From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alan Shutko Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Suggestions for mode-line-format changes Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 12:38:53 -0400 Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: <87vg611qea.fsf@wesley.springies.com> References: <5xk7mlfsvf.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> <200208210429.NAA19918@etlken.m17n.org> <5xfzx87e0d.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1030121010 18537 127.0.0.1 (23 Aug 2002 16:43:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 16:43:30 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Miles Bader , Kenichi Handa , 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 17iHWz-0004os-00 for ; Fri, 23 Aug 2002 18:43:29 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17iI0R-0007sa-00 for ; Fri, 23 Aug 2002 19:13:55 +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 17iHYD-0000QS-00; Fri, 23 Aug 2002 12:44:45 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17iHVd-0000Bj-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Aug 2002 12:42:05 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17iHVa-00008Y-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 23 Aug 2002 12:42:04 -0400 Original-Received: from mta10.srv.hcvlny.cv.net ([167.206.5.45]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17iHVa-00007W-00; Fri, 23 Aug 2002 12:42:02 -0400 Original-Received: from wesley.springies.com (ool-182f7213.dyn.optonline.net [24.47.114.19]) by mta10.srv.hcvlny.cv.net (iPlanet Messaging Server 5.2 HotFix 0.9 (built Jul 29 2002)) with ESMTP id <0H1B000EE2A6H7@mta10.srv.hcvlny.cv.net>; Fri, 23 Aug 2002 12:39:42 -0400 (EDT) Original-Received: from ats by wesley.springies.com with local (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17iHTJ-0004vO-00; Fri, 23 Aug 2002 12:39:41 -0400 In-Reply-To: <5xfzx87e0d.fsf@kfs2.cua.dk> Original-To: storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) User-Agent: Gnus/5.090007 (Oort Gnus v0.07) Emacs/21.3.50 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Original-Lines: 17 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:6802 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:6802 storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) writes: > I guess it could always be done using a "tool-tip" like approach, ie. > by displaying the information in a separate "global-mode-frame". So, where does it go when the user is on a text terminal? Does it just disappear? I don't really like this approach for the default. As options, yes. (And add in the option to put it in the terminal status line or the titlebar.) But I'm not convinced that requiring the user to decide where a little floating frame will do the least damage (ie, cover up things that are less likely to be important) is a good thing. -- Alan Shutko - In a variety of flavors! Beware of people that put numbers after their names.