# HG changeset patch # User Lute Kamstra # Date 1063007703 0 # Node ID a2b41a4f0917d5504a55f4f3ed738a241a236f43 # Parent efa9d19d170e37c8e78b03b994f443fc1e6b8fd4 (Mode Line): Say that POS comes before LINE. Mention `size-indication-mode'. diff -r efa9d19d170e -r a2b41a4f0917 man/screen.texi --- a/man/screen.texi Mon Sep 08 07:52:23 2003 +0000 +++ b/man/screen.texi Mon Sep 08 07:55:03 2003 +0000 @@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ Normally, the mode line looks like this: @example --@var{cs}:@var{ch} @var{buf} @var{line} @var{pos} (@var{major} @var{minor})------ +-@var{cs}:@var{ch} @var{buf} @var{pos} @var{line} (@var{major} @var{minor})------ @end example @noindent @@ -211,20 +211,21 @@ takes place in. When we speak of what some command does to ``the buffer,'' we are talking about the current buffer. + @var{pos} tells you whether there is additional text above the top of +the window, or below the bottom. If your buffer is small and it is all +visible in the window, @var{pos} is @samp{All}. Otherwise, it is +@samp{Top} if you are looking at the beginning of the buffer, @samp{Bot} +if you are looking at the end of the buffer, or @samp{@var{nn}%}, where +@var{nn} is the percentage of the buffer above the top of the window. +With Size Indication mode, you can display the size of the buffer as +well. @xref{Optional Mode Line}. + @var{line} is @samp{L} followed by the current line number of point. This is present when Line Number mode is enabled (which it normally is). You can optionally display the current column number too, by turning on Column Number mode (which is not enabled by default because it is somewhat slower). @xref{Optional Mode Line}. - @var{pos} tells you whether there is additional text above the top of -the window, or below the bottom. If your buffer is small and it is all -visible in the window, @var{pos} is @samp{All}. Otherwise, it is -@samp{Top} if you are looking at the beginning of the buffer, @samp{Bot} -if you are looking at the end of the buffer, or @samp{@var{nn}%}, where -@var{nn} is the percentage of the buffer above the top of the -window.@refill - @var{major} is the name of the @dfn{major mode} in effect in the buffer. At any time, each buffer is in one and only one of the possible major modes. The major modes available include Fundamental mode (the @@ -303,8 +304,9 @@ @xref{Variables}, for an explanation of how to set variables. @xref{Optional Mode Line}, for features that add other handy -information to the mode line, such as the current column number of -point, the current time, and whether new mail for you has arrived. +information to the mode line, such as the size of the buffer, the +current column number of point, the current time, and whether new mail +for you has arrived. The mode line is mouse-sensitive; when you move the mouse across various parts of it, Emacs displays help text to say what a click in