Re: How to simplify status line

Thanks to a suggestion from somebody on this list I messed around with 
the jde-mode-line-format variable and got something that is an 
improvement for my needs.

On 8/29/2007 12:37 PM, Paul Copeland wrote:
> The status line has a bunch of stuff that causes the things I most 
> want to see to scroll off the visible portion.  For instance, I really 
> want to see the line number where the cursor is but it is pushed out 
> to the right off the visible section.
>
> My status line looks like this...
>
> ------XEmacs: filename.java   (JDE /S/n/ARP/plugin/jdb PenDel Font 
> Abbrev)--L20--8%--[C:classname]----
>
> The thing that bugs me is that I don't see the "L20" line number 
> part.  Okay I know I can widen the window, but I'd like to keep it at 
> the current width and still see the line number (L20).  The (JDE...) 
> section between the parens is fixed so I don't need to see it as much 
> as the line number part that depends on where the cursor is.
>
> Is there a way?
>
> TIA
>
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