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bug#64597: mode-line tool inaccessible when window width is small
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uzibalqa |
Subject: |
bug#64597: mode-line tool inaccessible when window width is small |
Date: |
Sat, 15 Jul 2023 11:23:40 +0000 |
------- Original Message -------
On Saturday, July 15th, 2023 at 6:00 PM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> tags 64597 notabug wontfix
> thanks
>
> > Date: Fri, 14 Jul 2023 21:25:29 +0000
> > From: uzibalqa uzibalqa@proton.me
> > Cc: 64597@debbugs.gnu.org
> >
> > > > When a window is reduced in size I find no way to be able to use the
> > > > mode-line tools.
> > >
> > > What do you mean by "mode-line tools", and how short does the
> > > mode-line have to be in order to see the problems you see?
> > >
> > > IOW, please provide a complete recipe to reproduce this problem,
> > > starting from "emacs -Q", so that the problem and the way to reproduce
> > > it will be clear.
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> >
> > Suppose I have a bunch of self-defined minor modes displayed in the
> > modeline,
> > where the lighters have the capability of showing menus (e.g. Outl).
> >
> > Now, consider I need an accessible modeline (i.e. one with big font and
> > bold weight).
> > Reducing the frame or window width makes the lighters at the far end of the
> > modeline
> > inaccessible for use.
>
>
> You can try setting mode-line-compact non-nil. If even that doesn't
> solve your problem because you make your frames too narrow, or have
> too many minor mode lighters active at the same time, then there's
> nothing else Emacs can do: the fact that the mode line is a single
> screen line is currently a hard restriction in the design of the Emacs
> display, and so extra mode-line elements are truncated on display.
The compact setting replaces multiple spaces with a single space. It does
not really solve the problem.
Wontfix is not a good decision. Changes window sizes is a very common
occurrence. Having a hard restriction on the mode-line is quite bad design
to continue working with. Especially when package-defined and self-defined
minor modes are becoming quite common.
- bug#64597: mode-line tool inaccessible when window width is small, uzibalqa, 2023/07/13
- bug#64597: mode-line tool inaccessible when window width is small, Eli Zaretskii, 2023/07/13
- bug#64597: mode-line tool inaccessible when window width is small, uzibalqa, 2023/07/14
- bug#64597: mode-line tool inaccessible when window width is small, Eli Zaretskii, 2023/07/15
- bug#64597: mode-line tool inaccessible when window width is small,
uzibalqa <=
- bug#64597: mode-line tool inaccessible when window width is small, Eli Zaretskii, 2023/07/15
- bug#64597: mode-line tool inaccessible when window width is small, uzibalqa, 2023/07/15
- bug#64597: mode-line tool inaccessible when window width is small, Eli Zaretskii, 2023/07/15
- bug#64597: mode-line tool inaccessible when window width is small, uzibalqa, 2023/07/15
- bug#64597: mode-line tool inaccessible when window width is small, Eli Zaretskii, 2023/07/15
- bug#64597: mode-line tool inaccessible when window width is small, uzibalqa, 2023/07/15