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Usning global-mode-string for small screens

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From: Gabriel <gabriel376 <at> hotmail.com>
To: 59624 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#59624: Usning global-mode-string for small screens
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2022 05:08:03 -0300

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

>> From: Gabriel <gabriel376 <at> hotmail.com>
>> Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2022 02:32:35 -0300
>> 
>> You can customize the variable `mode-line-format' in order to change the
>> position of `mode-line-misc-info', e.g.:
>> 
>> (setq act "Indic")
>> (push '("" act) global-mode-string)
>> 
>> (setq-default mode-line-format
>>               '("%e" mode-line-front-space
>>                 (:propertize ("" mode-line-mule-info mode-line-client
>>                               mode-line-modified mode-line-remote)
>>                              display (min-width (5.0)))
>>                 mode-line-frame-identification mode-line-buffer-identification
>>                 mode-line-misc-info ;; <-- HERE
>>                 "   " mode-line-position
>>                 (vc-mode vc-mode)
>>                 "  " mode-line-modes mode-line-end-spaces))
>
> Is there a bug or some issue here?
>
> IOW, I don't understand what you wanted to say.  Please explain.
> (Or did you send this to the wrong address?)

I wanted to respond to OP one way to customize the display position of
`global-mode-string' in mode-line, which I think could solve their
issue.

---
Gabriel

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