From: Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org>
To: Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>, emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Customizing the mode line
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:19:30 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <874opgnnrx.fsf@catnip.gol.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87k4ycn5cp.fsf@stupidchicken.com> (Chong Yidong's message of "Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:45:10 -0400")
Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com> writes:
> By the way, since we're complaining about the mode-line: I find the
> sequence of "----" characters at the end of the mode-line hideous. I
> wouldn't object to removing them for graphical displays (they're
> probably necessary for terminal displays).
They're rarely necessary for terminal displays either, because
reverse-video is used for the mode-line.
AFAIK, the dashes were basically intended for terminals like the vt52
which had no reverse-video, but the there's no significant usage of such
terminals today.
-Miles
--
Bacchus, n. A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for
getting drunk.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2009-10-31 5:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 49+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-10-30 11:18 Customizing the mode line Eli Zaretskii
2009-10-30 11:28 ` Juanma Barranquero
2009-10-30 13:38 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-10-30 15:15 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-10-30 16:54 ` Drew Adams
2009-10-30 17:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-10-30 19:12 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-10-30 20:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-10-31 5:16 ` Miles Bader
2009-10-31 8:47 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-10-31 10:00 ` Juanma Barranquero
2009-10-31 16:03 ` Drew Adams
2009-10-31 16:29 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-10-31 17:03 ` Drew Adams
2009-10-31 6:09 ` Manoj Srivastava
2009-10-31 10:31 ` Štěpán Němec
2009-10-31 20:38 ` Scrollbar thumbs (was: Customizing the mode line) Stefan Monnier
2009-11-01 3:11 ` Scrollbar thumbs Miles Bader
2009-11-02 6:55 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-11-02 7:41 ` Jason Rumney
2009-11-02 14:10 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-11-04 16:36 ` Customizing the mode line Evil Boris
2009-10-30 15:01 ` joakim
2009-10-30 15:25 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-10-30 21:55 ` Stephen Berman
2009-10-30 17:45 ` Chong Yidong
2009-10-30 20:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-10-30 20:56 ` Lennart Borgman
2009-10-31 0:13 ` Stefan Monnier
2009-10-31 5:17 ` Justin Bogner
2009-10-31 5:19 ` Miles Bader [this message]
2009-10-31 11:07 ` Richard Stallman
2009-10-31 11:19 ` Juanma Barranquero
2009-11-01 9:28 ` Richard Stallman
2009-11-01 15:21 ` Juanma Barranquero
2009-10-31 11:27 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-10-31 14:09 ` Robert J. Chassell
2009-10-31 14:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-10-31 22:13 ` Robert J. Chassell
2009-10-31 22:40 ` Robert J. Chassell
2009-11-01 3:49 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-10-31 18:55 ` Juanma Barranquero
2009-10-31 17:46 ` M Jared Finder
2009-10-31 18:30 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-10-31 19:02 ` Juanma Barranquero
2009-10-31 14:33 ` Chong Yidong
2009-10-31 15:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2009-10-31 18:07 ` Chong Yidong
2009-10-31 18:21 ` Eli Zaretskii
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