Alexander Adolf <alexander.adolf@condition-alpha.com> writes:

> Hello David,
>
> Many thanks for your swift response. 
>
> David Bremner <david@tethera.net> writes:
>
>> Alexander Adolf <alexander.adolf@condition-alpha.com> writes:
>> 
>>> [...]
>>> To give the user a visual clue that something is happening in the
>>> background, and Emacs has not crashed, it would be great if a progress
>>> indicator could be shown. See e.g. the Elisp manual `(info "(elisp)
>>> Progress")', or [1].
>>
>> I don't use this functionality, but Pierre mentioned making the fetch
>> asynchronous, and provided a patch to try out in
>>
>>       id:875zehszdp.fsf@ambrevar.xyz
>>
>> Maybe working on that would be a better use of effort?
>> [...]
>
> I'm not subscribed to the list, so can't comment on the patch.

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> In any case - synchronous or asynchronous - a visual indication of the
> process would seem desirable. At least to know that something is going
> on, and when it's finished.

With my asynchronous suggestion, it's trivial to prompt a message on
start and on finish.  Then no need for a progress bar :)

-- 
Pierre Neidhardt
https://ambrevar.xyz/