From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tassilo Horn Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to handle overfilled mode line? Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2006 14:13:29 +0200 Organization: University Koblenz-Landau Campus Koblenz Message-ID: <87sli1abh2.fsf@baldur.nicundtas.de> References: <87lknvzorb.fsf@baldur.nicundtas.de> <1160064940.678842.6540@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> <87sli2isze.fsf@baldur.nicundtas.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1160138544 6978 80.91.229.2 (6 Oct 2006 12:42:24 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 12:42:24 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 06 14:42:23 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GVp1b-0000D9-AM for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 Oct 2006 14:41:59 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GVp1a-0001MI-BU for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 Oct 2006 08:41:58 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!news-spur1.maxwell.syr.edu!news.maxwell.syr.edu!newsfeed.icl.net!newsfeed.fjserv.net!newsfeed.arcor.de!news.belwue.de!news.uni-kl.de!cache.uni-koblenz.de!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 26 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: dslb-084-063-030-112.pools.arcor-ip.net Original-X-Trace: cache.uni-koblenz.de 1160136809 2226 84.63.30.112 (6 Oct 2006 12:13:29 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: news@cache.uni-koblenz.de Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 12:13:29 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:sq7MlLDLxNSnLKB8ZQc1WoRnrJo= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:142218 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:37837 Archived-At: Reiner Steib writes: Hi Reiner, >>>> How can I handle this? Is there a solution like a multi-line mode >>>> line, or a mode line which scrolls like many mp3 players do? > > Scrolling would be terribly, YMMV. Well, ok. Scrolling is not the best idea. It should be able to use multiple lines and wrap arround automatically, if the user wants. >> I do so, but if the buffer name is "*followup to robert thorpe on >> gnu.emacs.help*" there's not much room left anyway. > > Write a version of `message-buffer-name' that uses a customizable > format string. I like long self-explanatory buffer names. And even if I cut down buffer names to 10 chars it would still be inconvenient. The contents shouldn't adapt to the mode line, it should be the other way round. Bye, Tassilo -- A child of five could understand this! Fetch me a child of five!