Re: customizing minibuffer and the message bar, ie mode-line

[Alexis <flexibeast@gmail.com>]

gnuist006@gmail.com writes:

> why dont you also reply (1) and (2) ?

People respond to the questions they feel they can address, and 
don't necessarily respond to the questions to which they feel they 
can't provide a reasonable answer.

Having said that, one thought regarding question 2:
 
>> (2) How to make time up to the second in the message bar?

i assume you want the clock visually displaying each second as it 
elapses. If so, this might not be straightforward, as the 
mode-line is not updated on a regular schedule, but "when 
appropriate" (e.g. point has been moved). So say the clock 
displayed:

  12:24:48

and nothing caused the mode-line to update for 10 seconds 
(e.g. there was no buffer input), then the next mode-line update 
would cause the clock to 'jump' to:

  12:24:58

without having displayed the intervening seconds.

i guess you might be able to set up a timer to run every second to 
deal with this; but more knowledgeable people than i on this list 
would be better placed to discuss the feasability of that.


Alexis.