From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Alex Branham Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#31851: 26.1; Support a frame-wide bar similar to the mode line Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2018 19:55:49 -0500 Message-ID: <87po0q9qp6.fsf@gmail.com> References: <8736xn4w5r.fsf@gmail.com> <5B24B124.1080609@gmx.at> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1529196731 18025 195.159.176.226 (17 Jun 2018 00:52:11 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2018 00:52:11 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: mu4e 1.0; emacs 26.1 Cc: 31851@debbugs.gnu.org To: martin rudalics Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Jun 17 02:52:06 2018 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fULvI-0004X5-UN for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 17 Jun 2018 02:52:05 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:53325 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fULxQ-0004cJ-1P for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 16 Jun 2018 20:54:16 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:55851) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fULxH-0004cE-8w for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Jun 2018 20:54:08 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fULxC-00027G-DY for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Jun 2018 20:54:07 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.43]:44448) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fULxC-000279-9k for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Jun 2018 20:54:02 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fULxB-0000HP-P5 for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 16 Jun 2018 20:54:01 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Alex Branham Original-Sender: "Debbugs-submit" Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2018 00:54:01 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 31851 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 31851-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B31851.15291968121037 (code B ref 31851); Sun, 17 Jun 2018 00:54:01 +0000 Original-Received: (at 31851) by debbugs.gnu.org; 17 Jun 2018 00:53:32 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:52345 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fULwi-0000Gf-De for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 16 Jun 2018 20:53:32 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-oi0-f46.google.com ([209.85.218.46]:34852) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1fULwg-0000GT-Pq for 31851@debbugs.gnu.org; Sat, 16 Jun 2018 20:53:31 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-oi0-f46.google.com with SMTP id e8-v6so11969553oii.2 for <31851@debbugs.gnu.org>; Sat, 16 Jun 2018 17:53:30 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=references:user-agent:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:date :message-id:mime-version; bh=HFacOqESlUoHYhr+7x+e2HSGRWQfQzaNn/AIgwK7t1o=; b=pL1KgVTKy8DCtm8tZ2CjKYRaJuLyZ6Y5GFTHsKVRMY6IIAxalbhPZ+haUhi+rsvgV6 5LD0kUOEdMsWeUmoGaxn40spmQ2pYBkoySn50Ff1/8CRat/iUWxi1xydcb/a68DuzExA V8z9DBc52/PKSOxtwq3MAClSpe8WIswIHGZocii3071W7S51acjRVvJuGJTymxb4MS6Z JN2rPQR4y7DyMItvmi22GQ/ukV0KHYKH7cZrXxWGleM7+9B4UhFwhppN0Yk/vHDPo+VM MjAmEzXWWNpvfpaE0JheM4S7TRhRAA6IsUq0ygKaN1Iz4829i09yVOY1kZbYOeDMnxlL LJSA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:references:user-agent:from:to:cc:subject :in-reply-to:date:message-id:mime-version; bh=HFacOqESlUoHYhr+7x+e2HSGRWQfQzaNn/AIgwK7t1o=; b=NCT288aeDO5vqXCn4JootZxmeFu+Ad3akBa8N/Evq57Ztvwit3IAQ1JbtNP2HxOrB/ 9Ima/QIbJUR6TBHenDID1kw5Ztf71X9mOPTN+UGJzKVSqBX6ZCf9LbMlVjBCsCmWoDn0 odMZ9JJEpFhTidmh9psUA4GQLsbYw3DI8hjJN1Q+ZAqbevRfq1uR8x2d1TJAk1RJWfjo w1x+nMlOaipLmii5DxY3GxHz/oOQBoz+G5LxuAXacWdzrecrD0DFdZlgLMmjssosd0K2 ZPbLQO46HuMYjL4Fpk29kX1TCRMmtdvkFdJl5/e10NhEFxSqk21dgKuuUS8QBPs8c+fn z75A== X-Gm-Message-State: APt69E1k+qQVWgBSGUrksoLAUIdE/OziXIUhEPkIuptQnBzzvcItb6Nj CN+H31lEt5Dcfs1gXr7hs2NU/5CB X-Google-Smtp-Source: ADUXVKJNBLu6PFYJaXIkOxkAWL2rJIZtv5XKUQiX22wdeXOiDcclrH8z4ubYIPGymQALmoo23BlGIA== X-Received: by 2002:aca:1701:: with SMTP id j1-v6mr4316893oii.113.1529196804922; Sat, 16 Jun 2018 17:53:24 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from mars (cpe-70-114-192-208.austin.res.rr.com. [70.114.192.208]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id r23-v6sm5288824oie.5.2018.06.16.17.53.23 (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-CHACHA20-POLY1305 bits=256/256); Sat, 16 Jun 2018 17:53:24 -0700 (PDT) In-reply-to: <5B24B124.1080609@gmx.at> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 208.118.235.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "bug-gnu-emacs" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:147552 Archived-At: On Sat 16 Jun 2018 at 01:41, martin rudalics wrote: >> It would be nice to have something similar to the mode line but that >> doesn't get duplicated for every window. This would be nice to show (for >> example) non-window-specific information like the time, number of new >> emails/notifications, etc. >> >> It would also be nice if the location was configurable (I'd personally >> like it to be displayed across the top of the frame rather than the >> bottom). > > You can use a side window, see section 28.19 "Side Windows" of the Elisp > manual, for that. Thanks for the suggestion. This looks similar to what I want, but it doesn't look like there's a way to make it apply to all frames (like the mode-line does), right? Thanks, Alex