From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Use of :@ on mode line Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2016 19:39:20 +0200 Message-ID: <8360n3pn07.fsf@gnu.org> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1480614001 31849 195.159.176.226 (1 Dec 2016 17:40:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2016 17:40:01 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Dec 01 18:39:58 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1cCVKv-0007TW-ER for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 01 Dec 2016 18:39:57 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:57745 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cCVKz-0008OB-4Y for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 01 Dec 2016 12:40:01 -0500 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45449) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cCVKH-0008Mr-Hz for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Dec 2016 12:39:18 -0500 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cCVKD-0001o9-Ix for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Dec 2016 12:39:17 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:52754) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1cCVKD-0001nz-F6 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Dec 2016 12:39:13 -0500 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:4268 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1cCVKC-0007YS-Di for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 01 Dec 2016 12:39:13 -0500 In-reply-to: (message from Kevin Buchs on Thu, 1 Dec 2016 08:16:40 -0600) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "help-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:111846 Archived-At: > From: Kevin Buchs > Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2016 08:16:40 -0600 > > I'm running GNU Emacs 25.1.1 (x86_64-apple-darwin15.6.0, NS appkit-1404.47 > Version 10.11.6 (Build 15G1004)) graphically and since I started running > it, I'm seeing an extra character on the mode line. Where there was just a > colon between CS and CH, there is now :@. What does that mean? It isn't > documented in the Info manual: (info "(emacs) Mode Line") nor do I see it > in the What's changed section of the Info manual. > > Example mode lines: > - Reading an Info page in info-mode: U:@%%- > - Buffer created and changed: U:@**- > - File opened and unchanged: U:@--- Crystal ball says you are running via emacsclient, perhaps your Emacs is a daemon? This character indicates that the frame was created by emacsclient. You are right, it wasn't documented in the manual that shipped with Emacs 25.1, but it is documented now in what will shortly become Emacs 25.2.