Re: M-x compile should tell its status (a little bit better)..

[Richard Stallman]

    I have a idea but i'm not sure how stupid it is :)

    Currently mode-line-modes is something like this (simplified)

The idea isn't stupid, but this is the wrong time for it.
Now we are trying to focus on fixing up what needs fixing
so we can make a release.  This doesn't need to be changed,
so let's not spend time on it now.