From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Suggestions for mode-line-format changes Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 07:42:37 +0300 (IDT) Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <87ptw6y1li.fsf@wesley.springies.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1030337149 15369 127.0.0.1 (26 Aug 2002 04:45:49 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 04:45:49 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Bill White , 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 17jBl5-0003zm-00 for ; Mon, 26 Aug 2002 06:45:47 +0200 Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17jCFk-0000CB-00 for ; Mon, 26 Aug 2002 07:17:28 +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 17jBmL-0004kX-00; Mon, 26 Aug 2002 00:47:05 -0400 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17jBkn-0004aP-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Aug 2002 00:45:29 -0400 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10) id 17jBkg-0004aC-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Aug 2002 00:45:28 -0400 Original-Received: from is.elta.co.il ([199.203.121.2]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10) id 17jBkf-0004a6-00 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 26 Aug 2002 00:45:21 -0400 Original-Received: from is (is [199.203.121.2]) by is.elta.co.il (8.9.3/8.8.8) with SMTP id HAA23858; Mon, 26 Aug 2002 07:42:37 +0300 (IDT) X-Sender: eliz@is Original-To: Alan Shutko In-Reply-To: <87ptw6y1li.fsf@wesley.springies.com> 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:6897 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:6897 On Sun, 25 Aug 2002, Alan Shutko wrote: > storm@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) writes: > > > I guess most users will agree that knowing the time is > > important around lunch time and near the end of the day :-) > > It's also mail, battery status, and upcoming appointments for me. > Some packages I don't personally use which seem to use > global-mode-string include timeclock and viper. How about making the mode line taller when the info it should display exceeds some threshold? (Yes, on a tty that would mean the mode line will use two screen lines.)