From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Stefan Monnier" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Suggestions for mode-line-format changes Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 14:23:18 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <200208251823.g7PINIZ21246@rum.cs.yale.edu> References: <5xk7mlfsvf.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <200208210429.NAA19918@etlken.m17n.org> <87znvd1qkr.fsf@wesley.springies.com> <200208240042.JAA24637@etlken.m17n.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1030299860 19294 127.0.0.1 (25 Aug 2002 18:24:20 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 25 Aug 2002 18:24:20 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ats@acm.org, storm@cua.dk, emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17j23f-000515-00 for ; Sun, 25 Aug 2002 20:24:19 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17j2Y7-0002VB-00 for ; Sun, 25 Aug 2002 20:55:47 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17j24s-0007yp-00; Sun, 25 Aug 2002 14:25:34 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17j22m-0007u2-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Aug 2002 14:23:24 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17j22k-0007tq-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Aug 2002 14:23:24 -0400 Original-Received: from rum.cs.yale.edu ([128.36.229.169]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17j22k-0007tl-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 25 Aug 2002 14:23:22 -0400 Original-Received: (from monnier@localhost) by rum.cs.yale.edu (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g7PINIZ21246; Sun, 25 Aug 2002 14:23:18 -0400 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.4 06/23/2000 with nmh-1.0.4 Original-To: Kenichi Handa Errors-To: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.0.11 Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Emacs development discussions. List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:6872 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:6872 > I mean "... at the right end of menu bar ... overriding the > other data". So, if that is implemented, we don't loose > that information. It may be better that the hidden part > appears (by hiding display-time-string) when one moves mouse > to the area in the menu bar where normal menus are > displayed. I kind of like the idea of putting global info somewhere else than the modeline, but I can't resist pointing out that Motif's menubar has the `Help' menu stuck all the way to the right hand side (and I actually like it and find that the Lucid toolkit should be improved to do the same). Hiding it while the mouse is away might not be such a good idea. Stefan