There are a lot of abbreviations on the emacs status bar and no good way to decode them. This article was the most helpful. I could not find the word "status bar" in the Emacs manual. Does anyone know where I could find descriptions of how that status bar works?
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Emacs calls it the modeline. You should read the manual. It contains exhaustive discussions on terminology which are (sadly) quite different from what most other programs employ.
Noufal Ibrahim
2010-04-16 18:47:01
That explains why I couldn't find it. The manual is huge so if you don't know the right term..big trouble. Thanks!
User1
2010-04-16 19:24:53
You should still read it. If you want some degree of proficiency in emacs, the manual is must read. It's a bad 'reference' though.
Noufal Ibrahim
2010-04-16 19:47:20