Andy Piper <andy(a)xemacs.org&gt; writes: If you want, I can ask around. Maybe a free Motif implementation of progress gauge could be found. Maybe Motif and Windows have additional protection against over-zealous redisplay. This should be investigated, because the flicker tends to annoy users and looks, ah, "unprofessional." Not for the small ones, anyway. When I insert (`C-x i') a huge file into a Message buffer, I'd definitely like to see the progress gauge as font-lock crunches the buffer.