From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#33740: [PATCH] Customizable flymake mode-line indicator Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2019 16:06:36 +0300 Message-ID: <83r24bruar.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87bm4wjhgy.fsf@gmail.com> <87h85bq3u7.fsf@gnus.org> <83lfunwj1x.fsf@gnu.org> <871rwfnnip.fsf@gnus.org> <837e67w26m.fsf@gnu.org> <87o8zjm7ss.fsf@gnus.org> <834l1bw0r5.fsf@gnu.org> <87pnjxlo6u.fsf@gnus.org> <87woe5k86v.fsf@gnus.org> <87blvgjoev.fsf@gnus.org> <8736gsjn6z.fsf@gnus.org> <87sgosi7bu.fsf@gnus.org> <83lfuktcxy.fsf@gnu.org> <87k1a3b133.fsf@gnus.org> Injection-Info: blaine.gmane.org; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:195.159.176.226"; logging-data="32733"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@blaine.gmane.org" Cc: 33740@debbugs.gnu.org, joaotavora@gmail.com, andreyk.mad@gmail.com To: Lars Ingebrigtsen Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 20 15:07:18 2019 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1iBId3-0008Kt-P7 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 20 Sep 2019 15:07:18 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:59366 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iBId0-0005C2-Op for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 20 Sep 2019 09:07:14 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:51567) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iBIcp-0005AV-8r for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Sep 2019 09:07:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iBIco-0002tS-8X for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Sep 2019 09:07:03 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:48132) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iBIco-0002tO-4g for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Sep 2019 09:07:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iBIcn-0006Ou-UK for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 20 Sep 2019 09:07:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2019 13:07:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 33740 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: patch Original-Received: via spool by 33740-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B33740.156898480424571 (code B ref 33740); Fri, 20 Sep 2019 13:07:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 33740) by debbugs.gnu.org; 20 Sep 2019 13:06:44 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56952 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iBIcV-0006OF-Ut for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 20 Sep 2019 09:06:44 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:43019) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1iBIcT-0006O1-F0 for 33740@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 20 Sep 2019 09:06:43 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:51314) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iBIcO-0002dj-BU; Fri, 20 Sep 2019 09:06:36 -0400 Original-Received: from [176.228.60.248] (port=1256 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1iBIcM-00077m-Kk; Fri, 20 Sep 2019 09:06:35 -0400 In-reply-to: <87k1a3b133.fsf@gnus.org> (message from Lars Ingebrigtsen on Fri, 20 Sep 2019 14:32:00 +0200) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 209.51.188.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:166764 Archived-At: > From: Lars Ingebrigtsen > Cc: 33740@debbugs.gnu.org, joaotavora@gmail.com, andreyk.mad@gmail.com > Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2019 14:32:00 +0200 > > Eli Zaretskii writes: > > > It is. Redrawing the mode line is a very frequent redisplay thing, so > > optimizing the heck out of it is justified. > > In the simple case where the mode line element is a string, I can > definitely see that it's warranted. In the Flymake case, where the > value is (:eval (flymake--mode-line-format)), which returns a long and > complex (:propertize) form that's then interpreted by this machinery -- > it's pessimal. No, it isn't. If I'm not mistaken, we have bug reports regarding flickering of mode lines, including under Flymake. If we want to have a richer set of indicators for Flymake, may I suggest considering alternative methods of indicating stuff, and leaving the poor-old crammed mode line alone?