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I totally agree - such lighters are quite confusing. I think the practice=
 of using punctuation characters only for minor-mode lighters should be d=
iscouraged.
=E2=80=94=C2=A0
Cheers,
Bozhidar

On August 14, 2014 at 23:21:51, Matthias Meulien (orontee=40gmail.com) wr=
ote:

When subword (resp. superword) minor mode is enabled, a comma =20
(resp. a superscript two) is displayed in the mode line. I found =20
those two characters difficult to see and meaning less. =20

I understand that there's not much space in the mode line but =20
other minor modes are much verbose (eg. MML, Abbrev, =46ill, Narrow, =20
Outl, etc). Why subword and superword modes have this special =20
treatment=3F =20

I suggest to use Subw and Supw for the user to have a chance to =20
link the mode line string to the full minor mode. =20


=E2=80=93 =20
Matthias =20

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gba(0,0,0,1.0); margin: 0px; line-height: auto;=22>I totally agree - such=
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Cheers,<br>Bozhidar<br></div></div> <br><p style=3D=22color:=23000;=22>On=
 August 14, 2014 at 23:21:51, Matthias Meulien (<a href=3D=22mailto:oront=
ee=40gmail.com=22>orontee=40gmail.com</a>) wrote:</p> <blockquote type=3D=
=22cite=22 class=3D=22clean=5Fbq=22><span><div><div></div><div>When subwo=
rd (resp. superword) minor mode is enabled, a comma =20
<br>(resp. a superscript two) is displayed in the mode line. I found =20
<br>those two characters difficult to see and meaning less.
<br>
<br>I understand that there's not much space in the mode line but =20
<br>other minor modes are much verbose (eg. MML, Abbrev, =46ill, Narrow, =
=20
<br>Outl, etc). Why subword and superword modes have this special =20
<br>treatment=3F
<br>
<br>I suggest to use Subw and Supw for the user to have a chance to =20
<br>link the mode line string to the full minor mode.
<br>
<br><hr>
<br>=E2=80=93 =20
<br>Matthias
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