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[PATCH] ; Fix 'mode-line-format-right-align' with ElDoc

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Message #14 received at 68547 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eshel Yaron <me <at> eshelyaron.com>
To: João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com>
Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 68547 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#68547: [PATCH] ; Fix 'mode-line-format-right-align' with ElDoc
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2024 11:58:25 +0100

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João Távora <joaotavora <at> gmail.com> writes:

> On Sat, Jan 20, 2024 at 9:57 AM Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
>>
>> > Date: Wed, 17 Jan 2024 20:44:04 +0100
>> > From:  Eshel Yaron via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs,
>> >  the Swiss army knife of text editors" <bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org>
>> >
>> > Tags: patch
>> >
>> > The new mode line right alignment requires setting `mode-line-format` to
>> > a list that contains (as in `memq`) the symbol
>> > `mode-line-format-right-align`.  This is a bit brittle, and currently
>> > `eldoc-minibuffer-message` modifies `mode-line-format` in a way that
>> > happens to break `mode-line-format-right-align`.  To see that, set
>> > `mode-line-format` to '("" mode-line-format-right-align "foo bar") and
>> > then type `M-: (list`.  Now ElDoc info appears on the mode line, but
>> > "bar" is no longer visible.
>> >
>> > This patch makes ElDoc modify `mode-line-format` in an equivalent way
>> > that avoids messing with `mode-line-format-right-align`.
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>> João, any objections or comments?
>
> I think it looks good.  I just think the patch is a little
> too newline friendly, i.e. the if can probably fit in a single
> line without reaching 80 columns and it'll make it easier to
> read.

Yes, it fits nicely.  See updated patch below.

[v2-0001-Fix-mode-line-format-right-align-with-ElDoc-Bug-6.patch (text/x-patch, attachment)]

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