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Re: Customizing the mode line
From: |
Chong Yidong |
Subject: |
Re: Customizing the mode line |
Date: |
Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:45:10 -0400 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) |
Eli Zaretskii <address@hidden> writes:
> Annoyingly, a large part of the real estate of the mode line is taken
> by information that is much less important, like the percentage of the
> file before the window start and the list of minor modes in effect.
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.
> And when I read mail, I see something like "RMAIL XXXX/YYYY answered,
> deleted"; when replying to mail it's "Mail Fly Abbrev Fill", etc.
> These are very long strings that I don't need to see all the time,
The gnus and rmail mode line formats definitely need to be improved, I
agree.
By the way, since we're complaining about the mode-line: I find the
sequence of "----" characters at the end of the mode-line hideous. I
wouldn't object to removing them for graphical displays (they're
probably necessary for terminal displays).
- RE: Customizing the mode line, (continued)
Re: Customizing the mode line, Manoj Srivastava, 2009/10/31
Re: Customizing the mode line, joakim, 2009/10/30
Re: Customizing the mode line,
Chong Yidong <=
Re: Customizing the mode line, Richard Stallman, 2009/10/31