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Subject: Re: auth-source-search: annoying messages
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Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com> writes:

> We can actually use something besides `message' to issue these notices.
> It may be useful so the user can tell their authinfo files are being
> searched.  Does Emacs have a way to do this, like progress-reporter but
> less noisy?  A spinning icon or something in the modeline?  That would
> be pretty nifty.

(setq pr (make-progress-reporter ""))
(while t (progress-reporter-update pr))

> Thanks
> Ted

Best regards, Michael.