From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
To: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com>
Cc: 8118@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#8118: 24.0.50; `eval-minibuffer' should show message "Evaluating..."
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2011 18:46:09 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3bowu41im.fsf@quimbies.gnus.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <F1D266AE18AC4C5B9E7E00939846A763@us.oracle.com> (Drew Adams's message of "Thu, 14 Jul 2011 13:58:25 -0700")
"Drew Adams" <drew.adams@oracle.com> writes:
>> No, I disagree. That would be very annoying, in my opinion, so I'm
>> closing this report.
>
> Why would it be annoying?
> It is standard Emacs UI practice to show such a progress message:
>
> Loading foo.el...
>
> Loading foo.el...done
Because `eval-minibuffer' displays the result in the minibuffer, and
having it flash stuff there just before displaying would not be good.
I'm closing this report again. If the emacs maintainers wish to reopen
it again, they can do so.
--
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Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-02-25 18:58 bug#8118: 24.0.50; `eval-minibuffer' should show message "Evaluating..." Drew Adams
2011-07-14 18:41 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
2011-07-14 20:58 ` Drew Adams
2011-07-16 16:46 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen [this message]
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