Re: "Loading"

[Michael Albinus]

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <address@hidden> writes:

> I think a simple spinner (that doesn't move stuff around in the mode
> line) is to be preferred.  We just want to communicate to the user that
> "we're waiting for something", not to flash lots of details at the
> user.  If we want the latter, we can use the echo area...

I would prefer the help area of the spinning char. As usual in the modeline.

As said already, the minibuffer/echo area shall be usable during the
async operation. At least in my use case :-)

Best regards, Michael.