bug#18164: 24.3.92; appt-mode-line is missing a white-space (in conjunction with display-time-and-date)

[Glenn Morris]

H. Dieter Wilhelm wrote:

> in conjunction with display-time the appointment message in the mode
> line is not formatted harmoniously.

(If appt is activated before display-time rather than after.)

> The appointment message does not have a white-space at the end but in
> the beginning.

Well, there's an issue, but whose issue is it? I could equally well say
that display-time-mode-string does not have space at either end.

It seems to be a general issue. Eg display-time-mode + display-battery-mode
has the same issue.