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From: pjnesser@fenchurch.mit.edu (Philip John Nesser)
Newsgroups: gnu.emacs
Subject: Re: Time display in mode line
Message-ID: <1989Nov20.044325.20688@eddie.mit.edu>
Date: 20 Nov 89 04:43:25 GMT
References: <sZNq4mK00W0I83eXtY@andrew.cmu.edu>
Reply-To: pjnesser@fenchurch.UUCP (Philip John Nesser)
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In article <sZNq4mK00W0I83eXtY@andrew.cmu.edu> jb3o+@andrew.cmu.edu (Jon Allen Boone) writes:
>Can someone send me a copy of the code used to cause GNU to display the
>current time on the mode line.  I've seen this done in GosEmacs, and I'm
>next to certain that Gnu can do it too.  Am I right?  Or is it just a
>pipe dream?
>
>A speedy response would be appreciated....
>

(setq display-time-day-and-date t)

Should do it.  (Put that in your .emacs file)

---> Philip J. Nesser
Student Staff Software Engineer
MIT EECS Educational Computer Facility