From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Ted Zlatanov Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: Re: "consider M-x recover-file" too important to just flash Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2005 11:41:02 -0500 Organization: Newsfeeds.com http://www.newsfeeds.com 100, 000+ UNCENSORED Newsgroups. Message-ID: <4nr7huqwkh.fsf@lifelogs.com> References: <87psxj383g.fsf@jidanni.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1112373826 8425 80.91.229.2 (1 Apr 2005 16:43:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 16:43:46 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 01 18:43:42 2005 Return-path: Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DHPEr-0007b9-RP for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 01 Apr 2005 18:43:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1DHPVo-0007na-1o for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 01 Apr 2005 12:00:48 -0500 X-Proxy-User: $$py4 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.bug X-Face: bd.DQ~'29fIs`T_%O%C\g%6jW)yi[zuz6; d4V0`@y-~$#3P_Ng{@m+e4o<4P'#(_GJQ%TT= D}[Ep*b!\e,fBZ'j_+#"Ps?s2!4H2-Y"sx" User-Agent: Gnus/5.110003 (No Gnus v0.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:zG0T19rXnjNl/x2P02MVGIcB4iU= Original-Lines: 15 X-Comments: This message was posted through List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:11032 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.bugs:11032 On Fri, 01 Apr 2005, brakjoller.rem0veth1s@gmail.com wrote: > Seems like emacs lacks some sort of more permanent status/message/echo > area that is both visible (for some time maybe) and both not in the > way. Hard problem to crack though... Emacs has the modeline, which is appropriate because it belongs to the buffer in question, so it's not a global alert. A flashing (or otherwise noticeable) message in the modeline might help. Ted ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =----