Re: some comments on the gutter
SL Baur writes:
Jan Vroonhof <vroonhof(a)math.ethz.ch> writes in
xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org:
> SL Baur <steve(a)xemacs.org> writes:
>>
>> Speaking of the mode-line, why do we need the `XEmacs:' string in it?
> So you can see what editor you started on a TTY?
> I would say: Ditch it.
Amen.
This sounds like a non-solution to me. If the problem is that
long buffer names are pushing the modes off the right side of the
mode line then why are we hacking on something else? From the
docstring for modeline-format:
For a list whose car is an integer, the cdr of the list is
processed and padded (if the number is positive) or truncated
(if negative) to the width specified by that number.
We can already truncate long buffer names. Why not do that?
I think the XEmacs in the mode line is useful for burning the
name of the product into the minds of the users. We've had it
there for years and some people still write Xemacs. I think we
should put XEmacs at BOTH ends of the mode line. :)