Re: Keep global-mode-string on its own "modeline"?

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Thuna <thuna.cing@gmail.com>
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2022 13:08:01 +0200
> 
> 
> > We have frame-title-format, which can be customized in the same manner
> > as mode-line-format.  So you could already do this in your sessions,
> > if that is what you like.
> >
> > Or are you saying that you already tried to use frame-title-format and
> > it didn't work?  In that case, please tell the details.
> 
> Not all window managers, mine included, have title bars so frame titles
> aren't a universal solution.  At the same time, I don't think
> frame-title-format is an appropriate place to keep global-mode-string,
> since it can be used outside the title bar, and having its value be
> global-mode-string will be a large hindrance.

Sorry, I don't follow: it was your suggestion to display the mode "at
the top of each Emacs frame".  If by that you didn't mean the frame's
title, then what did you mean?

You can also arrange for a window to have a header-line, and display
the mode there, of course.