How to add left/right paddings to tabs and mode-line-identification?
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josior · 2022-05-06 21:49

Is there a way to add left/right paddings to tab titles and mode-line-
identification?

I know I can redefine the functions and add spaces to the each side of
the text, but I wonder if there's a better way. Any suggestions?

Thanks!

Image to help understanding: https://i.imgur.com/PkfasEZ.png - I added
spaces around the title in the last tab (" Thanks ").

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Michaelmrose · 2022-05-06 22:51

You can wrap existing functions and do whatever manipulation you like.

Here is power line tabs with icons and accent color that matches
desktop wallpaper courtesy of pywal.

https://i.imgur.com/fQXN7vG.png

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josior · 2022-05-07 19:32

That looks great! Can you tell me how to include the padding in the
mode-line-buffer-id? I tried with the `(:box)` face attribute but it
includes borders only on top and bottom.

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Michaelmrose · 2022-05-07 20:19

Check out

https://gist.github.com/michaelmrose/cbd95f3f055b3040b8d47462bc767662

I believe I stole er borrowed some of it from somewhere or other