From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Stefan Monnier Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: How to debug this problem? Date: Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:36:29 -0400 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1252085810 21431 80.91.229.12 (4 Sep 2009 17:36:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2009 17:36:50 +0000 (UTC) Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Leo Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 04 19:36:43 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MjciJ-0006KJ-5c for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 04 Sep 2009 19:36:43 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:47746 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MjciI-00021H-J9 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:36:42 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MjciC-0001z9-My for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:36:36 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1Mjci7-0001to-DA for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:36:36 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=39749 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Mjci7-0001tX-96 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:36:31 -0400 Original-Received: from ironport2-out.pppoe.ca ([206.248.154.182]:45426 helo=ironport2-out.teksavvy.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Mjci6-0001IY-Od for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:36:30 -0400 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: Aq8EAFntoEpLd+Vr/2dsb2JhbACBU9knhBsFh3Y X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.44,333,1249272000"; d="scan'208";a="45145779" Original-Received: from 75-119-229-107.dsl.teksavvy.com (HELO pastel.home) ([75.119.229.107]) by ironport2-out.teksavvy.com with ESMTP; 04 Sep 2009 13:35:14 -0400 Original-Received: by pastel.home (Postfix, from userid 20848) id 473137F3D; Fri, 4 Sep 2009 13:36:29 -0400 (EDT) In-Reply-To: (Leo's message of "Fri, 04 Sep 2009 09:24:02 +0100") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:115033 Archived-At: > On an Emacs started last night, at the moment overwrite-mode does not > show the lighter but visual-line-mode does. The values of the two > variables are as follows. [...] > minor-mode alist: [...] > (overwrite-mode overwrite-mode) This says that the text to display in the mode-line is contained in the variable `overwrite-mode'. So, what's the value of `overwrite-mode' when you expect something to be displayed? Stefan