From: patrol <patrol_boat@hotmail.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: mode line removal option?
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 06:50:17 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ca77247c-6b43-4710-b6a9-a0f556f300fa@z9g2000vbm.googlegroups.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: jwvljctwd9k.fsf-monnier+gnu.emacs.help@gnu.org
On Apr 11, 11:39 pm, Stefan Monnier <monn...@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
> >> > I've found options for removing the scroll bar, fringes, tool bar, and
> >> > menu bar. Is there an option to remove the mode line? (not that I see
> >> > any good reason for it -- I want to know, just for the sake of knowing
> >> > my options -- if there's a built-in option for that that I haven't
> >> > been able to find).
> >> > Thanks
> >> (setq mode-line-format nil)
> > Yup, that answers my question all right! Thanks. My only follow up
> > question would be why it is that removing the mode line is a matter of
> > setting a variable, whereas removing other window elements (fringes,
> > scroll bar, etc.) is a matter of running a command.
>
> We don't expect any user to really remove the modeline everywhere, so
> there's no command to do it.
>
> Stefan
Makes sense -- thanks.
prev parent reply other threads:[~2010-04-12 13:50 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-04-11 21:28 mode line removal option? patrol
2010-04-11 21:36 ` Pascal J. Bourguignon
2010-04-11 22:33 ` Andreas Politz
2010-04-12 0:00 ` patrol
2010-04-12 3:39 ` Stefan Monnier
2010-04-12 13:50 ` patrol [this message]
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