* properties in recursive mode-lines - what am I doing wrong?
@ 2008-12-06 16:32 Joost Diepenmaat
2008-12-06 17:56 ` Andy Stewart
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From: Joost Diepenmaat @ 2008-12-06 16:32 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
I just can't get properties to work on "indirect" modelines. I want to
add a modeline string to global-mode-string, using a symbol (like
display-time-mode does), but it seems I'm doing it wrong.
Example code:
;; a simple modeline string with properties
(setq my-test (propertize "a bold modeline string" 'help-echo
"a helptext" 'face 'bold))
;; this shows the help text property and bold text
(setq global-mode-string
my-test)
;; but neither of the following constructs seem to do the same
(setq global-mode-string
'my-test)
(setq global-mode-string
'("" my-test))
I'm running today's emacs CVS (tested both with today's version and one
from early august)
Any help would be appreciated,
Joost.
--
Joost Diepenmaat | blog: http://joost.zeekat.nl/ | work: http://zeekat.nl/
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2008-12-06 16:32 properties in recursive mode-lines - what am I doing wrong? Joost Diepenmaat
@ 2008-12-06 17:56 ` Andy Stewart
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From: Andy Stewart @ 2008-12-06 17:56 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Hi Joost,
Joost Diepenmaat <joost@zeekat.nl> writes:
> I just can't get properties to work on "indirect" modelines. I want to
> add a modeline string to global-mode-string, using a symbol (like
> display-time-mode does), but it seems I'm doing it wrong.
>
> Example code:
>
> ;; a simple modeline string with properties
>
> (setq my-test (propertize "a bold modeline string" 'help-echo
> "a helptext" 'face 'bold))
>
> ;; this shows the help text property and bold text
>
> (setq global-mode-string
> my-test)
>
> ;; but neither of the following constructs seem to do the same
>
> (setq global-mode-string
> 'my-test)
>
> (setq global-mode-string
> '("" my-test))
>
>
> I'm running today's emacs CVS (tested both with today's version and one
> from early august)
>
> Any help would be appreciated,
> Joost.
Look this:
Below is define:
,----
| (defvar my-test nil "for test string")
|
| (unless (member 'my-test global-mode-string)
| (setq global-mode-string (append global-mode-string
| (list 'my-test))))
`----
Below is code for update `my-test' in `global-mode-string':
,----
| ...
|
| (force-mode-line-update t)
| (put 'my-test 'risky-local-variable t)
| (setq my-test (propertize "a bold modeline string" 'help-echo
| "a helptext" 'face 'bold))
|
| ...
`----
Enjoy!
-- Andy
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