Re: Column-number-mode ordinality question

[Johan Bockgård]

Smith_RS <rsmithpv@gmail.com> writes:

> The problem is that the "eval" construct doesn't get eval'd every time
> the cursor moves.

The mode line is caused to be updated more often by the %c construct. If
you remove it you have to trigger an update some other way.

> Also, you can't mix %l and $d in a format that way.

You can add another % to protect the %-sequence.

(setq mode-line-format
      `((-1 (:propertize "%c" face (:height 0)))
        (10 (:propertize
             (:eval (format " (%%l,%d)" (1+ (current-column))))
             local-map ,mode-line-column-line-number-mode-map
             mouse-face mode-line-highlight))))