> > I changed display-hourglass to nil, and I now I do see the "No new
> > mail ..." message disappear from the minibuffer after 4 seconds. If
> > that is what I have to do to get the desired behavior I'm OK with
> > that, but I think this all may not be working the way Uday had
> > intended so I decided to mention it here.
>
> Yes, I remember the issues now. While sit-for is doing its sitting, the
> hourglass will keep showing that Emacs is busy. This was confusing to users
> because they tend to wait for the hourglass to go off before doing their
> next operation.
>
> So, yes, if you want the 4 second disappearance, you need to turn off the
> hourglass.
>
Thanks.
Let me ask: In "emacs -nw", should display-hourglass ever be set to t?
Seems like maybe emacs should do a better job of setting this
variable. Or should vm check whether a window system is being used,
and if not then don't even bother checking display-hourglass?
Thanks again.
Jay B.
