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From: mjp@spice.cs.cmu.edu (Michael Portuesi)
Newsgroups: net.emacs
Subject: GNU Emacs Modeline
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Date: Thu, 14-Aug-86 15:40:29 EDT
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Does anybody know how to set the modeline in GNU Emacs to something
besides the default value?  I want to get rid of the dashes and move
things around a bit.  So far, I've found the variable
default-mode-line-format, but I don't know what the control characters
in the format string stand for.  It looks similar to the way Gosling
Emacs does its modeline, but not exactly.  Can anyone supply me with a
list of modeline control characters and what they stand for?

Secondly, I have the line

(display-time)

in my .emacs file.  However, I am not getting the time on the
modeline.  I am using the standard time.el library and default
modeline format.  Attempts to run M-x display-time when Emacs is in
operation place the message "time and load" on the modeline.  Then
Emacs overwrites the message with the old modeline.  Still no time.
Does anybody have an idea what I am doing wrong?

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