From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Alexis Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: customizing minibuffer and the message bar, ie mode-line Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 10:39:29 +1000 Message-ID: <87k2x7d45a.fsf@gmail.com> References: <682e54d4-38b9-49ad-8e3b-0e7ab4451bdb@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1429490401 9026 80.91.229.3 (20 Apr 2015 00:40:01 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 20 Apr 2015 00:40:01 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Apr 20 02:39:55 2015 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Yjzkg-0003s4-W5 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 20 Apr 2015 02:39:55 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:51361 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Yjzkg-0001cX-9u for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 19 Apr 2015 20:39:54 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35231) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YjzkU-0001cN-V3 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Apr 2015 20:39:44 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YjzkP-0002la-Dy for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Apr 2015 20:39:42 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-pa0-x235.google.com ([2607:f8b0:400e:c03::235]:35106) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1YjzkP-0002kU-2Z for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 19 Apr 2015 20:39:37 -0400 Original-Received: by pabtp1 with SMTP id tp1so189572879pab.2 for ; Sun, 19 Apr 2015 17:39:36 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=references:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:date:message-id:mime-version :content-type; bh=gs1s2yVf6ToyIOg42OfD8C7v0S+onW9KR03STL7sSRI=; b=qA9kRGVKLtGMfA99iGN+SfGRgRop5kl9JCY+FUWHkbDGr9GxkAWHqBPR3cT1QiUphI 0tDUBgykRMFvela4wYJ/cnqddyo0QwS4CjB7+/ZJxDrxvoGyTj6FAaR9zMAUf23OaAMu iVk3yHGLVCRhz03FJGM/qFlpsG+oOiukBXSrp4h4kL3QDQGXToLGdlH1tDB7t/4VdZet kUKfC4T32VMhi2BSmDHAqjMzDygOHnImgVa4OLUiG+ShKsSZN25zCUsZPd/NXCPzF+yb 2i2f25LNObUO+ztLZ+3f/LpghUS4h0AmDqw1KTH8im3x81L0hhvjEFg+OuM7drT4fvN1 MTnw== X-Received: by 10.66.192.74 with SMTP id he10mr23338060pac.145.1429490376019; Sun, 19 Apr 2015 17:39:36 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from localhost (ppp118-209-46-94.lns20.mel4.internode.on.net. [118.209.46.94]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id dd1sm16216685pbb.57.2015.04.19.17.39.33 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Sun, 19 Apr 2015 17:39:35 -0700 (PDT) In-reply-to: <682e54d4-38b9-49ad-8e3b-0e7ab4451bdb@googlegroups.com> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:400e:c03::235 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 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-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:103874 Archived-At: 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.