Re: customizing minibuffer and the message bar, ie mode-line

[Alexis <flexibeast@gmail.com>]

gnuist006@gmail.com writes:

> (4) How to make the message-bar more professional?

Like Emanuel, i'm not sure what you mean by "more professional", 
though it seems to me "more professional" is very 
subjective. However, i do find the default mode-line to be too 
cluttered - particularly with information not useful to me - and 
so i've set the value of `mode-line-format' roughly like so (i use 
vertical bars to visually separate mode-line 'fields'):

[read-only marker, if appropriate]
[buffer-modified marker, if appropriate]
buffer-name
|
buffer coding system
([EOL type if not Unix])
|
major mode
([mode-specific info, e.g. away status when using ERC])
|
line,column / [position of point as percentage of buffer]
|
[word count, when appropriate]
|
moon phase
|
hebrew date
|

Works For Me. :-)


Alexis.