bug#64650: mode-line-compact remaps multiple lighters into a single lighter

[Eli Zaretskii]

> Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2023 15:18:29 +0000
> From: uzibalqa <uzibalqa@proton.me>
> Cc: 64650@debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> On Sunday, July 16th, 2023 at 3:05 AM, Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> 
> > > I cannot click on them.
> > 
> > 
> > That's a known limitation of mode-line-compact, see bug#59505.
> 
> It is not a limitation.  It just makes the lighters inoperable.

They are not inoperable: you can click mouse-3 on them, and you will
see a menu where you enable or disable individual minor modes.

> Although it looks like compactness does something, what it does
> is only cosmetic.  It is like an american bimbo that's got nothing 
> in it.

You don't have to use this feature if you don't like it.  We
implemented it at a specific request of someone who does want to use
it.