Re: How to handle overfilled mode line?

[robert . thorpe]

Tassilo Horn wrote:
> Hi,
>
> my mode line is overly filled with much useful informations from
> different modes like circe, emms, etc. If the buffer name is a littlebit
> longer, it doesn't fit on my screen anymore.
>
> 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.

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.