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27.0.50; Update mode-line of every window when compilation ends

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From: Kévin Le Gouguec <kevin.legouguec <at> gmail.com>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 36803 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Subject: bug#36803: 27.0.50; Update mode-line of every window when compilation ends
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2019 23:26:58 +0200

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> (Another issue is whether compile.el should [display things in mode
> lines in all buffers], and I kinda think...  perhaps not?)

Mmm, I guess the rationale is that since

1. the user may bury the compilation buffer if the process takes a long
   time,

2. the user may miss the "Compilation finished" message (e.g. it can be
   hidden by any movement command that triggers a "Mark set" message),

The only reliable way to inform the user that the compilation process is
still running is to spray all mode-lines with an indicator…

(I have notifications-notify in compilation-finish-functions, so as far
as I am concerned, I could live without this indicator; for a stock
Emacs configuration though, I can't think of another signaling method…)

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