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Usning global-mode-string for small screens

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From: Heime <heimeborgia <at> protonmail.com>
To: 59624 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#59624: Usning global-mode-string for small screens
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2022 02:51:58 +0000

A convenenient way to update the mode-line is to use "global-mode-string".  This is quite powerful
because I can easily insert and remove the information in "global-mode-string" that one introduces 
in the mode-line.  For instance, one can add an indicator "Indic" in the mode.  Then easily remove 
it by resetting "global-mode-string".

Yet introducing global-mode-string, gets to be printed after the mode-lighters.  This is a problem
far small screens.  

(setq act "Indic")
(push '("" act) global-mode-string)

A more appropriate implementation could allow one to decide where to insert "global-mode-string"
(beginning, before buffer-name, before mode-lighter, end) or some other way suitable to people 
who have to endure small screens.

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