On 14 Jan 2004 13:25:44 +0100, Sven Neumann <sven@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > Raphaël Quinet <quinet@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > I don't think that the tool status always being visible is mandatory. > IMO it would be sufficient to be able to replace messages. Tools will > set the statusbar every so often anyway. That's right. It would still be a problem if the interactive message from the tool has to compete with a plug-in updating the message showing its progress, but this is not a very serious issue for the moment. > At this point we are not > seeking for a perfect solution but for a quick fix for 2.0. The > proposal that needs the smallest amount of changes should definitely > be favored at this point. OK, I agree. Let's use a quick fix for 2.0 and then see how the API can be improved later (e.g., for 2.2). So I will try to work on bug #124040, assuming that bug #120175 could be fixed soon. -Raphaël
