From 9326ba26824a87b59e065c7c1b051d8de5cbcf18 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Chong Yidong Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:18:48 -0400 Subject: * 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. --- etc/NEWS | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) (limited to 'etc') diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS index 1518f9ffc0..08ad18b9cc 100644 --- a/etc/NEWS +++ b/etc/NEWS @@ -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 -- cgit v1.2.3