From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Van L Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: lispintro's original (Was: feature request) Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2018 20:33:12 +1000 Message-ID: References: <8636xhpc6g.fsf@zoho.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 9.3 \(3124\)) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1529663504 6185 195.159.176.226 (22 Jun 2018 10:31:44 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2018 10:31:44 +0000 (UTC) Cc: Help Gnu Emacs mailing list To: Emanuel Berg Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 22 12:31:40 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fWJLv-0001W4-Rw for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 22 Jun 2018 12:31:39 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:60664 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fWJO3-0007fd-5T for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 22 Jun 2018 06:33:51 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:44482) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fWJNd-0007dp-6X for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jun 2018 06:33:26 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fWJNY-0002UG-7a for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jun 2018 06:33:25 -0400 Original-Received: from relay6-d.mail.gandi.net ([217.70.183.198]:40069) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fWJNX-0002U1-Rm for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jun 2018 06:33:20 -0400 X-Originating-IP: 203.213.106.91 Original-Received: from epi.local (203-213-106-91.static.tpgi.com.au [203.213.106.91]) (Authenticated sender: van@scratch.space) by relay6-d.mail.gandi.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 31783C000E; Fri, 22 Jun 2018 10:33:20 +0000 (UTC) In-Reply-To: <8636xhpc6g.fsf@zoho.com> X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3124) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 217.70.183.198 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 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" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:117247 Archived-At: Thanks, Would you know how to get from the VCS the version of the lispintro entirely written by=20 @quotation Robert J. Chassell has worked with GNU Emacs since 1985. He writes and edits, teaches Emacs and Emacs Lisp, and speaks throughout the world on software freedom. Chassell was a founding Director and Treasurer of the Free Software Foundation, Inc. He is co-author of the @cite{Texinfo} manual, and has edited more than a dozen other books. He graduated from Cambridge University, in England. He has an abiding interest in social and economic history and flies his own airplane. @end quotation > Emanuel Berg wrote: >=20 > Van L wrote: >=20 >> When opening a file such as src/buffer.h the >> modeline shows ,Top L1, showing ,Top L=C2=B9=E2=81=84=E2=82=81=E2=82=84= =E2=82=81=E2=82=89, >> saves diving to the Bot for the 100% Lnumber. >=20 > You can configure the mode line like everything > else. It isn't as easy to do as everything else > tho but with time and patience you can get it > to show whatever you want for each and every > mode. Note that some modes have a variable [1] > to do that, and if so, that's a much easier way > to do it. >=20 > Here is one example how it can look: >=20 > http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573/emacs-init/mode-line.el >=20 > [1] E.g., (setq gnus-group-mode-line-format "%M%: %S") >=20 > --=20 > underground experts united > http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573