Re: combining echo area and modeline

[dieter@duenenhof-wilhelm.de (H. Dieter Wilhelm)]

Q <godblessfq@gmail.com> writes:

> Hello everyone,
>
> Maximize the editing area can be very desirable on netbooks and
> phones. In most of the times the echo area is blank, and the
> information on the modeline is glanced only once in a while. I am
> wondering if the modeline info can be displayed in the echo area
> whenever there is no message? Or if a hook can be added for
> detecting echo area changes?

Maybe displaying the mode line in the frame title might be interesting
for you:

http://bzg.fr/emacs-strip-tease.html


   Dieter

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H. Dieter Wilhelm
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