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24.4; elisp manual mode-line example mode-line-mode-name

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From: Kevin Ryde <user42_kevin <at> yahoo.com.au>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 24.4; elisp manual mode-line example mode-line-mode-name
Date: Sun, 30 Nov 2014 19:25:29 +1100

In the elisp manual node "Mode Line Top", the example setting of
`mode-line' shows

    '(:eval (mode-line-mode-name))

But function mode-line-mode-name doesn't seem to exist.

I know it's only an example, but it could be good if it worked as well
as illustrating the mode line features.



In GNU Emacs 24.4.1 (i586-pc-linux-gnu, X toolkit, Xaw3d scroll bars)
 of 2014-10-26 on x86-csail-01, modified by Debian
Configured using:
 `configure --build i586-linux-gnu --prefix=/usr
 --sharedstatedir=/var/lib --libexecdir=/usr/lib
 --localstatedir=/var/lib --infodir=/usr/share/info
 --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-pop=yes
 --enable-locallisppath=/etc/emacs24:/etc/emacs:/usr/local/share/emacs/24.4/site-lisp:/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/24.4/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp
 --build i586-linux-gnu --prefix=/usr --sharedstatedir=/var/lib
 --libexecdir=/usr/lib --localstatedir=/var/lib
 --infodir=/usr/share/info --mandir=/usr/share/man --with-pop=yes
 --enable-locallisppath=/etc/emacs24:/etc/emacs:/usr/local/share/emacs/24.4/site-lisp:/usr/local/share/emacs/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/24.4/site-lisp:/usr/share/emacs/site-lisp
 --with-x=yes --with-x-toolkit=lucid --with-toolkit-scroll-bars
 --without-gconf --without-gsettings 'CFLAGS=-g -O2
 -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wall'
 CPPFLAGS=-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 LDFLAGS=-Wl,-z,relro'

Message #8 received at 19224 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Kevin Ryde <user42_kevin <at> yahoo.com.au>
Cc: 19224 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#19224: 24.4; elisp manual mode-line example
 mode-line-mode-name
Date: Sat, 03 Aug 2019 15:00:55 +0200

Kevin Ryde <user42_kevin <at> yahoo.com.au> writes:

> In the elisp manual node "Mode Line Top", the example setting of
> `mode-line' shows
>
>     '(:eval (mode-line-mode-name))
>
> But function mode-line-mode-name doesn't seem to exist.
>
> I know it's only an example, but it could be good if it worked as well
> as illustrating the mode line features.

Indeed.  I've now changed the :eval example into

:eval (format-time-string "%F")

since there didn't seem to be any appropriate mode-line-* functions to
use here.

-- 
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
   bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no

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