From: Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Move Currently clocked in task to left on modeline
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 19:39:12 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <875zntod0f.fsf@alphaville.usersys.redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: CAC=HedCH_vaahFGy3s7t=jeiY2cJaaqYjxZt4DoF0Vht9QMKyg@mail.gmail.com
Nathan Neff <nathan.neff@gmail.com> writes:
> Hello all,
>
> How can I move the currently clocked task to be on the left side
> of my modeline in emacs?
>
The way the information ends up in the mode line is a bit convoluted:
- The main variable is `mode-line-format': you should read its doc
string carefully.
- `mode-line-format' includes the variable `mode-line-misc-info'
towards the end.
- `mode-line-misc-info' includes the variable `global-mode-string'
(in a somewhat peculiar way that I don't quite understand).
- `org-clock-in', `org-clock-out' and `org-clock-cancel' affect the
mode line by modifying the `global-mode-string' variable to append
or delete `org-mode-line-string' to/from it and then forcing a
mode-line update with (drum roll) `force-mode-line-update'.
- The rest of the org mode code mucks around with `org-mode-line-string'
exclusively.
In short, there is no way to change the position of the currently
clocked task without rewriting code. You might be able to move
*all* of the org information by modifying an earlier mode-line
component (rather than `global-mode-string' which is part of the
final component). But it would not be trivial.
--
Nick
"There are only two hard problems in computer science: cache
invalidation, naming things, and off-by-one errors." -Martin Fowler
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2019-07-22 23:39 UTC|newest]
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2019-07-22 22:35 Move Currently clocked in task to left on modeline Nathan Neff
2019-07-22 23:39 ` Nick Dokos [this message]
2019-09-04 3:53 ` Nathan Neff
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