Re: "Loading"

[Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com>]

on Thu Mar 15 2012, Tassilo Horn <tassilo-AT-member.fsf.org> wrote:

> Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com> 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?

In this case, maybe.  In the general case, there are processes with
no visible buffer or any obvious association.

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Dave Abrahams
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