Re: Whitespace in mode line of 29.1-rc1 emacsclient frames

[Visuwesh]

[வியாழன் ஜூலை 27, 2023] Ulrich Mueller wrote:

> With Emacs 28.2 the mode line used to look like this for an emacsclient
> frame (e.g. for the *scratch* buffer):
>
> U:@---  *scratch*      All L4     (Lisp Interaction ElDoc)
>
> With Emacs 29.1-rc1 I get:
>
> U:   @---    *scratch*      All   L4     (Lisp Interaction ElDoc)
>
> Especially I wonder about the whitespace between : and @ close to the
> beginning of the line.
>
> Looks like it originates from (min-width (5.0)) in mode-line-position?

Yes.  See bug#58183 [1].  I see this too but cannot reproduce it
reliably.  Unfortunately, I didn't have enough time recently to look
deeply into this issue.
FWIW, this issue goes away if you set mode-line-compact which is why it
took me a long time to notice.

1. https://yhetil.org/emacs-bugs/87r0ztuaj5.fsf@miha-pc/