From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: emacs mode line suggestions
Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2008 11:23:37 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <u1vxdny06.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <fe013723-9571-44f7-9bac-2b7c723753b3@n33g2000pri.googlegroups.com>
> From: Xah <xahlee@gmail.com>
> Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 15:18:31 -0800 (PST)
>
> • that the buffer location percentage should by default not shown if
> emacs is running in GUI with scroll bar.
This is already the default on _all_ types of displays, and has been
so since day one, even when Emacs didn't support scroll bars.
> • clicking on the file name should not switch buffer.
That's not the file name, that's the buffer name.
As for what it should do, I don't see why your preference is better
than the current one. Popping a menu requires another click to
actually select a buffer, whereas the current behavior does it in one
click. Since there's a menu-bar menu item to do what you want, I
don't see a problem.
> • Minor mode should not be displayed there. It's confusing.
Emacs always displayed it. Get used to it.
> • Clicking on the major mode name should pop up a contextual menu to
> let user switch to major major modes.
Switching a major mode is a very rare command, so having this at your
fingertips makes no sense, IMO.
> • line number mode should be on by default. So that, the line number
> shows in the mode line.
This already is the default.
> The coding system shown in mode line should be removed. The current
> coding system should be shown in the menu somewhere
It's an important piece of information, and takes only one position in
the mode line. I always hated the way IE and Outlook hide this
somewhere under View, because I might wish to know the current
encoding even if I don't need to switch it.
> and allow users to change [coding system] thru menu.
Emacs does have the change encoding part in the menu.
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2008-11-14 23:18 ` emacs mode line suggestions Xah
2008-11-15 1:02 ` xahlee
2008-11-15 9:23 ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
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2008-11-16 1:54 ` Xah
2008-11-16 18:12 ` Ian Eure
2008-11-18 9:39 ` Kevin Rodgers
2008-11-18 23:25 ` Xavier Maillard
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2008-11-16 18:20 ` Richard Riley
2008-11-16 23:12 ` Ian Eure
2008-11-17 8:37 ` Paul R
2008-11-17 15:45 ` Drew Adams
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2008-11-17 16:11 ` Richard Riley
2008-11-17 18:53 ` Drew Adams
2008-11-17 19:10 ` Richard Riley
2008-11-17 19:57 ` Drew Adams
2008-11-17 20:53 ` Eli Zaretskii
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2008-11-17 21:42 ` Richard Riley
2008-11-18 0:55 ` Drew Adams
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2008-11-18 1:08 ` Richard Riley
2008-11-18 2:55 ` Drew Adams
2008-11-17 23:37 ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-11-18 7:52 ` Paul R
2008-11-18 13:48 ` Alan Mackenzie
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2008-11-16 23:35 ` Richard Riley
2008-11-16 22:45 ` Xah
2008-11-16 21:40 ` Eli Zaretskii
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2008-11-16 23:17 ` Xah
2008-11-17 20:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2008-11-17 23:46 ` Alan Mackenzie
2008-11-18 0:31 ` Lennart Borgman
2008-11-18 9:32 ` Kevin Rodgers
2008-11-18 9:58 ` Alan Mackenzie
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2008-11-18 9:46 ` Fabrice Niessen
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2008-11-17 22:09 ` Xah
2008-11-18 2:33 ` B. T. Raven
2008-11-18 3:24 ` Xah
2008-11-18 4:58 ` B. T. Raven
2008-11-18 6:54 ` Richard Riley
2008-11-18 4:11 ` Eli Zaretskii
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