From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.io!.POSTED.blaine.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Philip Kaludercic Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Keep global-mode-string on its own "modeline"? Date: Sat, 29 Oct 2022 15:43:18 +0000 Message-ID: <87r0yqpre1.fsf@posteo.net> References: <87czabzmuk.fsf@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Injection-Info: ciao.gmane.io; posting-host="blaine.gmane.org:116.202.254.214"; logging-data="22530"; mail-complaints-to="usenet@ciao.gmane.io" Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Thuna Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Sat Oct 29 17:43:59 2022 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([209.51.188.17]) by ciao.gmane.io with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1ooo07-0005fB-40 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane-mx.org; Sat, 29 Oct 2022 17:43:59 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oonzb-0000ey-L6; Sat, 29 Oct 2022 11:43:27 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oonza-0000b8-2k for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Oct 2022 11:43:26 -0400 Original-Received: from mout01.posteo.de ([185.67.36.65]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1oonzX-0002Yl-Li for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 29 Oct 2022 11:43:25 -0400 Original-Received: from submission (posteo.de [185.67.36.169]) by mout01.posteo.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3C778240026 for ; Sat, 29 Oct 2022 17:43:20 +0200 (CEST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=posteo.net; s=2017; t=1667058200; bh=jzjIOFVHRQshXioWfYm0Ev4cy7WpJVMtUnTvqARecKo=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Autocrypt:Date:From; b=Y2x1i3YK7JPJ8fkLn9U0f23vBgWV4eOwAwU325SmvscmacrmHhvKcr+r5ITtZDoGz TgAXeQuz/iOh1hvkfB2yL5J5XJWN/KvyVoomBOAaJi6yd/XYNQwpOPHyLP2sNGzaRF 7Ugj0DrCkjXEkzmjl8h4Cjo1Z7psKcoIDpXQxFsqJlAJk/oyKkQ4tT4dXCRMUp1ITh xLWNmEWrPEtH4ngchr2FY9dEaBof3h4wsTu0d0Uw4WnWiiHTdbdwpFX4PL1N3Y2Qhm s7XsVOvnk0Tqqp2pt6q34NBdQFVSU8/XwCxLxrxHrup9e7rHkjTObbQs8KasO5SG0U YRIfzmXWzZAZA== Original-Received: from customer (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by submission (posteo.de) with ESMTPSA id 4N03bW5PwJz6tnm; Sat, 29 Oct 2022 17:43:18 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: <87czabzmuk.fsf@gmail.com> (Thuna's message of "Fri, 28 Oct 2022 22:58:59 +0200") Autocrypt: addr=philipk@posteo.net; prefer-encrypt=nopreference; keydata= mDMEYHHqUhYJKwYBBAHaRw8BAQdAp3GdmYJ6tm5McweY6dEvIYIiry+Oz9rU4MH6NHWK0Ee0QlBo aWxpcCBLYWx1ZGVyY2ljIChnZW5lcmF0ZWQgYnkgYXV0b2NyeXB0LmVsKSA8cGhpbGlwa0Bwb3N0 ZW8ubmV0PoiQBBMWCAA4FiEEDM2H44ZoPt9Ms0eHtVrAHPRh1FwFAmBx6lICGwMFCwkIBwIGFQoJ CAsCBBYCAwECHgECF4AACgkQtVrAHPRh1FyTkgEAjlbGPxFchvMbxzAES3r8QLuZgCxeAXunM9gh io0ePtUBALVhh9G6wIoZhl0gUCbQpoN/UJHI08Gm1qDob5zDxnIHuDgEYHHqUhIKKwYBBAGXVQEF AQEHQNcRB+MUimTMqoxxMMUERpOR+Q4b1KgncDZkhrO2ql1tAwEIB4h4BBgWCAAgFiEEDM2H44Zo Pt9Ms0eHtVrAHPRh1FwFAmBx6lICGwwACgkQtVrAHPRh1Fw1JwD/Qo7kvtib8jy7puyWrSv0MeTS g8qIxgoRWJE/KKdkCLEA/jb9b9/g8nnX+UcwHf/4VfKsjExlnND3FrBviXUW6NcB Received-SPF: pass client-ip=185.67.36.65; envelope-from=philipk@posteo.net; helo=mout01.posteo.de X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, SPF_HELO_NONE=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.devel:298763 Archived-At: Thuna writes: > There is no good reason for `global-mode-string' to be displayed in > every single window's modeline separately, it takes a lot of space, and > it usually ends up not completely showing when the window is split more > than once. Would it not be better to keep it in a different location? > It makes sense (to me) to have it at the top of each Emacs frame, > although I'm open to suggestions. > > Currently, I get something to that effect with tab-bar-mode by setting > `tab-bar-format' to `(tab-bar-format-global)', which does roughly what I > want it to do, but it looks visibly different from the rest of Emacs to > the point where it's rather off-putting. How is it off-putting? You can always customise the `tab-bar' face to make it appear however you prefer. I have been doing this for a while now and it works well (except that mouse clicks aren't handled the same way as they are in the regular mode line). > I don't know what it would take to implement it (if it's even a good > idea), but I just wanted to throw it out there.