GNU bug report logs - #34476
fluffy whitespace in the mode-line, despite it running off the screen

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Packages: gnus, emacs;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 13:53:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Tags: fixed

Found in version 5.13

Fixed in version 28.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #62 received at 34476 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: contovob <at> tcd.ie, 34476 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#34476: fluffy whitespace in the mode-line, despite it
 running off the screen
Date: Sun, 09 Aug 2020 11:56:24 +0200
Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> There's four spaces between *scratch* and All because they have
>> different faces...  which makes me wonder why there's trailing spaces in
>> the buffer name at all, instead of just three spaces after the buffer
>> name in the mode line format?
>
> That's because mode-line-buffer-identification uses %12b as the format
> to show the buffer name.

Yes, I was wondering whether that should be changed to something that's
just %b and then something that inserts some more spaces for short
buffer names...

Alternatively, we could compact spaces if the face doesn't use a
background colour?  Hm...

>> There's also the question of allowing a value of `long' to
>> mode-line-compact -- which would only compact the mode line if it's
>> longer than the window width.  Would that be difficult to add?
>
> No, it should be an almost trivial addition to the condition under
> which we perform the squeezing.  Basically, compare it.current_x with
> it.last_visible_x.

Right.  Do you want to apply your patch (to a branch?) and I can tweak
it further and add documentation and stuff?

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