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

[Heime]

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On Tuesday, October 25th, 2022 at 4:02 PM, Drew Adams <drew.adams@oracle.com> 
wrote:


> > 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'.

You are right actually, the echo area.  When I call message the last line 
is shown as if I am using the minibuffer prompt.