GNU bug report logs - #31851
26.1; Support a frame-wide bar similar to the mode line

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Alex Branham <alex.branham <at> gmail.com>

Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2018 20:43:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 26.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

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From: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
To: Alex Branham <alex.branham <at> gmail.com>, 31851 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#31851: 26.1; Support a frame-wide bar similar to the mode line
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2018 08:41:40 +0200

> It would be nice to have something similar to the mode line but that
> doesn't get duplicated for every window. This would be nice to show (for
> example) non-window-specific information like the time, number of new
> emails/notifications, etc.
>
> It would also be nice if the location was configurable (I'd personally
> like it to be displayed across the top of the frame rather than the
> bottom).

You can use a side window, see section 28.19 "Side Windows" of the Elisp
manual, for that.

martin
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