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From: rbbb@rice.ARPA
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Subject: Re: Emacs Mode Line   - (nf)
Message-ID: <513@sri-arpa.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 1-Apr-84 14:34:23 EST
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Posted: Sun Apr  1 14:34:23 1984
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From:  David Chase <rbbb@rice.ARPA>

What you want is the "default-mode-line-format".  For instance, (within
this mail handling program) the default-mode-line-format is

"%[Buffer: %b%*  (%m) %M  File: %f  %p%]"

and the mode-line-format (specific to this buffer) is

"^X^S to send; ^X? for help".

The line

(setq default-mode-line-format "%[Buffer: %b%*  (%m) %M  File: %f %]")

will certainly do the trick for you, if you are running Unipress Emacs.

drc