Re: Showing compilation progress indicator

[Arash Esbati]

Hi Al,

Al Haji-Ali <abdo.haji.ali@gmail.com> writes:

> I wrote this short script
> https://github.com/haji-ali/procress
> to show the progress of compilation in a tex document. Currently,
> AUCTeX shows the currently processed page in the modeline of the
> process output buffer, but I personally rarely open that buffer.

Thanks for sharing this.  And I agree, the process output buffer is
probably not visible all the time.

> In my current implementation, the modeline is changed only in the
> buffer that initiated the tex command. Ideally, I would like the
> modeline of all buffers belonging to a master document to change
> though I am still considering the best way to implement this.

I hope you will figure out how to implement this :-)

> The current implementation uses a series of hacky advices but I am
> wondering if there's interest in implementing something similar
> straight into AUCTeX.

I think this is would be a nice addition to AUCTeX, but keep in mind
that AUCTeX currently requires Emacs 25 and higher.  Your package says

  ;; Package-Requires: ((emacs "28.0"))

Question: Is it possible that the wrench disappears after successful
compilation, say after X seconds?  I had the impression that it is
currently "sticky" -- or should I just wait longer?

Best, Arash