From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Mode line changes Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:20:28 +0900 Message-ID: <87zltcln3n.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <18383.1723.48367.507940@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <200803052140.m25Leveo005511@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> <18383.10929.552453.7400@kahikatea.snap.net.nz> <200803052344.m25NiZBu005661@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1204762856 3648 80.91.229.12 (6 Mar 2008 00:20:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2008 00:20:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Nick Roberts , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Dan Nicolaescu Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Mar 06 01:21:23 2008 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 1JX3rI-0002T3-M2 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 06 Mar 2008 01:21:16 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JX3ql-0004V2-9Z for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:20:43 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JX3qh-0004Uc-BR for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:20:39 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JX3qf-0004UF-IL for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:20:38 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JX3qf-0004UC-FF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:20:37 -0500 Original-Received: from smtp11.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.73]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JX3qb-0006Nd-2I; Wed, 05 Mar 2008 19:20:33 -0500 Original-Received: from 203-216-102-071.dsl.gol.ne.jp ([203.216.102.71] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp11.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1JX3qX-0001ES-O8; Thu, 06 Mar 2008 09:20:29 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 554A22FF7; Thu, 6 Mar 2008 09:20:28 +0900 (JST) System-Type: i686-pc-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: <200803052344.m25NiZBu005661@sallyv1.ics.uci.edu> (Dan Nicolaescu's message of "Wed, 05 Mar 2008 15:44:35 -0800") Original-Lines: 15 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV GOL (outbound) X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) 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:91448 Archived-At: Dan Nicolaescu writes: > Don't see why. Better do something useful than nothing. And it helps if > you manage to turn off both column-number-mode and line-number-mode, That's not always true -- at some point, the mode-line become busy and prone to problems with accidental clicks: if you try to click on a modeline widget, and miss by a character, it may be better that nothing happens than something unwanted does; the more crowded with active regions the modeline gets, the greater the chance for such mishaps. -Miles -- Bacchus, n. A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk.