Re: Global bar to display global information

[joakim]

Óscar Fuentes <address@hidden> writes:

> "Drew Adams" <address@hidden> writes:
>
>> +1
>
> +1
>
> [snip]
>
>> This proposed feature is along the same lines.  But this would not
>> have as its goal to eliminate mode lines from individual windows.  It
>> would instead just free up some of that individual-window mode line
>> space that might be used for global info (not specific to the given
>> buffer/window).
>
> I'll appreacite such feature.
>
> Most of the time the minibuffer is an idle blank line at the bottom of
> the frame. Using it for displaying some global info sounds quite
> convenient. It could display the global info even while asking for
> input, overwritting the area used by the info as necessary.
>

I think it is possible to do such things with Martins new window code.


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Joakim Verona