Re: c-update-modeline format for c-block-comment-flag

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Andy Moreton <address@hidden>
> Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2017 11:24:03 +0100
> 
> (defun c-update-modeline ()
>   (let ((fmt (format "/%s%s%s%s%s"
>                    (if c-block-comment-flag "*" "/")
>                    (if c-electric-flag "l" "")
>                    (if (and c-electric-flag c-auto-newline)
>                        "a" "")
>                    (if c-hungry-delete-key "h" "")
>                    (if (and
>                         ;; (cc-)subword might not be loaded.
>                         (boundp 'c-subword-mode)
>                         (symbol-value 'c-subword-mode))
>                          ;; FIXME: subword-mode already comes with its
>                          ;; own lighter!
>                        "w"
>                      "")))
> 
> This fixed "/" in the modeline string forces this submode lighter to be
> always present, and prevents the diminish or delight packages from being
> able to remove or replace this lighter.
> 
> Can this be fixed for emacs-26 ?

Depends on the fix and on when this was introduced.