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From: Nathan Neff <nathan.neff@gmail.com>
To: Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com>
Cc: emacs-orgmode <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: Move Currently clocked in task to left on modeline
Date: Tue, 3 Sep 2019 22:53:11 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAC=HedBUt5QCia-cba_ORU3fyyVK4whZBV29QbPiD2grtGkJnQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <875zntod0f.fsf@alphaville.usersys.redhat.com>

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Thanks Nick,

Anyone else, I would like to hear how you can keep the currently clocked
task in plain site - I use MacOS and Linux, so if there's any OS-specific
status software that you recommend let me know.

Thanks,
--Nate


On Mon, Jul 22, 2019 at 6:39 PM Nick Dokos <ndokos@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>
>
>

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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2019-07-22 22:35 Move Currently clocked in task to left on modeline Nathan Neff
2019-07-22 23:39 ` Nick Dokos
2019-09-04  3:53   ` Nathan Neff [this message]

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