From: Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [QUESTION] Add conditional indicator to `mode-line-misc-info' not working
Date: Thu, 07 Mar 2024 09:54:58 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <jwv34t214uy.fsf-monnier+emacs@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 65e96d12.170a0220.932f6.0c8f@mx.google.com
> #+begin_src emacs-lisp
> (add-to-list 'mode-line-misc-info
> '(image-mode (:eval (image-size (image-get-display-property) :pixels))))
> #+end_src
>
> But it's not displaying image info on mode-line when I open an image
> with [M-x find-file RET /path/to/image.png RET].
>
> I searched GitHub code for `mode-line-misc-info` examples. I don't know
> what does the `image-mode` mean in upper code.
I know searching the 'net is fun and all, but Emacs was designed before
it, so it comes with a manual that can answer those questions even when
greed will have finished rendering the internet useless.
C-h i m elisp RET m mode line format RET m data RET
will get you to the relevant node.
> Is it a condition which only evaluate following `(:eval (image-size
> ...))` snippet in buffer which major-mode is `image-mode`?
Close, but no: it shows it only when the `image-mode` variable is non-nil.
IOW it was designed for minor modes rather than major modes.
For major modes, you usually use a buffer-local setting instead, e.g.
(add-hook 'image-mode-hook
(lambda ()
(setq mode-name `("" ,mode-name (:eval ...)))))
I used here a variable that's already used buffer-locally (another is
`mode-line-process`), which is less likely to cause surprises than if
you make `mode-line-misc-info` buffer-local.
Note also that the `:eval` thing should return a string, not a number or
a `cons`.
> How to correctly add indicator to `mode-line-misc-info`?
You could do:
(defvar-local my-indicator nil)
(unless (memq 'my-indicator mode-line-misc-info)
(setq mode-line-misc-info `("" my-indicator . ,mode-line-misc-info)))
and then
(add-hook 'image-mode-hook
(lambda ()
(setq my-indicator `(:eval ...))))
-- Stefan
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2024-03-07 14:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 7+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2024-03-07 7:30 [QUESTION] Add conditional indicator to `mode-line-misc-info' not working Christopher M. Miles
2024-03-07 14:54 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor [this message]
2024-03-07 15:13 ` On manuals and the Intertubes [was: Add conditional indicator to `mode-line-misc-info'] " tomas
2024-03-07 15:34 ` Eric S Fraga
2024-03-07 15:43 ` [OFFTOPIC] Re: On manuals and the Intertubes " Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
2024-03-07 17:07 ` Eric S Fraga
2024-03-07 22:56 ` Stefan Monnier via Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor
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