From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Reiner Steib Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: How to handle overfilled mode line? Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2006 00:16:35 +0200 Organization: Dept. of Theoretical Physics, University of Ulm Message-ID: References: <87lknvzorb.fsf@baldur.nicundtas.de> <1160064940.678842.6540@b28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com> <87sli2isze.fsf@baldur.nicundtas.de> Reply-To: Reiner Steib NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1160088039 31827 80.91.229.2 (5 Oct 2006 22:40:39 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2006 22:40:39 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 06 00:40:37 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 1GVbtA-0007vH-Id for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 06 Oct 2006 00:40:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GVbtA-0006DG-3K for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 05 Oct 2006 18:40:24 -0400 Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help X-Face: #vK]N[`vqjuod*|)'[iD7/"3AB-ApT%fmN"LWAg@oS7OesGv~)n[OBTLM#I="J'Y^-7I I/ps7o_'IK@#-Rs{::DZ@O8yS|fexe,XslY[:dNWOb~>?mC-&i_c)say:"\IpA.5U.b]'NY; Pks{lb h.+#6%DpZuaK3dcHB`Av3zc:r!C%~s0&m, tWj]&}, qg.+0ww2gK%f!:GK|wMl.I!(voY*1"^li8"~B BNG)9LvPi?^DMR-GVDnZqhu*3Hi, +g=wFhI)BL6&u{EOVEHjVEVq~d?_}lMntWAc3(6?kftjc>_f>! g0wM(qPM$d5]^TT_Qyi&L?LGVG)SHN;Gk/,pkY9,~ Mail-Copies-To: nobody User-Agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:BPaEBdvlgffG15h7SPFuP/ImGiw= Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: bridgekeeper.physik.uni-ulm.de Original-X-Trace: news.uni-ulm.de 1160086607 134.60.10.123 (6 Oct 2006 00:16:47 +0200) Original-Lines: 20 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews.google.com!news3.google.com!border1.nntp.dca.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed00.sul.t-online.de!t-online.de!inka.de!rz.uni-karlsruhe.de!news.uni-ulm.de!viandante.physik.uni-ulm.de!not-for-mail Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:142212 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:37831 Archived-At: On Thu, Oct 05 2006, Tassilo Horn wrote: >>> 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. > I do so, but if the buffer name is "*followup to robert thorpe on > gnu.emacs.help*" there's not much room left anyway. Write a version of `message-buffer-name' that uses a customizable format string. You may look at `message-insert-formated-citation-line' (Gnus CVS trunk) to get some ideas. Bye, Reiner. -- ,,, (o o) ---ooO-(_)-Ooo--- | PGP key available | http://rsteib.home.pages.de/