emacs-31 e45a83cb700: ; * etc/NEWS: Document mode line minimum widths change (bug#81336).

Sean Whitton <[email protected]> Fri, 3 Jul 2026 07:29:19 -0400 (EDT)
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branch: emacs-31
commit e45a83cb700a567ab0e459c6cb41972caaf7c320
Author: Sean Whitton <[email protected]>
Commit: Sean Whitton <[email protected]>

    ; * etc/NEWS: Document mode line minimum widths change (bug#81336).
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 etc/NEWS | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/etc/NEWS b/etc/NEWS
index 8e7d035bf84..6a44d629f41 100644
--- a/etc/NEWS
+++ b/etc/NEWS
@@ -840,6 +840,14 @@ doing search.  'compilation-search-extra-path' is consulted first.
 One possible use case of this option is to add new search paths on a
 per-project basis with directory-local variables.
 
+---
+** Standard mode line no longer specifies minimum widths.
+The 'mode-line-position' and 'standard-mode-line-format' variables no
+longer specify any minimum widths.  If you use a proportional font for
+your mode line, you may need to customize the vales of these variables
+to include minimum widths again.
+
+
 
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