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