> From: Robert Weiner <rsw@gnu.org>
> Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2017 15:23:30 -0400
> Cc: 28648@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> If you are asking for an optional feature that would display these
> indicators as we did 15 years ago, I'm okay with adding it. (We
> already have quite a few optional variations on similar themes, but
> one more cannot do too much harm, I guess.)
>
> Can you explain how that would work? How would you modify the line and col display format?
By providing a defcustom which will arrange for mode-line-format to
have the right stuff, I suppose.
> We have two separate issues here:
>
> 1. The default line and col display format: I was suggesting the change for consistency sake. If it could be
> made an easy-to-trigger option on the popup menu that controls this display, I could support that.
>
> 2. The ability to easily change the line and col display format strings: My patch solves that issue.
Your patch makes the change unconditional for everyone. I don't think
we should do that, especially since we once went in the opposite
direction.