From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Mario Lang Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Suggestions for mode-line-format changes Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 12:25:03 +0200 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <871y8l3ojk.fsf@lexx.delysid.org> References: <5xk7mlfsvf.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <874rdl357r.fsf@wesley.springies.com> <5xhehiwlok.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1030357485 21138 127.0.0.1 (26 Aug 2002 10:24:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 10:24:45 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17jH36-0005Up-00 for ; Mon, 26 Aug 2002 12:24:44 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17jHXs-00084u-00 for ; Mon, 26 Aug 2002 12:56:32 +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 17jH4O-0002jG-00; Mon, 26 Aug 2002 06:26:04 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17jH3D-0002d8-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Aug 2002 06:24:51 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17jH3B-0002cn-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Aug 2002 06:24:50 -0400 Original-Received: from tk212017102236.teleweb.at ([212.17.102.236] helo=lexx.delysid.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17jH3A-0002ci-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Aug 2002 06:24:48 -0400 Original-Received: from mlang by lexx.delysid.org with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17jH3Q-00076i-00 for ; Mon, 26 Aug 2002 12:25:04 +0200 Original-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org In-Reply-To: <5xhehiwlok.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> (storm@cua.dk's message of "26 Aug 2002 01:41:47 +0200") Original-Lines: 40 User-Agent: Gnus/5.090007 (Oort Gnus v0.07) Emacs/21.2 (i386-debian-linux-gnu) 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:6909 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:6909 storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) writes: > Bill White writes: > >> On Fri Aug 23 2002 at 11:33, Alan Shutko said: >> >> > Personally, I think that the global-mode-string information is more >> > important to me than the modes, and this new change is exactly >> > opposite my priorities. I think that most people would probably >> > agree with me. > > I guess most users will agree that knowing the time is > important around lunch time and near the end of the day :-) > erc-track.el uses the global-mode-string to indicate if a channel buffer not currently visible had activity. It is quite important for this feature to be visible, and not scrolled out on the right side. I agree that time isn't that important, but there are other things which can be put into global-mode-string. I dont think it should be changed from it's current location. OTOH, I always wanted something like global-mode-string which only occurs once in a frame. Currently, global-mode-string is displayed as many times as windows are displayed in the current frame. This is waste of space for most things using global-mode-string (like time and the mail icon). If we could come up with an equivalent which is only displayed at one position in the frame, I'd like that. (e.g. on the right side of the menu, or there somewhere). P.S.: To be worthwhile, this feature would need to work in X and -nw. -- CYa, Mario