[net.emacs] Emacs Mode Line

mr@isrnix.UUCP (Michael Regoli) (03/27/84)

Information, Please...

	I am interested in killing the mode-line PERCENT field.  I run
on a slow terminal and the mode-line update is quite timely. 

	I have tried the "ESC-X print mode-line format" in which
Emacs returns ""

	I would like a simple and effective way of killing the
mode-line update.

		Thanks in advance!

		Michael Regoli
		...!isrnix!mr

rbbb@rice.ARPA (04/01/84)

From:  David Chase <rbbb@rice.ARPA>

What you want is the "default-mode-line-format".  For instance, (within
this mail handling program) the default-mode-line-format is

"%[Buffer: %b%*  (%m) %M  File: %f  %p%]"

and the mode-line-format (specific to this buffer) is

"^X^S to send; ^X? for help".

The line

(setq default-mode-line-format "%[Buffer: %b%*  (%m) %M  File: %f %]")

will certainly do the trick for you, if you are running Unipress Emacs.

drc