bug#62606: [PATCH] function to align mode-line elements to right

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: João Távora <joaotavora@gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, 21 Jan 2024 10:20:46 +0000
> Cc: juri@linkov.net, hugo@heagren.com, 62606@debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> On Sun, Jan 21, 2024 at 10:12 AM Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> wrote:
> 
> > Thanks, but I don't want to expose the tail of the mode-line to Lisp,
> > let alone do it on every iteration through mode-line-format.
> 
> Why?

Because I have more than enough gray hair from debugging and fixing
problems related to this stuff, including the
mode-line-format-right-align itself and the issues it causes.  I was
(mildly) against installing this feature, for the same reason, and I
certainly won't agree to let this particular tail to wag the dog any
more than it already has.  It's bad enough to have a non-trivial
display feature that is not maintained by anyone; adding more features
to it is really too much.