From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: joakim@verona.se Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Proposed new core library: alert.el Date: Thu, 05 Nov 2015 18:09:04 +0100 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1446743401 13860 80.91.229.3 (5 Nov 2015 17:10:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2015 17:10:01 +0000 (UTC) Cc: John Wiegley , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Vivek Dasmohapatra Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 05 18:09:45 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ZuO2f-0001sa-Fj for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 Nov 2015 18:09:41 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33752 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZuO2f-0004a0-1U for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 Nov 2015 12:09:41 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:54229) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZuO2a-0004Z2-BR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Nov 2015 12:09:38 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZuO2W-0001kW-4x for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Nov 2015 12:09:36 -0500 Original-Received: from mx1.bahnhof.se ([213.80.101.11]:34669) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1ZuO2V-0001kN-Uo for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 05 Nov 2015 12:09:32 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost (mf.bahnhof.se [213.80.101.20]) by mx1-reinject (Postfix) with ESMTP id B0FD645291; Thu, 5 Nov 2015 18:09:30 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new using ClamAV at bahnhof.se (MF4) Original-Received: from mf4.bahnhof.se ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mf4.bahnhof.se [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 3UYVK7+bs0tT; Thu, 5 Nov 2015 18:09:25 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mta.verona.se (h-235-62.a149.priv.bahnhof.se [85.24.235.62]) by mf4.bahnhof.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20CA03D78DC; Thu, 5 Nov 2015 18:09:22 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by mta.verona.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id A51084EDCC2; Thu, 5 Nov 2015 17:09:22 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at verona.se Original-Received: from mta.verona.se ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (exodia.verona.se [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 1B_0VmV7m02u; Thu, 5 Nov 2015 18:09:04 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from exodia.verona.se (www.verona.se [192.168.200.15]) by mta.verona.se (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE5D74EDCBD; Thu, 5 Nov 2015 18:09:04 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: (Vivek Dasmohapatra's message of "Thu, 5 Nov 2015 16:33:43 +0000 (GMT)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/25.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 213.80.101.11 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:193321 Archived-At: Vivek Dasmohapatra writes: >> alert.el is a library I've been using for the last four years to provide a >> richer notification interface than `message'. The current version is here: > > If I might chip in here - and it may be that the library already does this - > One of my main complaints about alerts (in general) is that they pop > up and then disappear and if I'm not able to divert attention to them > (in deep thought, momentarily away from my desk, beset by wombats, > etc) I can't get > back to them and see what I've missed. > > Something like a timestamped version of *Messages* but just for *Alerts* > would be great. Theres the "sauron" package that doesn something like this. I use it because I dont like distractions randomly appearing on my screen, or in mode-lines etc. Sauron gives you a separate buffer where the alert occurs. > > > -- Joakim Verona