Re: Customizing the mode line

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: address@hidden
> Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:01:42 +0100
> Cc: address@hidden
> 
> Currently I just use this instead:
> 
> ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
> ;; modeline-depopulator
> ;;test little hack to see info in msg area
> ;;TODO  lan status
> (require 'battery)
> (require 'timeclock)
> (defun modeline-depopulator ()
>   (interactive)
>   (message "%s\n%s\n%s"
>            (format-time-string "%H:%M %Y-%m-%d" (current-time))
>            (battery-format battery-echo-area-format (funcall
>                                                      battery-status-function))
>            (timeclock-status-string)))
> (global-set-key [f5] 'modeline-depopulator)
> 
> 
> I press f5 when I want to know something I dont need to know all the
> time, like time and date, time spent in a project, and battery status.

Perhaps we should have a command to show the entire mode-line string
in the echo area.  The echo area is not limited to a single line, so
it will show everything.