# HG changeset patch # User Chong Yidong # Date 1238348546 0 # Node ID 58dbb27801240cfec024d81ba897a36589b6b6fa # Parent bd3a812e0ab872245d00b4ceaccb52552c7acd39 (Mode Line Variables): The default values of the mode line variables are now more complicated. diff -r bd3a812e0ab8 -r 58dbb2780124 doc/lispref/modes.texi --- a/doc/lispref/modes.texi Sun Mar 29 17:42:11 2009 +0000 +++ b/doc/lispref/modes.texi Sun Mar 29 17:42:26 2009 +0000 @@ -1800,53 +1800,31 @@ @defvar mode-line-modified This variable holds the value of the mode-line construct that displays -whether the current buffer is modified. - -The default value of @code{mode-line-modified} is @code{("%1*%1+")}. -This means that the mode line displays @samp{**} if the buffer is -modified, @samp{--} if the buffer is not modified, @samp{%%} if the -buffer is read only, and @samp{%*} if the buffer is read only and -modified. +whether the current buffer is modified. Its default value displays +@samp{**} if the buffer is modified, @samp{--} if the buffer is not +modified, @samp{%%} if the buffer is read only, and @samp{%*} if the +buffer is read only and modified. Changing this variable does not force an update of the mode line. @end defvar @defvar mode-line-frame-identification -This variable identifies the current frame. The default value is -@code{" "} if you are using a window system which can show multiple -frames, or @code{"-%F "} on an ordinary terminal which shows only one -frame at a time. +This variable identifies the current frame. Its default value +displays @code{" "} if you are using a window system which can show +multiple frames, or @code{"-%F "} on an ordinary terminal which shows +only one frame at a time. @end defvar @defvar mode-line-buffer-identification -This variable identifies the buffer being displayed in the window. Its -default value is @code{("%12b")}, which displays the buffer name, padded -with spaces to at least 12 columns. +This variable identifies the buffer being displayed in the window. +Its default value displays the buffer name, padded with spaces to at +least 12 columns. @end defvar @defvar mode-line-position -This variable indicates the position in the buffer. Here is a -simplified version of its default value. The actual default value -also specifies addition of the @code{help-echo} text property. - -@example -@group -((-3 "%p") - (size-indication-mode (8 " of %I")) -@end group -@group - (line-number-mode - ((column-number-mode - (10 " (%l,%c)") - (6 " L%l"))) - ((column-number-mode - (5 " C%c"))))) -@end group -@end example - -This means that @code{mode-line-position} displays at least the buffer -percentage and possibly the buffer size, the line number and the column -number. +This variable indicates the position in the buffer. Its default value +displays the buffer percentage and, optionally, the buffer size, the +line number and the column number. @end defvar @defvar vc-mode @@ -1857,21 +1835,9 @@ @end defvar @defvar mode-line-modes -This variable displays the buffer's major and minor modes. Here is a -simplified version of its default value. The real default value also -specifies addition of text properties. - -@example -@group -("%[(" mode-name - mode-line-process minor-mode-alist - "%n" ")%]--") -@end group -@end example - -So @code{mode-line-modes} normally also displays the recursive editing -level, information on the process status and whether narrowing is in -effect. +This variable displays the buffer's major and minor modes. Its +default value also displays the recursive editing level, information +on the process status, and whether narrowing is in effect. @end defvar The following three variables are used in @code{mode-line-modes}: