From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: no-spam@cua.dk (Kim F. Storm) Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to handle overfilled mode line? Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2006 15:39:25 +0200 Message-ID: References: <87lknvzorb.fsf@baldur.nicundtas.de> <1160064940.678842.6540@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> <87sli2isze.fsf@baldur.nicundtas.de> <87sli1abh2.fsf@baldur.nicundtas.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1160142166 20699 80.91.229.2 (6 Oct 2006 13:42:46 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2006 13:42:46 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 06 15:42:44 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 1GVpx2-0006oT-Kh for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 Oct 2006 15:41:20 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GVpx2-0005pf-8o for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 Oct 2006 09:41:20 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GVpw5-00054G-Gn for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Oct 2006 09:40:21 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GVpw3-00053D-4M for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Oct 2006 09:40:20 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GVpw2-00052c-Oz for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Oct 2006 09:40:18 -0400 Original-Received: from [195.41.46.236] (helo=pfepb.post.tele.dk) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.52) id 1GVq2u-0005b5-VF for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 06 Oct 2006 09:47:25 -0400 Original-Received: from kfs-l.imdomain.dk.cua.dk (unknown [80.165.4.124]) by pfepb.post.tele.dk (Postfix) with SMTP id 2E622A50036; Fri, 6 Oct 2006 15:40:14 +0200 (CEST) Original-To: Tassilo Horn In-Reply-To: <87sli1abh2.fsf@baldur.nicundtas.de> (Tassilo Horn's message of "Fri\, 06 Oct 2006 14\:13\:29 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) 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:37842 Archived-At: Tassilo Horn writes: >>>>> How can I handle this? Is there a solution like a multi-line mode >>>>> line, or a mode line which scrolls like many mp3 players do? >> >> Scrolling would be terribly, YMMV. > > Well, ok. Scrolling is not the best idea. It should be able to use > multiple lines and wrap arround automatically, if the user wants. I don't think the mode line will ever span more than one line!! On a graphical display, you can customize the "mode-line" face to use a proportional font (e.g. helvetica) -- that typically gives you twice the number of chars on the mode line. -- Kim F. Storm http://www.cua.dk