* Inserting string to start of mode-line via change in mode-line-format
@ 2022-11-27 21:41 Heime
2022-11-28 1:36 ` Christopher Dimech
2022-11-28 21:01 ` Emanuel Berg
0 siblings, 2 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Heime @ 2022-11-27 21:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
Wanting to insert a string (act) in the beginning of the mode-line, mode-line-format was
modified as follows. But I am not getting the string printed. What am I doing wrong here?
(setq-default mode-line-format
'("%e" mode-line-front-space
(:propertize
("" mode-line-mule-info
mode-line-client
mode-line-modified
mode-line-remote)
display (min-width (5.0)))
mode-line-misc-info ;; <-- HERE
mode-line-frame-identification
mode-line-buffer-identification
" "
mode-line-position
(vc-mode vc-mode)
" "
mode-line-modes
mode-line-end-spaces))
(push '("" act) global-mode-string)
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* Re: Inserting string to start of mode-line via change in mode-line-format
2022-11-27 21:41 Inserting string to start of mode-line via change in mode-line-format Heime
@ 2022-11-28 1:36 ` Christopher Dimech
2022-11-28 21:01 ` Emanuel Berg
1 sibling, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Christopher Dimech @ 2022-11-28 1:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Heime; +Cc: Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
> Sent: Monday, November 28, 2022 at 9:41 AM
> From: "Heime" <heimeborgia@protonmail.com>
> To: "Heime via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor" <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
> Subject: Inserting string to start of mode-line via change in mode-line-format
>
> Wanting to insert a string (act) in the beginning of the mode-line, mode-line-format was
> modified as follows. But I am not getting the string printed. What am I doing wrong here?
>
> (setq-default mode-line-format
> '("%e" mode-line-front-space
> (:propertize
> ("" mode-line-mule-info
> mode-line-client
> mode-line-modified
> mode-line-remote)
> display (min-width (5.0)))
> mode-line-misc-info ;; <-- HERE
> mode-line-frame-identification
> mode-line-buffer-identification
> " "
> mode-line-position
> (vc-mode vc-mode)
> " "
> mode-line-modes
> mode-line-end-spaces))
>
> (push '("" act) global-mode-string)
You got to use backquote and evaluate act using a comma.
(push `("" ,act) global-mode-string)
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* Re: Inserting string to start of mode-line via change in mode-line-format
2022-11-27 21:41 Inserting string to start of mode-line via change in mode-line-format Heime
2022-11-28 1:36 ` Christopher Dimech
@ 2022-11-28 21:01 ` Emanuel Berg
2022-11-28 22:21 ` Heime
1 sibling, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Emanuel Berg @ 2022-11-28 21:01 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: help-gnu-emacs
Heime wrote:
> Wanting to insert a string (act) in the beginning of the
> mode-line,
(setq-default mode-line-format '("initial string"))
?
--
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https://dataswamp.org/~incal
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* Re: Inserting string to start of mode-line via change in mode-line-format
2022-11-28 21:01 ` Emanuel Berg
@ 2022-11-28 22:21 ` Heime
0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: Heime @ 2022-11-28 22:21 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: Emanuel Berg; +Cc: help-gnu-emacs
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------- Original Message -------
On Monday, November 28th, 2022 at 9:01 PM, Emanuel Berg <incal@dataswamp.org> wrote:
> Heime wrote:
>
> > Wanting to insert a string (act) in the beginning of the
> > mode-line,
>
>
> (setq-default mode-line-format '("initial string"))
>
> ?
That would take care of any mode-line setup or changes for any package.
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