 (Ma Gnus v0.4) Emacs/24.0.94 (darwin) X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkdXdom1nELIi31upEZYYUCgPbABIWDoK8SaFqHFQdn7mxkCy9d9XHDRjsblPhIdxSaraxm X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 209.85.213.41 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:149077 Archived-At: on Thu Mar 15 2012, Michael Albinus wrote: > Dave Abrahams writes: > >> Is there any reason a few characters couldn't be used for this in the >> left part of the minibuffer/echo area, without making that area >> completely unusable? > > Harder to implement. You would need to add a minor mode for the > minibuffer, which shows this fixed string. And for the echo area, you > would also need to touch `message' and friends. What about just splitting the minibuffer window horizontally? -- Dave Abrahams BoostPro Computing http://www.boostpro.com