From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: =?UTF-8?B?QW5kcmVhcyBSw7ZobGVy?= Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Global bar to display global information Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2011 20:29:16 +0200 Message-ID: <4E4FFCFC.1070403@online.de> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1313864981 5700 80.91.229.12 (20 Aug 2011 18:29:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2011 18:29:41 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Drew Adams , Emacs developers To: =?UTF-8?B?SsOpcsOpbXkgQ29tcG9zdGVsbGE=?= Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Aug 20 20:29:37 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QuqIX-0006It-EA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 20 Aug 2011 20:29:33 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57879 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QuqIX-0005Zw-0l for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 20 Aug 2011 14:29:33 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:56919) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QuqIU-0005Zr-A5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Aug 2011 14:29:31 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QuqIT-0007q9-I3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Aug 2011 14:29:30 -0400 Original-Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.171]:60700) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QuqIT-0007aV-4t for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 20 Aug 2011 14:29:29 -0400 Original-Received: from [192.168.178.27] (brln-4dbc42c6.pool.mediaWays.net [77.188.66.198]) by mrelayeu.kundenserver.de (node=mreu3) with ESMTP (Nemesis) id 0Lt8sp-1RHy813U6N-012rgR; Sat, 20 Aug 2011 20:29:23 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; de; rv:1.9.2.18) Gecko/20110616 SUSE/3.1.11 Thunderbird/3.1.11 In-Reply-To: X-Provags-ID: V02:K0:RIvQGPTbFitxVziaVJARx33TCS4poBvQsq0HJSfbmk7 3lqiq37FJNOwaH+vuIRjLYNr/uv+z6mK3IuE26u+bsExKsJq7M 7Gcovw2CFy/Gt4AV5sLdUM4kPiqoJ+TXBT2TA6xz6yv7MaNTLd 0wc7uiHc2LPPsCXFSVfz0SshI36ZWFKDBPxzLE58jbW9RhaVNJ pSDi3nGJOcam3rNraXGEaMhIc/5R7N+wydFKYZWvlY= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 212.227.126.171 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:143464 Archived-At: Am 16.08.2011 16:33, schrieb Jérémy Compostella: > All, > > As many user, I use Emacs as my full desktop environment on several > system (mainly GNU/Linux and Windows at work). To be as independent as > possible, I use the mode-line to show information like current date and > time, jabber notifications, unread mail number, ... and I start Emacs in > full-screen. > > The problem is since I use several windows (in Emacs term), these > information are duplicated and are not always visible. Indeed, the > mode-line bar is split in the middle of the information it displays. > > I think it could be really great if Emacs would provide a global bar > based on the same mechanisms as the mode line but dedicated to this > kind of global information. > > What is your opinion ? Is this subject already discussed before ? > > Thanks, > > Jérémy > > > > Hi, what about implementing that using speedbar? Best regards, Andreas