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RE: [External] : Updating information in the mode-line


From: Drew Adams
Subject: RE: [External] : Updating information in the mode-line
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2022 16:02:37 +0000

> Is it possible to update the printing text in the mode-line, without leaving
> a long list of printed text in the *Messages* buffer?  What I have in mind is
> the possibility of having a progress indicator on status message for emacs
> processes that can take some serious time to complete.

Do you perhaps mean echo area instead of mode-line?
If so, just bind `message-log-max' to nil around
your calls to `message'.


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