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Make mode-line number display consistent when both line and col numbers are shown.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Robert Weiner <rsw <at> gnu.org>
Cc: rswgnu <at> gmail.com, 28648 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#28648: Acknowledgement (Make mode-line number display consistent when both line and col numbers are shown.)
Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2020 17:09:11 +0200

Robert Weiner <rsw <at> gnu.org> writes:

> Attached is my full solution for this problem.  Anyone is welcome to integrate any
> parts useful directly into Emacs.
> For now, it works as a loadable Lisp library.
>
> Bob
> ;;; rsw-linecol.el --- User-editable mode-line column and line number display formats
> ;;
> ;; Keywords:     convenience, tools

[...]

> (defvar mode-line-column-line-number-formats
>   '((line-and-column0 . " L%l,C%c")
>     (line-and-column1 . " L%l,C%C")
>     (line             . " L%l")
>     (column0          . " C%c")
>     (column1          . " C%C"))

This was a lot of code, and I think a greater degree of customisability
than is warranted.  I've taken some of these ideas and cooked them down
into two variables: mode-line-position-line-format and
mode-line-position-column-format -- and pushed to Emacs 28.

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