>>> "JK" == Joost Kremers <joostkremers@fastmail.fm> writes:

> On Tue, Apr 27 2021, Uwe Brauer wrote:
>>> (setq mode-line-format
>>> '("%e" mode-line-front-space mode-line-mule-info mode-line-client mode-line-modified mode-line-remote
>>> mode-line-frame-identification
>>> mode-line-buffer-identification "   "
>>> mode-line-position
>>> (vc-mode vc-mode) mode-line-misc-info "  "
>>> mode-line-modes mode-line-end-spaces))
>> 
>> Thanks, I am not entirely sure I understand your setting but I just
>> copied in my init file and restarted emacs.
>> 
>> However when I open say a LaTeX file, the battery display is sill at the
>> end of the modeline, and therefore not visible.

> `mode-line-format` automatically becomes buffer-local when set, so using `setq`
> won't set the global value. Try `setq-default`.


Ok, thanks, I should have checked before asking, sorry

> The battery info is contained in `mode-line-misc-info`, you can move it around
> if the above setting doesn't work for you. Note, though, that
> `mode-line-misc-info` may contain more information than just the battery status,
> which will get moved around as well. Moving just the battery display would be a
> bit more involved.

Well I think the configuration proposed, rather satisfies my needs.
Thanks to both of you