From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Robert J. Chassell" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Moving mode-line-position before global-mode-string in mode-line-format. Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 18:58:04 +0000 (UTC) Sender: emacs-devel-admin@gnu.org Message-ID: References: <87r8hr6aoe.fsf@lgh163a.kemisten.nu> Reply-To: bob@rattlesnake.com NNTP-Posting-Host: localhost.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1027623539 15588 127.0.0.1 (25 Jul 2002 18:58:59 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 25 Jul 2002 18:58:59 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org Return-path: Original-Received: from quimby.gnus.org ([80.91.224.244]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.33 #1 (Debian)) id 17XnpC-00043I-00 for ; Thu, 25 Jul 2002 20:58:58 +0200 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([199.232.76.164]) by quimby.gnus.org with esmtp (Exim 3.12 #1 (Debian)) id 17Xo4c-0004Pg-00 for ; Thu, 25 Jul 2002 21:14:54 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=fencepost.gnu.org) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17XnpS-0005W8-00; Thu, 25 Jul 2002 14:59:14 -0400 Original-Received: from megalith.rattlesnake.com ([140.186.114.245] helo=localhost) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 17XnoQ-0005Me-00 for ; Thu, 25 Jul 2002 14:58:10 -0400 Original-Received: by rattlesnake.com via sendmail from stdin id (Debian Smail3.2.0.114) Thu, 25 Jul 2002 18:58:04 +0000 (UTC) Original-To: ams@kemisten.nu In-Reply-To: <87r8hr6aoe.fsf@lgh163a.kemisten.nu> (ams@kemisten.nu) 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:6046 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.devel:6046 What do people think about moving mode-line-position before global-mode-string in mode-line-format? Yes, I have done this for some years and like it. It is a big improvement. My current mode line looks like this: --:** *mail* /home/bob Line 15 (Mail MC-w Abbrev Fill) All (Although it does not particularly matter in a *mail* buffer, I always include the default-directory in my mode line; otherwise, I get lost among buffers that are visiting files. Right now I have 68 buffers, of which of which 52 are visiting files. I spell out the word `Line' because of a personal dislike for the plain `L', even though the plain `L' does save screen space.) -- Robert J. Chassell bob@rattlesnake.com Rattlesnake Enterprises http://www.rattlesnake.com