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Re: feature request: explain current mumbo-jumbo in mode line
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Charles Sebold |
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Re: feature request: explain current mumbo-jumbo in mode line |
Date: |
10 Apr 2001 11:42:15 -0500 |
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Gnus/5.090001 (Oort Gnus v0.01) Emacs/20.7 |
On 14 Nisan 5761, Eli Zaretskii wrote:
>> So while yes, one could be environmentally conscious, and look up in
>> various places the meanings of all those ASCII packed into the left
>> corner of the modeline, it sure would be nice to have a function to
>> produce "Meaning of current modeline "............."" and then goes
>> character by character/item to item over the line and explains each
>> one.
>
> I don't understand what exactly isn't right in that section, in your
> opinion: it _does_ go item by item explaining each one as it goes.
> What change would you like to see there? Is it just a formatting
> change or a change of content as well?
Didn't see any followups here, but I think Dan meant that he wanted a
function that would perhaps pop up a *Help* buffer, with a more verbose
explanation of everything that is on the modeline. I don't think he was
faulting the documentation. (I have to admit that I keep forgetting
what a couple of those single-char indicators mean, myself.)
--
Charles Sebold
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Emacsen <v21 do not support proportional fonts; use XEmacs or v21.
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