From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Drew Adams" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: RE: executing a lisp command as a hook Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 17:33:42 -0700 Message-ID: References: <1146181132.053529.123310@e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1146184450 11968 80.91.229.2 (28 Apr 2006 00:34:10 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 00:34:10 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Apr 28 02:34:06 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FZGvt-0005rB-K7 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 28 Apr 2006 02:34:05 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FZGvt-0001t0-3m for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 27 Apr 2006 20:34:05 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FZGvi-0001sE-5E for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Apr 2006 20:33:54 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1FZGvg-0001rt-Jh for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Apr 2006 20:33:53 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1FZGvg-0001rq-Ez for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Apr 2006 20:33:52 -0400 Original-Received: from [141.146.126.228] (helo=agminet01.oracle.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_3DES_EDE_CBC_SHA:24) (Exim 4.52) id 1FZGyh-0005sr-PP for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 27 Apr 2006 20:36:59 -0400 Original-Received: from rgmsgw300.us.oracle.com (rgmsgw300.us.oracle.com [138.1.186.49]) by agminet01.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.7/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id k3S0Xn5B025455 for ; Thu, 27 Apr 2006 19:33:50 -0500 Original-Received: from dradamslap (dradams-lap.us.oracle.com [130.35.177.126]) by rgmsgw300.us.oracle.com (Switch-3.1.7/Switch-3.1.7) with SMTP id k3S0Xm4i003456 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5 bits=128 verify=NO) for ; Thu, 27 Apr 2006 18:33:49 -0600 Original-To: X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <1146181132.053529.123310@e56g2000cwe.googlegroups.com> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1807 X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAQAAAAI= X-Whitelist: TRUE X-Whitelist: TRUE X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:34694 Archived-At: Is there anyway to put a time on a message, so it lingers in the echo area (maybe as other commands flash by, but then goes back to the important status message I want). See function `sit-for' (and perhaps function `sleep-for'). Better yet, can anyone tell me how to append some information to the information bar at the bottom of each window (the one that shows things like line number, major-minor modes, etc...) Look up `mode-line' in the Emac-Lisp manual.