From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#3751: 23.0.95; C-h H does not display hourglass cursor Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 08:27:39 +0200 Message-ID: References: <83ws6o21x4.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1316241531 20045 80.91.229.12 (17 Sep 2011 06:38:51 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 06:38:51 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 3751@debbugs.gnu.org To: Eli Zaretskii Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Sep 17 08:38:47 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R4oY2-0006Ea-Lk for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 17 Sep 2011 08:38:46 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:36737 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R4oY2-0006MM-31 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 17 Sep 2011 02:38:46 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:48041) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R4oXn-0006Bi-Rn for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Sep 2011 02:38:43 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R4oXm-0005R2-22 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Sep 2011 02:38:31 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:49883) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1R4oXm-0005Qv-0K for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 17 Sep 2011 02:38:30 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R4ocP-00064a-MY; Sat, 17 Sep 2011 02:43:17 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 06:43:17 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 3751 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 3751-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B3751.131624178723302 (code B ref 3751); Sat, 17 Sep 2011 06:43:17 +0000 Original-Received: (at 3751) by debbugs.gnu.org; 17 Sep 2011 06:43:07 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R4ocD-00063U-O0 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 17 Sep 2011 02:43:06 -0400 Original-Received: from hermes.netfonds.no ([80.91.224.195]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1R4obl-000629-3y for 3751@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 17 Sep 2011 02:42:50 -0400 Original-Received: from cm-84.215.51.58.getinternet.no ([84.215.51.58] helo=stories.gnus.org) by hermes.netfonds.no with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1R4oX0-0003OQ-BC; Sat, 17 Sep 2011 08:37:42 +0200 In-Reply-To: <83ws6o21x4.fsf@gnu.org> (Eli Zaretskii's message of "Sat, 04 Jul 2009 13:11:19 +0300") User-Agent: Gnus/5.110018 (No Gnus v0.18) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-Now-Playing: Various's _Not Alone (3)_: "Bevis Frond - Someone Always Talks" X-MailScanner-ID: 1R4oX0-0003OQ-BC MailScanner-NULL-Check: 1316846262.68633@a85DBQuoZJtAdWP0Eto/nQ X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Sat, 17 Sep 2011 02:43:17 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 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-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:51269 Archived-At: Eli Zaretskii writes: > On MS Windows, "C-h H" takes as much as 10 seconds (on a 3GHz > machine), but no hourglass cursor is displayed during that time, > making it look like nothing is going on. > > If displaying an hourglass cursor during the time Emacs prepares to > display etc/HELLO is difficult, at the very least please display some > informative message that ends with "please wait..." in the echo area. Adding a "please wait..." message is easy enough, but is there any way to determine when the wait is over? Emacs hangs in redisplay, probably? And just leaving the "please wait..." after the wait is over wouldn't be nice, either. -- (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.) bloggy blog http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/