Re: Customizing the mode line

[Lennart Borgman]

On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 9:41 PM, Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> wrote:
>> From: Chong Yidong <address@hidden>
>> Cc: address@hidden
>> Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:45:10 -0400
>>
>> The major and minor mode indicators are important.  For instance, there
>> must be a visible indicator of whether overwrite mode is on, because if
>> you toggle it frequently, you may forget whether it's currently on.
>
> I agree that the overwrite mode should be visible.  But that doesn't
> mean we need to see "Mail Fly Abbrev Fill" or their ilk in all other
> modes.
>
> Do you have instances other than the overwrite mode, which are
> similarly important?  Or is that the only one?


There are similar things in Viper which probably should be moved into
the this new mode line handling too (when someone gets time to do it).