From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#64597: mode-line tool inaccessible when window width is small Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2023 14:37:42 +0300 Message-ID: <831qh9csmx.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83r0pb4xff.fsf@gnu.org> <83ilalemsr.fsf@gnu.org> Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="34123"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: 64597-done@debbugs.gnu.org To: uzibalqa Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Jul 15 13:38:25 2023 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 1qKdbV-0008i3-Nn for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 15 Jul 2023 13:38:25 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qKdb9-0005V0-CI; Sat, 15 Jul 2023 07:38:03 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qKdb8-0005Sx-Fb for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Jul 2023 07:38:02 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:5::43]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qKdb8-0007FF-8B for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Jul 2023 07:38:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1qKdb8-0002VQ-3X for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 15 Jul 2023 07:38:02 -0400 Resent-From: Eli Zaretskii Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2023 11:38:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: cc-closed 64597 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: notabug wontfix Mail-Followup-To: 64597@debbugs.gnu.org, eliz@gnu.org, uzibalqa@proton.me Original-Received: via spool by 64597-done@debbugs.gnu.org id=D64597.16894210499579 (code D ref 64597); Sat, 15 Jul 2023 11:38:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 64597-done) by debbugs.gnu.org; 15 Jul 2023 11:37:29 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:44289 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1qKdaa-0002UP-Om for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 15 Jul 2023 07:37:29 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:40518) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1qKdaZ-0002UE-TA for 64597-done@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 15 Jul 2023 07:37:28 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qKdaT-0006na-OR; Sat, 15 Jul 2023 07:37:22 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From:Date: mime-version; bh=/+URaFn//j5lZvZjX4btI86r17dLwVzLaTIRgTm0wWM=; b=q+srQ/JDV+Jf uxC6e6a1Lunqb9M2fHzHkADVkpo9ZOV5sNViLJjTUC6i6R8Eflf8q1ALp4FXcGL6mz8YqA3hl+sBi sVO1UxxZdqNyqaUB6TkJAVop5oTrs+HiE3NFIguyG/nu0glRNHKVb909Yqc01BMr386PX797Hca0S a1ppLMl+j96KsMGrEBtzs9pmgS1WaK7xwf4xqlh2NnexdH6vUXuQ0lDNWmx3+vO9rcMl9kJHCLq7l BRKEkTuxU3ApIA+gIyoRtj1Munquvh+Q6XvoRAmbeBD0mwLOF8uayPFEJ+VkG1iTCQhgrARXlG7Gi 4UKXWyPy0Kv60KgxX//imA==; Original-Received: from [87.69.77.57] (helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1qKdaS-0006XP-B4; Sat, 15 Jul 2023 07:37:21 -0400 In-Reply-To: (message from uzibalqa on Sat, 15 Jul 2023 11:23:40 +0000) 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-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:265194 Archived-At: > Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2023 11:23:40 +0000 > From: uzibalqa > Cc: 64597@debbugs.gnu.org > > > You can try setting mode-line-compact non-nil. If even that doesn't > > solve your problem because you make your frames too narrow, or have > > too many minor mode lighters active at the same time, then there's > > nothing else Emacs can do: the fact that the mode line is a single > > screen line is currently a hard restriction in the design of the Emacs > > display, and so extra mode-line elements are truncated on display. > > The compact setting replaces multiple spaces with a single space. It does > not really solve the problem. > > Wontfix is not a good decision. Changes window sizes is a very common > occurrence. Having a hard restriction on the mode-line is quite bad design > to continue working with. Especially when package-defined and self-defined > minor modes are becoming quite common. Thanks, noted.