Re: help needed with gnus mode-line

[Stefan Monnier]

> i would like to display temporarily information in mode-line while i am
> in gnus.
> In all emacs, something like this work fine:

> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
> (let ((mode-line-format (concat " " str)))
>   (force-mode-line-update)
>   (sit-for 12))
> (force-mode-line-update))
> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

Where do you run the above code?  It should work but only if you run it
from within the buffer whose mode-line you want to modify.
Otherwise you may simply be changing the mode-line-format variable of
some other buffer(s).


        Stefan