Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!decvax!ucbvax!ucbcad!tektronix!hplabs!sri-unix!Duane.Williams@CMU-CS-IUS From: Duane.Williams%CMU-CS-IUS@sri-unix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.emacs Subject: Re: Emacs Mode Line Format Message-ID: <514@sri-arpa.UUCP> Date: Sun, 1-Apr-84 22:52:00 EST Article-I.D.: sri-arpa.514 Posted: Sun Apr 1 22:52:00 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 7-Apr-84 05:37:38 EST Lines: 9 The proper way (in Unix Emacs version #265) to set the default value of the buffer specific mode-line-format variable is: (setq-default mode-line-format "put your format string here") The current edition of the Unix Emacs manual from James Gosling does not describe a default-mode-line-format variable. dtw@cmu-cs-ius