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Fri, 12 Feb 2021 14:59:37 -0800 (PST) Received-SPF: pass client-ip=2607:f8b0:4864:20::1033; envelope-from=paul.krasnicki@gmail.com; helo=mail-pj1-x1033.google.com X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, FREEMAIL_FROM=0.001, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 12 Feb 2021 20:07:25 -0500 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:199892 Archived-At: Many people who use Emacs with significant customization have their modeline split into left and right aligned parts. I've also seen the Lisp code for this in several packages. I think it would be useful to have this feature as a %-construct so that the users who want it wouldn't have to install a package or write custom Lisp that uses the `display' text property. Everything after this construct would be aligned to the right. For example, assuming the construct was %=, the mode-line-format "l%=r" would cause the modeline in a 20 character wide window to look like l r It could also be useful to generalize this to centering, though I've seen this used less often. Then, the mode-line-format "lllll%=c%=r" would cause the modeline to look like lllll c r