From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Phil Sainty Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#56215: Request for decluttering capability on mode-line keywords Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2022 12:05:44 +1200 Message-ID: <0c7b006177f251663dfa0f0e0d1e7344@webmail.orcon.net.nz> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="30025"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Orcon Webmail Cc: 56215@debbugs.gnu.org To: carlmarcos@tutanota.com Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 26 02:06:36 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1o5FnP-0007eo-QC for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sun, 26 Jun 2022 02:06:35 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60814 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o5FnO-0007gP-8Y for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 25 Jun 2022 20:06:34 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:40296) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o5Fmt-0007g1-6c for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Jun 2022 20:06:04 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:52553) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o5Fmr-0006B6-Pz for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Jun 2022 20:06:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1o5Fmr-0002FW-KV for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 25 Jun 2022 20:06:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Phil Sainty Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2022 00:06:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 56215 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs Original-Received: via spool by 56215-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B56215.16562019518629 (code B ref 56215); Sun, 26 Jun 2022 00:06:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 56215) by debbugs.gnu.org; 26 Jun 2022 00:05:51 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:46450 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1o5Fmh-0002F7-6S for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 25 Jun 2022 20:05:51 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp-1.orcon.net.nz ([60.234.4.34]:43695) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1o5Fme-0002Ew-DE for 56215@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 25 Jun 2022 20:05:49 -0400 Original-Received: from [10.253.37.70] (port=19162 helo=webmail.orcon.net.nz) by smtp-1.orcon.net.nz with esmtpa (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1o5Fmb-00022f-1v; Sun, 26 Jun 2022 12:05:45 +1200 Original-Received: from ip-116-251-140-135.kinect.net.nz ([116.251.140.135]) via [10.253.37.253] by webmail.orcon.net.nz with HTTP (HTTP/1.1 POST); Sun, 26 Jun 2022 12:05:44 +1200 In-Reply-To: X-Sender: psainty@orcon.net.nz X-GeoIP: -- X-Spam_score: -2.9 X-Spam_score_int: -28 X-Spam_bar: -- X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:235296 Archived-At: Hi Carl, You might find the GNU ELPA package delight.el to be suitable. See https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/DelightedModes for details. There are other options as well, including these (and maybe more besides): https://emacs.stackexchange.com/a/72194/454 Lars, I think this is a duplicate of bug#30978 ? -Phil On 2022-06-26 01:08, carlmarcos--- via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" wrote: > The mode-line is a very important section of a window. But can be > easily cluttered with > names of minor-modes, as well as by programming and hypertext language > major-mode names. > > For instance, loading an elisp file shows "Emacs-Lisp" in the > made-line. When in *scratch* the string "Lisp Interaction" shows up. > Because I use bold large font, it is easy for the mode-line to get > cluttered. > > As is often the case, emacs users hardly change the mode associated > with the corresponding programming or hypertext language major-mode. > Most often, users work with minor-modes, meaning that people are aware > that lisp programs use emacs-lisp major-mode, and C users are aware > they are using c major-mode (although I find "C/*l" quite > unnecessary). > > Emacs package designers have the ability to display a mode-line name > with the keyword-arg `:lighter'. But the user has no way to remove the > lighter from the mode-line. Would like to request the capability for > users to remove :lighter keywords, if they wish. This would be > particularly useful for those like me who usually have a dense list > showing up in their mode-line.