Re: "Loading"

[Dave Abrahams]

on Thu Mar 15 2012, Michael Albinus <michael.albinus-AT-gmx.de> wrote:

> Dave Abrahams <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> Is there any reason a few characters couldn't be used for this in the
>> left part of the minibuffer/echo area, without making that area
>> completely unusable?
>
> Harder to implement. You would need to add a minor mode for the
> minibuffer, which shows this fixed string. And for the echo area, you
> would also need to touch `message' and friends.

What about just splitting the minibuffer window horizontally?

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