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Re: Indicator in mode-line
From: |
Heime |
Subject: |
Re: Indicator in mode-line |
Date: |
Sun, 27 Nov 2022 02:34:52 +0000 |
------- Original Message -------
On Thursday, November 24th, 2022 at 2:21 PM, Heime <heimeborgia@protonmail.com>
wrote:
> To update the mode-line I have been setting up global-mode-string
>
> (setq act "Test")
> (push '("" act) global-mode-string)
> (force-mode-line-update)
>
> But executing the above has not changed the mode-line.
Have figured out that "Test" did actually print in the mode-line,
but because I have a small screen, it was getting printed too far
to the right side (after the mode-lighters).
> ------- Original Message -------
> On Thursday, November 24th, 2022 at 12:52 AM, Heime
> heimeborgia@protonmail.com wrote:
>
>
>
> > I want to issue some indicator to the mode-line when some condition happens
> > (error,
> > warning, notification).
> >
> > I can add things to the mode-line is the following way.
> >
> > (setq mode-line-format (list "Indc " mode-line-format))
> > (force-mode-line-update)
> >
> > But also require a way for the user to acknowledge the indicator
> > and be able to switch the indicator off - returning the mode-line
> > as original.
> >
> > What kind of indications would work well in getting user attention?