bug#12872: 24.2; Provide a feature to trigger mode-line redisplay

[Lars Ingebrigtsen]

Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:

> This is a feature request: provide a way to trigger mode-line
> redisplay when the current line changes.  This is so the mode line
> could display information about the current line.
>
> See the discussion of bug #12867 for more context.

I've skimmed both these bug reports, but I'm still not sure I understand
the problem.  `force-mode-line-update' has existed since forever, I
think?  Doesn't it do what it's supposed to?  (And it can be run from
post-command-hook if that's what Drew wants.)

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