From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Chris F.A. Johnson" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to handle overfilled mode line? Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 14:42:37 -0400 Message-ID: References: <87lknvzorb.fsf@baldur.nicundtas.de> <1160064940.678842.6540@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> <87sli2isze.fsf@baldur.nicundtas.de> Reply-To: cfajohnson@gmail.com NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1160077322 28757 80.91.229.2 (5 Oct 2006 19:42:02 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 19:42:02 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Oct 05 21:41:57 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 1GVZ68-0007nL-8x for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 Oct 2006 21:41:36 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GVZ67-0005Wx-Nh for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 Oct 2006 15:41:35 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!local01.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.teksavvy.com!news.teksavvy.com.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 13:43:03 -0500 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help User-Agent: slrn/0.9.8.1 (Linux) Original-Lines: 27 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: 206.248.139.163 Original-X-Trace: sv3-Mbt84unaWq+N40NGyvVvVMkaDoUOy3vY1ruvotARQBlrW+46JvGGeofQhS8lNcZijHHZw3RwSg2yri4!cMqUCDqsn9LhooYeqNVq+/+jQIW1jHuWhy9wWrY+gNdealPKOvilqQHSARbdKPYvEgH097Zzxtkw!GA== Original-X-Complaints-To: abuse@teksavvy.com X-DMCA-Complaints-To: abuse@teksavvy.com X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.32 Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:142208 Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org 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:37827 Archived-At: On 2006-10-05, Tassilo Horn wrote: > robert.thorpe@antenova.com writes: > > Hi Robert, > >>> 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? >> >> What a painful problem, I can think of no good solution. > > Too bad. > >> What you can do though is try to be more careful about what >> minor-modes your associating with any major modes. Rather than >> starting minor modes in a blanket fashion try hook them only to the >> major modes you really need them in. > > I do so, but if the buffer name is "*followup to robert thorpe on > gnu.emacs.help*" there's not much room left anyway. Use a file name instead of a précis! -- Chris F.A. Johnson =================================================================== Author: Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach (2005, Apress)