ambar@mit-eddie.MIT.EDU (Jean Marie Diaz) (07/06/86)
In article <2408@mit-eddie.MIT.EDU> douglis@kim.Berkeley.EDU writes: > >Does anyone have a way to get the hostname in each mode line? When I >run emacs under X, I don't have a header on the window to tell me >which host I'm running on, and the only way I have to find out with >which machine an emacs is associated is to go to its shell subwindow. First, include a line in your .login to the effect that 'host = hostname'. Then try something like this: (setq default-mode-line-format ;to distinguish from CCA lusemacs (concat "%*%*%*GNU " (getenv "host") " %b %M %[(%m)%] %3p %-")) (setq mode-line-format default-mode-line-format) -- AMBAR "I need something to change your mind...."