bug#40965: 12.2.0; Update all mode lines in TeX-command-sentinel?

[David Fussner]

Many thanks!

David.


On Sat, 9 May 2020 at 12:20, Ikumi Keita <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> Hi David,
>
> >>>>> David Fussner via bug-auctex via Bug reporting list for AUCTeX 
> >>>>> <address@hidden> writes:
> > When running LaTeX on a file, the mode-line notifications of compilation,
> > e.g.:
>
> > [compiling] (LaTeX/P Compiling Ref)
>
> > disappear when compilation is complete, but _only_ in the LaTeX buffer
> > where the command was issued. The notifications appear in the mode lines
> > of all windows in all frames, and remain there, somewhat confusingly,
> > until you switch focus to that frame or window. I frequently have a
> > BibTeX buffer in a window below a LaTeX buffer in the same frame, and I
> > find this somewhat distracting, more noticeably so now in GNU Emacs 27
> > where there are more notifications. I've checked with GNU Emacs 26 and
> > the problem is there, and also with an older AUCTeX version. Current
> > master behaves the same in my testing.
>
> Confirmed on my side as well (Emacs 26.3 and AUCTeX 12.2).
>
> > In Emacs' compile.el compilation-sentinel calls
> > compilation--update-in-progress-mode-line at the end, which tells
> > whether compilation is ongoing and if not calls (force-mode-line-update
> > t) to return all mode lines to their state pre-compilation. Would
> > something similar in TeX-command-sentinel in tex-buf.el be the right
> > thing?
>
> I agree. I'll commit the suggested change in the git repository
> soon. Thank you for your report and analysis!
>
> Regards,
> Ikumi Keita