From: no-spam@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm)
Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: How to handle overfilled mode line?
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2006 15:39:25 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <m3r6xla7hu.fsf@kfs-l.imdomain.dk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87sli1abh2.fsf@baldur.nicundtas.de> (Tassilo Horn's message of "Fri\, 06 Oct 2006 14\:13\:29 +0200")
Tassilo Horn <heimdall@uni-koblenz.de> writes:
>>>>> 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 don't think the mode line will ever span more than one line!!
On a graphical display, you can customize the "mode-line" face to use
a proportional font (e.g. helvetica) -- that typically gives you twice
the number of chars on the mode line.
--
Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-10-06 13:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-10-04 22:42 How to handle overfilled mode line? Tassilo Horn
2006-10-05 15:18 ` rgb
2006-10-05 16:15 ` robert.thorpe
2006-10-05 17:15 ` Tassilo Horn
2006-10-05 18:42 ` Chris F.A. Johnson
2006-10-05 19:08 ` Tassilo Horn
2006-10-05 19:50 ` Pascal Bourguignon
2006-10-05 22:16 ` Reiner Steib
2006-10-06 12:13 ` Tassilo Horn
2006-10-06 13:39 ` Kim F. Storm [this message]
[not found] ` <mailman.7811.1160142023.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-10-06 14:17 ` Tassilo Horn
2006-10-06 15:57 ` Kevin Rodgers
[not found] ` <mailman.7822.1160150374.9609.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2006-10-06 18:49 ` Tassilo Horn
2006-10-05 16:58 ` Michaël Cadilhac
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