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Re: add a tooltip and a mouse binding to the VC mode-line entry
From: |
Masatake YAMATO |
Subject: |
Re: add a tooltip and a mouse binding to the VC mode-line entry |
Date: |
Fri, 06 Jul 2007 14:06:07 +0900 (JST) |
> Here's a little patch that adds a tooltip to the VC entry on the
> mode line and it also makes mouse-1 on that entry to pop up the VC
> operations menu.
>
> It would be good if people would try it and say if it useful based on
> _actual usage experience_, not just speculation. After that we can
> change the text for the tooltip, add more mouse bindings or even
> decide not to install the whole thing.
Looks good. Now I can hide the menu bar:-P.
@@ -291,7 +303,10 @@
'mode-line-buffer-identification
(propertize " " 'help-echo help-echo)
'mode-line-position
- '(vc-mode vc-mode)
+ (list
+ `(:propertize ("" vc-mode) help-echo "Version Control mouse-1: VC
menu"
+ mouse-face mode-line-highlight
+ local-map ,mode-line-vc-mode-keymap))
(propertize " " 'help-echo help-echo)
'mode-line-modes
`(which-func-mode ("" which-func-format ,dashes))
I think this should be done in `vc-mode-line'.
Look at `vc-default-mode-line-string'.
Telling the meaning of `:' or `-' in the tooltip string may help users.
Masatake
- add a tooltip and a mouse binding to the VC mode-line entry, Dan Nicolaescu, 2007/07/03
- Re: add a tooltip and a mouse binding to the VC mode-line entry, Richard Stallman, 2007/07/03
- Re: add a tooltip and a mouse binding to the VC mode-line entry, David Kastrup, 2007/07/04
- Re: add a tooltip and a mouse binding to the VC mode-line entry, Dan Nicolaescu, 2007/07/04
- Re: add a tooltip and a mouse binding to the VC mode-line entry, Dan Nicolaescu, 2007/07/05
- Re: add a tooltip and a mouse binding to the VC mode-line entry, Dan Nicolaescu, 2007/07/09
- Re: add a tooltip and a mouse binding to the VC mode-line entry, Richard Stallman, 2007/07/10
Re: add a tooltip and a mouse binding to the VC mode-line entry, Masatake YAMATO, 2007/07/04