From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: john Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: How to revert the mode line on master Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2021 17:09:09 +0000 (GMT) Message-ID: References: <2091430762.473879.1637843344844@mail1.libero.it> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="29275"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" User-Agent: Alpine 2.21 (DEB 202 2017-01-01) To: "emacs-devel@gnu.org" Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Thu Nov 25 18:10:52 2021 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1mqIGp-0007TN-GN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 25 Nov 2021 18:10:51 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:54496 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mqIGo-0007No-Hr for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Thu, 25 Nov 2021 12:10:50 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:45586) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mqIFz-000630-Ar for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Nov 2021 12:09:59 -0500 Original-Received: from codemist.co.uk ([217.155.197.248]:37146) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1mqIFx-0000bk-VG for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Nov 2021 12:09:59 -0500 Original-Received: from [172.16.4.42] (helo=snout.codemist.co.uk) by codemist.co.uk with esmtp (Exim 4.95) (envelope-from ) id 1mqIFL-0006oo-P3 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 25 Nov 2021 17:09:19 +0000 In-Reply-To: <2091430762.473879.1637843344844@mail1.libero.it> X-ACL-Warn: No reverse lookup Received-SPF: pass client-ip=217.155.197.248; envelope-from=jpff@codemist.co.uk; helo=codemist.co.uk X-Spam_score_int: -18 X-Spam_score: -1.9 X-Spam_bar: - X-Spam_report: (-1.9 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, SPF_HELO_PASS=-0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:280155 Archived-At: On Thu, 25 Nov 2021, Angelo Graziosi wrote: > I do not like the new behavior of mode line on master. How to revert? > > Thanks > > I too dislike the new mode line; in patucular the * to show the buffer as been modified was nreadable I saw the suggesion that there are instructions to revert in NEWS but.... >** The mode line now uses a proportional font by default. >To get the old monospaced mode line back, customize the 'mode-line' >face not to inherit from the 'variable-pitch' face, or add this to >your ~/.emacs: > > (set-face-attribute 'mode-line t :inherit nil) I tried adding that to my .emacs but nothing changed. I trid customising the mode-line face but failed to see where to do this, not detecting anything mentioning variable-pitch. I rarely customise emacs so do not have much practice so I am lost. But I really want the old mode-line back. Could someone give blow by blow instructions please? ==John ff