GNU bug report logs - #8118
24.0.50; `eval-minibuffer' should show message "Evaluating..."

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>

Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2011 19:00:04 UTC

Severity: minor

Tags: notabug

Found in version 24.0.50

Done: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #15 received at 8118 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: "Drew Adams" <drew.adams <at> oracle.com>
To: "'Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen'" <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 8118 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: RE: 24.0.50; `eval-minibuffer' should show message "Evaluating..."
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 13:58:25 -0700

> > M-: (eval-minibuffer "Sexp: ")
> > Type: global-map RET
> >
> > As you can see from this example, it would be good if we showed some
> > feedback to let users know that Emacs is thinking. ;-)
> 
> No, I disagree.  That would be very annoying, in my opinion, so I'm
> closing this report.

Why would it be annoying?
It is standard Emacs UI practice to show such a progress message:

 Loading foo.el...

 Loading foo.el...done
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