From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Juanma Barranquero Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Customizing the mode line Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 16:21:20 +0100 Message-ID: References: <83skd1dta0.fsf@gnu.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1257088924 10241 80.91.229.12 (1 Nov 2009 15:22:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 1 Nov 2009 15:22:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: eliz@gnu.org, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Nov 01 16:21:56 2009 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 1N4cFg-0003Y9-3C for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:21:56 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45201 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N4cFf-0006KQ-9E for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:21:55 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N4cFZ-0006I4-9N for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:21:49 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N4cFU-0006Bn-BF for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:21:48 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=32843 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N4cFU-0006Bb-2H for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:21:44 -0500 Original-Received: from mail-bw0-f215.google.com ([209.85.218.215]:60150) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N4cFS-0006Gr-2k; Sun, 01 Nov 2009 10:21:42 -0500 Original-Received: by bwz7 with SMTP id 7so5445057bwz.26 for ; Sun, 01 Nov 2009 07:21:40 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :from:date:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=242xVuCyxPWOCYlNeS2hS3ZP4VT12tDLqHG6IUESZRo=; b=uvZy3304bn0VVjmZy8z8uWzWXMgSEb7ykxuSb+mPCFMiakRXcjPZI5FRU5GtJyOn/i a+TA9dqS6bjbo5IQWRm40baxZ1XG4HHPInBxI+x4OOtLdfjURskkH7806SAzyghY/184 CvjLPZVr24bkBCAKAIzz+cdenUrjFP+Ey97/M= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=jZncPji8H92jgKJrMS79eVIrTwA14bnLVNfYzsqOgVI0IHnKwuN1yLnaLT8I+bTl/E FHLujd1SIQcjp2SkHYgoozI4bZBioaVSvkr1Oy6MumH51NgjZkjYi7iOI/MpDSIwtm9f NTnADorXGQKDxKhl+aD0RKBg1D5de9OFy3NjQ= Original-Received: by 10.204.24.130 with SMTP id v2mr3047423bkb.33.1257088900220; Sun, 01 Nov 2009 07:21:40 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) 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:116554 Archived-At: On Sun, Nov 1, 2009 at 10:28, Richard Stallman wrote: > The more important issue is that helping users customize the mode line > is not vitally important, as things go. =C2=A0If we made customizing the > mode line much easier, Emacs would not be significantly more useful as > a result. > > Let's do the things that really make Emacs more useful. By that simplistic priority scheme, we should not waste any time fixing typos either. > For instance, a lot of work has been done on MuMaMo. =C2=A0Perhaps we > should get that installed now. =C2=A0Or perhaps we should use one of the > other programs that do this job, or a combination. That's a false dichotomy. Installing MuMaMo does not preclude working on the modeline issue, or vice versa. Juanma