Project name in modeline with project.el
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MhvxvLvJrg · 2022-05-07 18:51

The title says it all!
How can I have the project name in the modeline with the bult-in
project.el?

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Walheimat · 2022-05-07 19:52

Bare-bones:

`(setq global-mode-string (append global-mode-string '((:eval
(project-root (project-current)))))`

But maybe you want ro regex match out the rest of the path and pad
this string. But could be a starting point.

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mclearc · 2022-05-07 23:52

If you use lambda-line you get this as a standard part of the display.

https://github.com/Lambda-Emacs/lambda-line

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fritzgrabo · 2022-05-08 20:35

Check out [https://github.com/fritzgrabo/project-mode-line-
tag](https://github.com/fritzgrabo/project-mode-line-tag):

>Provides a global minor mode to display information about a buffer’s
project (a “project tag”) in its mode line.

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Ghostlyken1 · 2022-05-10 18:58

Funnily enough, I would be shocked