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#77167
31.0.50; Add method to update the max-value for progress-reporter
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severity 77167 wishlist
tags 77167 + confirmed
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lorniu <lorniu <at> gmail.com> writes:
> Progress report is good for showing the progress. But the max-value is
> determined when creating the reporter object. However, in some cases,
> max-value is not sure at the very beginning.
>
> For example, sometimes, when downloading over the network, the max-value
> is not determined until the first data is returned. In this case, initialize
> max-value of the progress object after it created maybe a choice.
>
> Is it possible to add such function to do this?
>
> (setq reporter (make-progress-reporter "Downloading..."))
> (setf (progress-reporter-max-value reporter) 3300) ; something like this
> (dotimes (i 10) (progress-reporter-update reporter (* 33 i)))
>
> Many thanks!
Makes sense to me. Patches welcome.
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