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Re: How to handle overfilled mode line?


From: Reiner Steib
Subject: Re: How to handle overfilled mode line?
Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2006 00:16:35 +0200
User-agent: Gnus/5.110006 (No Gnus v0.6) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux)

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.
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