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Tiny graphical system monitor
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Right-aligned + permanent display #32

Closed Ambrevar closed 6 years ago

Ambrevar commented 6 years ago

Would it be possible to right-align the monitors in the mode-line?

This way it would make sense to add an option to leave the display permanently on.

To make it over the top, maybe symon could check when the text/cursor in the minibuffer reaches as far as the right side where it is displayed, in which case it would go into hiding.

What do you think?

Ambrevar commented 6 years ago

This would be particularly useful when minibuffer-greedy modes like flycheck and eldoc are on.

zk-phi commented 6 years ago

Thanks for posting :) You mean displaying both messages (left side) and symon (right side) at the same time in the minibuffer line right ? I think it's difficult since message function overwrites the whole minibuffer, and the only way I conceive is to redefine message itself (which seems unsafe) ...

Ambrevar commented 6 years ago

Overriding message would not be enough I suppose, what about completing-read, yes-or-no-p, etc.?

Random thoughts included using minibuffer-setup-hook and minibuffer-exit-hook to setup some sort of overlay, don't know if that's possible in Emacs...

Ambrevar commented 6 years ago

Basically setting the minibuffer in a special (minor?) mode where inserting characters does not alter the right side... I am talking insane here? :p

zk-phi commented 6 years ago

It seems difficult or needs a lot of work... I think another reasonable option to show messages and symon at the same time, is to use header-line (instead of minibuffer) to display monitors.

Ambrevar commented 6 years ago

Can you display a header-line across the whole frame independently of the windows?

Ambrevar commented 6 years ago

I've managed to set up dzen with EXWM (https://github.com/ch11ng/exwm/issues/281), so I won't be needed symon anymore. Besides I might be asking for something impossible, thus I'm closing this now.