From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Customizing the mode line Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:41:20 +0200 Message-ID: <83d444ehsf.fsf@gnu.org> References: <83skd1dta0.fsf@gnu.org> <87k4ycn5cp.fsf@stupidchicken.com> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1256935301 21607 80.91.229.12 (30 Oct 2009 20:41:41 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:41:41 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Chong Yidong Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 30 21:41:34 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1N3yHt-0004Wu-Uy for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:41:34 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41458 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N3yHt-000864-HN for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:41:33 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N3yHo-00081e-1V for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:41:28 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1N3yHj-0007td-CA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:41:27 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=51591 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1N3yHj-0007tN-95 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:41:23 -0400 Original-Received: from mtaout23.012.net.il ([80.179.55.175]:52027) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1N3yHi-0003kv-R5 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:41:23 -0400 Original-Received: from conversion-daemon.a-mtaout23.012.net.il by a-mtaout23.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) id <0KSC00F00H3BAG00@a-mtaout23.012.net.il> for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:41:20 +0200 (IST) Original-Received: from HOME-C4E4A596F7 ([87.70.37.193]) by a-mtaout23.012.net.il (HyperSendmail v2007.08) with ESMTPA id <0KSC00D4MHGV6C60@a-mtaout23.012.net.il>; Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:41:20 +0200 (IST) In-reply-to: <87k4ycn5cp.fsf@stupidchicken.com> X-012-Sender: halo1@inter.net.il X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Solaris 10 (beta) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:116478 Archived-At: > From: Chong Yidong > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:45:10 -0400 > > The major and minor mode indicators are important. For instance, there > must be a visible indicator of whether overwrite mode is on, because if > you toggle it frequently, you may forget whether it's currently on. I agree that the overwrite mode should be visible. But that doesn't mean we need to see "Mail Fly Abbrev Fill" or their ilk in all other modes. Do you have instances other than the overwrite mode, which are similarly important? Or is that the only one?