Re: How can I put display-time to the right of the mode line?

[Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se>]

Emanuel Berg <embe8573@student.uu.se> writes:

>>> I don't have `mode-line-end-spaces' - is that
>>> something you got from a module? With Google,
>>> smart-mode-line.el is the second hit for
>>> "mode-line-end-spaces".
>>
>> It was introduced in Emacs 24.3, I think.
>
> Aha, that makes sense. I have GNU Emacs
> 23.4.1. Perhaps I should upgrade. But I'm very
> hesitant to upgrade stuff. My system always works
> like a Swiss watch. Only when I "upgrade", all hell
> breaks lose. But I should at least read the NEWS file
> to find out what I'm missing.

I upgraded to GNU Emacs 24.3.1, and learned a few
things. First, all hell did *not* break loose: so far,
the only thing that happened was that the face
"modeline" had disappeared (easy enough to replace by
mode-line), *and* I had to re-install w3m-el-snapshot
(very easy with aptitude). Also... on Debian, Emacs
seems to be /usr/bin/emacs (with "where" in zsh, or
"type" in bash), and that is a link to
/etc/alternatives/emacs, which in turn is a link to
/usr/bin/emacs24-x (after the upgrade). So there is
still a /usr/bin/emacs23-x if it blows up in your
face. I thought I'd mention this so as not to spread
disinformation and discourage people to upgrade.

-- 
Emanuel Berg, programmer-for-rent. CV, projects, etc at uXu
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