From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: luca.spinacci@selex-comms.com Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Modify the mode line Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 15:10:11 +0100 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1137610436 359 80.91.229.2 (18 Jan 2006 18:53:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 18:53:56 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 18 19:53:54 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EzIR9-0002Pt-JD for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Jan 2006 19:53:40 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EzIJ3-0005yD-S6 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Wed, 18 Jan 2006 13:45:17 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EzESk-00026b-IT for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jan 2006 09:39:02 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1EzENq-0000jm-PZ for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jan 2006 09:34:01 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1EzE3U-0005Pp-UY for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jan 2006 09:12:57 -0500 Original-Received: from [81.120.201.7] (helo=relay1.selex-comms.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.34) id 1EzE7M-0003Kd-JD for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Wed, 18 Jan 2006 09:16:56 -0500 Original-Received: from gefss001 ([10.1.202.2]) by relay1.selex-comms.com (8.12.11/8.12.11) with ESMTP id k0IEA1IC027406 for ; Wed, 18 Jan 2006 15:10:23 +0100 (CET) Sensitivity: Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-MIMETrack: Serialize by Router on mgeg01/S/EXT/MM1(Release 6.5.3|September 14, 2004) at 01/18/2006 15:10:22 X-Mailman-Approved-At: Wed, 18 Jan 2006 10:42:04 -0500 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:32721 Archived-At: Hi all, I would like to insert in the mode line some information (for instance a variable string like the name of current buffer) and update the information for each opened buffer. I read the info for mode-line-format but being a poor programmer I still haven't found a good solution. Thanks in advance, Luca.