Re: Customizing the mode line

[Stephen Berman]

On Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:25:27 +0200 Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> wrote:

> Perhaps we should have a command to show the entire mode-line string
> in the echo area.  The echo area is not limited to a single line, so
> it will show everything.

FWIW, I use this:

(defun srb-display-mode-line-string (&optional arg)
  "Display the unpropertized mode-line string in the echo area.
With prefix argument ARG, insert it at point in the current buffer."
  (interactive "P")
  (let ((mode-line-string
         (eval-expression '(format-mode-line mode-line-format 0))))
    (and arg (insert mode-line-string))))
(global-set-key "\C-cf" 'srb-display-mode-line-string)

Steve Berman