add modeline cleaner code

diff --git a/.emacs b/.emacs
index 92d1353709a5223d43c28cb3ed8ef3e875aa3e4f..715bb712d0ded5b8a4569483d1a949bc61afd65a 100644 (file)
--- a/.emacs
+++ b/.emacs
@@ -456,6 +456,61 @@
 (setq mweb-filename-extensions '("php" "htm" "html" "ctp" "phtml" "php4" "php5"))
 (multi-web-global-mode 1)
 
+; clean-mode-line from http://www.masteringemacs.org/articles/2012/09/10/hiding-replacing-modeline-strings/
+(defvar mode-line-cleaner-alist
+  `((auto-complete-mode . " α")
+    (yas/minor-mode . " υ")
+    (paredit-mode . " π")
+    (eldoc-mode . "")
+    (abbrev-mode . "")
+    (my-keys-minor-mode . "")
+    ;; Major modes
+    (lisp-interaction-mode . "λ")
+    (hi-lock-mode . "")
+    (python-mode . "Py")
+    (cperl-mode . "ρ")
+    (auctex-mode . "Lχ")
+    (org-agenda-mode . "øα")
+    (org-mode . "ø")
+    (emacs-lisp-mode . "EL")
+    (nxhtml-mode . "nx"))
+  "Alist for `clean-mode-line'.
+ 
+When you add a new element to the alist, keep in mind that you
+must pass the correct minor/major mode symbol and a string you
+want to use in the modeline *in lieu of* the original.")
+ 
+ 
+(defun clean-mode-line ()
+  (interactive)
+  (loop for cleaner in mode-line-cleaner-alist
+        do (let* ((mode (car cleaner))
+                 (mode-str (cdr cleaner))
+                 (old-mode-str (cdr (assq mode minor-mode-alist))))
+             (when old-mode-str
+                 (setcar old-mode-str mode-str))
+               ;; major mode
+             (when (eq mode major-mode)
+               (setq mode-name mode-str)))))
+ 
+ 
+(add-hook 'after-change-major-mode-hook 'clean-mode-line)
+ 
+;;; alias the new `flymake-report-status-slim' to
+;;; `flymake-report-status'
+(defalias 'flymake-report-status 'flymake-report-status-slim)
+(defun flymake-report-status-slim (e-w &optional status)
+  "Show \"slim\" flymake status in mode line."
+  (when e-w
+    (setq flymake-mode-line-e-w e-w))
+  (when status
+    (setq flymake-mode-line-status status))
+  (let* ((mode-line " Φ"))
+    (when (> (length flymake-mode-line-e-w) 0)
+      (setq mode-line (concat mode-line ":" flymake-mode-line-e-w)))
+    (setq mode-line (concat mode-line flymake-mode-line-status))
+    (setq flymake-mode-line mode-line)
+    (force-mode-line-update)))
 
 ; apparently things like to step on C-;, so we'll use a hack from
 ; http://stackoverflow.com/questions/683425/globally-override-key-binding-in-emacs/5340797#5340797 to fix this