Re: My emacs was upgraded and I am a novice again

[Bastien]

David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org> writes:

> Bastien <bzg@altern.org> writes:
>
>> Emre Sahin <iesahin@bilkent.edu.tr> writes:
>>
>>> Then, today, when I was changing the face for mode line from *Customize
>>> Group: Mode Line Faces*, I saw something like "Display Time Mail Face"
>>> which is reported to change the display of "display-time-mail-string"
>>> variable. I C-h v'd it, and voila!
>>
>> I've been (unsuccessfully) looking for this yesterday -- thanks :)
>
> I am always surprised by people who apparently copy random junk from
> some third party source into their Emacs startup file, then complain
> that they find themselves unable to get rid of its effects.

I guess your not targetting this at Emre/me?  I was just telling Emre
that the very name of the variable `display-time-mail-string' was what
I was looking for.

> Ask the person which you got the stuff from, if all else fails.

Very true. Add a source (if possible the e-mail address of the person
who pointed to the code) and some kind of rationale for every piece of
code you insert in your startup file. Wise advice.

Regards,

-- 
Bastien