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authorChong Yidong <[email protected]>2010-03-29 19:18:48 -0400
committerChong Yidong <[email protected]>2010-03-29 19:18:48 -0400
commit9326ba26824a87b59e065c7c1b051d8de5cbcf18 (patch)
treee064e86e24a854848017739feba43eb36d20d377 /etc
parent9d9ef8e860e4251b0369d845216333225392004a (diff)
* subr.el: Extend progress reporters to perform "spinning".
(progress-reporter-update, progress-reporter-do-update): Handle non-numeric value arguments. (progress-reporter--pulse-characters): New var.
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@@ -112,6 +112,13 @@ sub-images are displayed successively with the duration defined by
`image-animate-max-time' and the delay between sub-images defined
by the Graphic Control Extension of the image.
+** Progress reporters can now "spin".
+The MIN-VALUE and MAX-VALUE arguments of `make-progress-reporter' can
+now be nil, or omitted. This makes a "non-numeric" reporter. Each
+time you call `progress-reporter-update' on that progress reporter,
+with a nil or omitted VALUE argument, the reporter message is
+displayed with a "spinning bar".
+
* Changes in Emacs 24.1 on non-free operating systems