async-status

A Emacs package to show the status of asynchronous progress.

Installation

(require 'async-status)

What is this package?

This package supports status bar to show the progress of asynchronous process. Even though Emacs does not support threads, some packages similar to 'async' are invoking Emacs process for the same purpose, but we need to wait without knowing the progress. By using this package, packages using 'async' can notify the users to know the working progress.

Usage

Please refer 'async-status-test.el'. By evaluating the file, you can see the result.

APIs for parent process

• async-status-req-id creates the file to interact with the child process.
• async-status-add-item-to-bar registers the corresponding item to the indicator.
• async-status-remove-item-from-bar removes the corresponding item from the indicator.
• async-status-show displays the indicator.
• async-status-hide hides the indicator unless there are no registered items.
• async-status-clean-up and clean the corresponding file nodes.

APIs for child process

• async-status-safely-set-msg-val writes the value to corresponding file node.

Feedback

If you have any feedback, suggestions for improvements or advice, please feel free to get in touch.