From: Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Updating information in the mode-line
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2022 09:08:47 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwvy1t4xdc3.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: trinity-77ceb9ee-bd83-42f3-8a3f-93f77929d926-1666699560939@3c-app-mailcom-bs04
> Is it possible to update the printing text in the mode-line, without leaving
> a long list of printed text in the *Messages* buffer?
Of course, but maybe I misunderstand the question, because AFAIK it's
rather unusual for text from the mode-line (or changes to it) to appear
in `*Messages*`.
> What I have in mind is the possibility of having a progress indicator
> on status message for Emacs processes that can take some serious time
> to complete.
We usually use `(make-)progress-reporter(-update|-done)`
for that.
Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2022-10-25 13:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-10-25 12:06 Updating information in the mode-line Christopher Dimech
2022-10-25 13:08 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor [this message]
2022-10-25 16:02 ` [External] : " Drew Adams
2022-10-25 17:36 ` Heime
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