ergoemacs-status

This is a modernized mode-line (outside emacs this is called a status bar). This status bar changes its contents based on window size:

With a large window, a large amount of information is displayed:

Getting It

Requirements

package	version
emacs	>= 23
powerline	>= 2.3
mode-icons	>= 0.10

Starting status-bar

To use library in your load path and use

(require 'ergoemacs-status)
(ergoemacs-status-mode)    

Features

The main features include:

• Iconic display of text properties
• Easy to Hide or highlight minor modes
• Very easy to configure

Customizing status-bar

Changing what elements are displayed

You can change what elements are displayed by right-clicking on a blank area in the status bar. This brings up a list of information that is displayed on the status-bar:

You can select or deselect what is shown in the menu-bar.

This configuration is saved for the next emacs session.

Changing the order of the status bar elements

You can change the display order of any element by Alt+clicking and then dragging the element around.

The element you select will be displayed and changed as you move your mouse.

For example Alt+clicking on the linux icon, highlights the encoding section of the mode-line or status bar:

By dragging, you can then move the element:

This configuration is saved for the next emacs session.

Hiding/displaying minor-modes

By default, the ergoemacs-status hides minor modes based on the size of your window. However, you can permanently hide by clicking on the mode. In minor modes without specific menus, the hide button will be in the center:

If the minor mode has it’s own menus, like flycheck-mode, the hide button will be on the bottom of the menus:

If you change your mind and want to show the minor mode, you can click on the up-arrow, then the hidden minor mode and, and then “Show this minor mode”:

This configuration in saved for the next emacs session.

You can also suppress a mode from being in the hidden modes popup or in the status-bar / mode-line: This is done by adding the mode symbol to the variable ergoemacs-status--suppressed-minor-modes. For example, to hide flyspell-mode, you can add the following

(push 'flyspell-mode ergoemacs-status--suppressed-minor-modes)

after loading ergoemacs-status. This is saved in your initialization settings like ~/.emacs

By default isearch-mode is suppressed in ergoemacs-status.

Hacking status-bar