Re: Global bar to display global information

[martin rudalics]

> I tried this code and get funny results: typing `C-x C-b' displays
> the *Buffer List* buffer in that small 1-line window :)
>
> So this window should be marked as dedicated.  A more compact specification
> to do that could look like:
>
>   (display-buffer "*global-mode-line*"
>                   '(minibuffer . above) (dedicated . t) (height . 1))

Frames don't necessarily have a minibuffer.  So currently this would be
done as

(display-buffer
 (get-buffer-create "*global-mode-line*")
 '((use-side-window bottom 0) (dedicate . t) (pop-up-window-set-height . 1)))

martin