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: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 12:05:54 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <200208261605.g7QG5su24950@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> <200208251823.g7PINIZ21246@rum.cs.yale.edu> <200208260701.QAA27364@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 1030378814 12076 127.0.0.1 (26 Aug 2002 16:20:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 16:20:14 +0000 (UTC) Cc: monnier+gnu/emacs@rum.cs.yale.edu, 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 17jMb7-00038f-00 for ; Mon, 26 Aug 2002 18:20:13 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17jN60-0007w2-00 for ; Mon, 26 Aug 2002 18:52:09 +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 17jMcN-0005D5-00; Mon, 26 Aug 2002 12:21:31 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17jMNQ-0001yR-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Aug 2002 12:06:04 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17jMNM-0001xF-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Aug 2002 12:06:02 -0400 Original-Received: from rum.cs.yale.edu ([128.36.229.169]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17jMNK-0001wq-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Aug 2002 12:05:58 -0400 Original-Received: (from monnier@localhost) by rum.cs.yale.edu (8.11.6/8.11.6) id g7QG5su24950; Mon, 26 Aug 2002 12:05:54 -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:6916 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:6916 > In article <200208251823.g7PINIZ21246@rum.cs.yale.edu>, "Stefan Monnier" writes: > > 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. > > Oops. In such a situation, I agree. > > By the way, what happens if there are more menus than what > fit in a line? Does `help' menu override the others? It spreads over more lines ;-) Stefan