global mode line
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whudwl · 2022-05-31 07:58

I got to know that emacs now has a global mode line from here
[https://amodernist.com/texts/emacs-
global.html](https://amodernist.com/texts/emacs-global.html)

The post above shows how to enable global mode line, and hints that it
can be used together with tabs as well. After checking the docstring,
it appears to be quite easy:

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`(add-to-list 'tab-bar-format 'tab-bar-format-align-right t)`

`(add-to-list 'tab-bar-format 'tab-bar-format-global t)`

`(tab-bar-mode t)`

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By default, battery info , date time (if enabled) and org clocking
info will appear on the right side of tab bar, which is pretty cool.

Hope someone might find this useful.

https://preview.redd.it/ar3yt6qdpr291.png?width=1120&format=png&auto=w
ebp&s=54c4fbe9b7c9e6e0b2b535c57d2c73962fe4e91b

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7890yuiop · 2022-05-31 09:01

> I got to know that emacs now has a global mode line

FYI that's just displaying `global-mode-string` which is a standard
part of `mode-line-misc-info` in the normal `mode-line-format` (and
has been for a really long time).

So it's something most people are seeing already -- but seems like a
nice approach to putting it somewhere different, for anyone using
`tab-bar-mode`.

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00-11 · 2022-05-31 19:51

Calling it the (or a) *global mode line* is misleading, IMO.

It's not the mode-line, and it doesn't use the mode-line.

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b3n · 2022-05-31 22:50

An alternative is to use [minibuffer-
line](http://elpa.gnu.org/packages/minibuffer-line.html). Notice in
the screenshot how the bottom line is completely blank wasted space?
This adds a default to dispaly there when it's not being used.

    (package-install 'minibuffer-line)
    (setq minibuffer-line-format '(:eval global-mode-string))
    (setq minibuffer-line-refresh-interval 1)
    (setq mode-line-misc-info nil))
    (minibuffer-line-mode)

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7890yuiop · 2022-06-01 23:20

I'd suggest that you explicitly remove the thing you want to remove
from `mode-line-misc-info` rather than assuming that there will never
be anything else in there.