Re: [STUMP] vertical mode-line?

[David Bjergaard]

Hi Jim,

I'm not aware of this feature.  The issue being with how primitive the
modeline is.  Its just a special window that handles a string that can
be formatted various ways.  It shouldn't be too hard to get the
mode-line on the bottom of the screen, but it would probably take some
effort to get it on the side.  Currently the string just runs off the
end of the modeline if its too wide, so getting the mode-line to appear
in the right part of the screen is only half the battle, the second half
is getting it to display something useful.

I would really like to make the mode-line more useful, but my ideas
require tearing it down and building it back up. I'm not the first
person to attempt it either.  Most efforts have stagnated and been lost
to time.

Cheers,

    Dave

Jim Ottaway <address@hidden> writes:

> Has anyone implemented a mode-line that runs vertically at the left or
> right of the screen instead of at the top or bottom?
>
> I find that my new laptop's screen is too wide for me and it would be
> nice to move the modeline to the side to make use of the currently
> unused space there.
>
> As far as I can see, this involves modifying resize-mode-line in
> mode-line.lisp.  I'll have a go if it's not been done before.
>
> Yours sincerely,