Subject: bug#64650: mode-line-compact remaps multiple lighters into a single lighter

From: uzibalqa <[email-masked]>
Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2023 15:18:29 +0000

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On Sunday, July 16th, 2023 at 3:05 AM, Eli Zaretskii <[email-masked]> wrote:

> merge 64650 59505
> thanks
> 
> > Date: Sat, 15 Jul 2023 14:51:57 +0000
> > From: uzibalqa [email-masked]
> > Cc: [email-masked]
> > 
> > > > When one has a multiple lighters, doing (setq mode-line-compact 1) makes the lighters
> > > > inaccessible because tho lighters are remapped to a single lighter.
> > > 
> > > What do you mean by "inaccessible" in this case?
> > 
> > I cannot click on them.
> 
> 
> That's a known limitation of mode-line-compact, see bug#59505.

It is not a limitation.  It just makes the lighters inoperable.
Although it looks like compactness does something, what it does
is only cosmetic.  It is like an american bimbo that's got nothing 
in it.