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26.1; Support a frame-wide bar similar to the mode line

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Message #14 received at 31851 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Alex Branham <alex.branham <at> gmail.com>
To: martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at>
Cc: 31851 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#31851: 26.1; Support a frame-wide bar similar to the mode line
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2018 19:55:49 -0500

On Sat 16 Jun 2018 at 01:41, martin rudalics <rudalics <at> gmx.at> wrote:

>> 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.

Thanks for the suggestion. This looks similar to what I want, but it
doesn't look like there's a way to make it apply to all frames (like the
mode-line does), right?

Thanks,
Alex

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