Question about modeline usage

Question about modeline usage

[chad]

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While reviewing some of the recent proposals for potential UI adjustments
for Emacs 28, the default modeline format came up repeatedly. At least
outside of emacs-devel, alternative modeline packages are very popular, and
discussion seems to be building towards perhaps suggesting some changes
there.

This prompts me to ask: does anyone here use the default mouse-1 and/or
mouse-3 bindings on the buffer name? I'm not asking about people that
heavily customize the modeline, but rather about people that use the
default (or minor variations thereof).

Feel free to reply here, or to send replies directly to me, and I'll
summarize.

Thanks in advance.
~Chad

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Re: Question about modeline usage

[Francesco Ceccon]

> This prompts me to ask: does anyone here use the default mouse-1 and/or
> mouse-3 bindings on the buffer name? I'm not asking about people that
> heavily customize the modeline, but rather about people that use the
> default (or minor variations thereof).

I use the default modeline and I don't think I've ever used
mouse-1/mouse-3 on the buffer name on purpose.

On the other hand, mouse-1 on the major/minor modes is a great way to
discover what the mode has to offer. I love that.

--
Francesco

Re: Question about modeline usage

[Daniel Martín]

chad <yandros@gmail.com> writes:

>
> This prompts me to ask: does anyone here use the default mouse-1
> and/or mouse-3 bindings on the buffer name? I'm not asking about
> people that heavily customize the modeline, but rather about people
> that use the default (or minor variations thereof).
>

I don't usually use the mouse on the mode line at all. I sometimes click
on the "[Compiling]" note to go to an active *compilation* buffer; I
find that feature convenient. I think it was introduced in 27.1.

In some cases, I hover over some parts of the mode line for
explanations. For example, when the buffer coding system is not
something I quickly recognize, like "undecided" or UTF-8.

Re: Question about modeline usage

[Eric S Fraga]

On Tuesday, 15 Sep 2020 at 11:36, chad wrote:
> This prompts me to ask: does anyone here use the default mouse-1 and/or
> mouse-3 bindings on the buffer name? I'm not asking about people that
> heavily customize the modeline, but rather about people that use the
> default (or minor variations thereof).

I use the default mode-line (have come back to it after a few years
playing with many different mode-line packages...) but I don't use the
mouse at all, much less on the mode-line.

-- 
Eric S Fraga via Emacs 28.0.50 & org 9.3.7 on Debian bullseye/sid

Re: Question about modeline usage

[Pankaj Jangid]

On Tue, Sep 15 2020, chad wrote:
> This prompts me to ask: does anyone here use the default mouse-1
> and/or mouse-3 bindings on the buffer name? I'm not asking about
> people that heavily customize the modeline, but rather about people
> that use the default (or minor variations thereof).

I have rarely used mouse with Emacs. And the only customization that I
did with the mode-line was removing VC status. Not that I don't want to
see the status, but because the VC status is not updated automatically
when I checkout a different branch by using some other means -
commandline git or Magit package. If there is a fix for that without
degrading the performance, then I would revert to the default mode-line.

Re: Question about modeline usage

[Daniel Martín]

Pankaj Jangid <p4j@j4d.net> writes:
> I have rarely used mouse with Emacs. And the only customization that I
> did with the mode-line was removing VC status. Not that I don't want to
> see the status, but because the VC status is not updated automatically
> when I checkout a different branch by using some other means -
> commandline git or Magit package. If there is a fix for that without
> degrading the performance, then I would revert to the default mode-line.

You can set the variable auto-revert-check-vc-info to non-nil. I haven't
tried that, but the docstring says that it should not cause excessive
CPU usage in a modern machine.

Re: Question about modeline usage

[Stefan Monnier]

>> I have rarely used mouse with Emacs. And the only customization that I
>> did with the mode-line was removing VC status. Not that I don't want to
>> see the status, but because the VC status is not updated automatically
>> when I checkout a different branch by using some other means -
>> commandline git or Magit package. If there is a fix for that without
>> degrading the performance, then I would revert to the default mode-line.
>
> You can set the variable auto-revert-check-vc-info to non-nil. I haven't
> tried that, but the docstring says that it should not cause excessive
> CPU usage in a modern machine.

I don't think it will work when the branch-change does not modify
the file.


        Stefan