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Show an indicator when Emacs is busy somewhere in the Emacs window

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Message #8 received at 51490 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>
Cc: 51490 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#51490: Show an indicator when Emacs is busy somewhere in
 the Emacs window
Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2021 14:40:02 +0200

Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se> writes:

>> I'm not at all sure whether there'd be any negative repercussions to
>> spinning a glyph in the mode line area (for instance -- what about if
>> you're running over a slow ssh connection?), but perhaps it's worth
>> exploring and see how goes?
>
> Let's continue discussing this as a new bug.

I wonder whether this could be implemented by modifying the glyphs in
the mode line directly instead of going through the entire mode line
machinery (for efficiency).  I was thinking we'd designate (say) the
first (or last) displayed position on the mode line as "the spinner"
(and restore the previous glyph there after finishing spinning, of
course).

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