From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Customizing the mode line Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:25:27 +0200 Message-ID: <83ocnoewew.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83skd1dta0.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1256917151 22950 80.91.229.12 (30 Oct 2009 15:39:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:39:11 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: joakim@verona.se Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 30 16:39:02 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1N3tZ6-0006sT-FK for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:39:00 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:51203 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N3tZ5-0006UD-TQ for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:38:59 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N3tY1-0005VW-6n for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:37:53 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N3tXw-0005Qo-8Z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:37:52 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=36759 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N3tXw-0005Qd-3u for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:37:48 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout21.012.net.il ([80.179.55.169]:57421) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N3tLt-0003Bi-IG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:25:21 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout21.012.net.il by a-mtaout21.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0KSC00B002NVQ700@a-mtaout21.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:25:20 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([84.228.131.95]) by a-mtaout21.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0KSC00BGN2U7RE00@a-mtaout21.012.net.il>; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:25:20 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:116468 Archived-At: > From: joakim@verona.se > Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:01:42 +0100 > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org > > Currently I just use this instead: > > ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; > ;; modeline-depopulator > ;;test little hack to see info in msg area > ;;TODO lan status > (require 'battery) > (require 'timeclock) > (defun modeline-depopulator () > (interactive) > (message "%s\n%s\n%s" > (format-time-string "%H:%M %Y-%m-%d" (current-time)) > (battery-format battery-echo-area-format (funcall > battery-status-function)) > (timeclock-status-string))) > (global-set-key [f5] 'modeline-depopulator) > > > I press f5 when I want to know something I dont need to know all the > time, like time and date, time spent in a project, and battery status. Perhaps we should have a command to show the entire mode-line string in the echo area. The echo area is not limited to a single line, so it will show everything.