void testStatusmessage() {
  void run() {
    for (i = 1; i < textArea.getLineCount(); i++) {
      // do something here ..
      view.getStatus().setMessageAndClear("process line: " + String.valueOf(i));
    }
  }
  
  // Do the work when jEdit is ready to do it (essential for startup script)
  // When using as startup script, it's run BEFORE a file (given at command line) is loaded!
  VFSManager.runInAWTThread(this);
}

testStatusmessage();

The construction isn't my development. And the only thing I understand is, that the run() method would be started at a matching time . That's needed because I use it at startup script sometimes.

My real macro takes a lot of time for each line to process. But the whole time the status bar doesn't change. Only after the macro has finished it's work, the status bar shows the last message. Can You see a way to change this?

Robert

void testStatusmessage() {
   // create a new thread.
   new Thread(new Runnable() {
      public void run() {
         for (i = 1; i < textArea.getLineCount(); i++) {
            view.getStatus().setMessageAndClear("process line: " + String.valueOf(i));
            // this is busy work, intended to be some long running process.
            for(count = 0; count < 100000; count++) {
               int time = count + 1;
            }
         }
      }
      // start the new thread.
   }).start();
}

testStatusmessage();