ulp status() that lasts after exit()

Yes that's annoying when you can't see your final status() message. Maybe

another way would be to have an option to disable the ULP finished message

so final output message from the script itself remains until another action

is performed?

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On 8/17/2016 9:30 AM, Morten Leikvoll wrote:

I'd like my ULP's to keep the status() message after exit, with a

natural timeout, so I can give soft feedback without any requester

blocking the UI.

 

Is there an option for this now? It seems like the status bar always

gets overwritten with an ulp "ULP finnished" message.

 

Suggestion to discuss:Maybe this finnished message can be skipped when

the ulp is launched from a hotkey or context menu?

 

Hi Morten,

I think the idea of a timeout is very reasonable, since it doesn't hog

the status line forever.

The tooltips for the various commands also use the status line so it

might be good to limit it to something like 5 seconds or so.

Let me know what you think.

Best Regards,

Jorge Garcia

Hi Jorge,

A timeout would work for me and likely very simple for the devs to

implement so I'd be happy with that.

Best Regards,

Rachael

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On 17.08.2016 22:44, Jorge Garcia wrote:

On 8/17/2016 9:30 AM, Morten Leikvoll wrote:

I'd like my ULP's to keep the status() message after exit, with a

natural timeout, so I can give soft feedback without any requester

blocking the UI.

 

Is there an option for this now? It seems like the status bar always

gets overwritten with an ulp "ULP finnished" message.

 

Suggestion to discuss:Maybe this finnished message can be skipped when

the ulp is launched from a hotkey or context menu?

 

 

Hi Morten,

 

I think the idea of a timeout is very reasonable, since it doesn't hog

the status line forever.

 

The tooltips for the various commands also use the status line so it

might be good to limit it to something like 5 seconds or so.

 

Let me know what you think.

I think 5s timeout, and/or interruption by other tooltip messages would

be perfect. I don't think the ULP finnished message ever had any

practical use for me, but I am not sure if you should remove it in all

use cases. I wouldn't mind, but you better have a second thought.

On 17.08.2016 22:44, Jorge Garcia wrote:

On 8/17/2016 9:30 AM, Morten Leikvoll wrote:

I'd like my ULP's to keep the status() message after exit, with a

natural timeout, so I can give soft feedback without any requester

blocking the UI.

 

Is there an option for this now? It seems like the status bar always

gets overwritten with an ulp "ULP finnished" message.

 

Suggestion to discuss:Maybe this finnished message can be skipped when

the ulp is launched from a hotkey or context menu?

 

 

Hi Morten,

 

I think the idea of a timeout is very reasonable, since it doesn't hog

the status line forever.

 

The tooltips for the various commands also use the status line so it

might be good to limit it to something like 5 seconds or so.

 

Let me know what you think.

I think 5s timeout, and/or interruption by other tooltip messages would

be perfect. I don't think the ULP finnished message ever had any

practical use for me, but I am not sure if you should remove it in all

use cases. I wouldn't mind, but you better have a second thought.

On 17.08.2016 22:44, Jorge Garcia wrote:

On 8/17/2016 9:30 AM, Morten Leikvoll wrote:

I'd like my ULP's to keep the status() message after exit, with a

natural timeout, so I can give soft feedback without any requester

blocking the UI.

 

Is there an option for this now? It seems like the status bar always

gets overwritten with an ulp "ULP finnished" message.

 

Suggestion to discuss:Maybe this finnished message can be skipped when

the ulp is launched from a hotkey or context menu?

 

 

Hi Morten,

 

I think the idea of a timeout is very reasonable, since it doesn't hog

the status line forever.

 

The tooltips for the various commands also use the status line so it

might be good to limit it to something like 5 seconds or so.

 

Let me know what you think.

I think 5s timeout, and/or interruption by other tooltip messages would

be perfect. I don't think the ULP finnished message ever had any

practical use for me, but I am not sure if you should remove it in all

use cases. I wouldn't mind, but you better have a second thought.