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| -rw-r--r-- | lispref/modes.texi | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/lispref/modes.texi b/lispref/modes.texi index 12a597484df..4a8d83ecfa0 100644 --- a/lispref/modes.texi +++ b/lispref/modes.texi @@ -1454,11 +1454,12 @@ enabled separately in each buffer. @end defvar @defvar global-mode-string -This variable holds a mode-line spec that appears in the mode line by -default, just after the buffer name. The command @code{display-time} +This variable holds a mode-line spec that, by default, appears in the +mode line just after the @code{which-func-mode} minor mode if set, +else after @code{mode-line-modes}. The command @code{display-time} sets @code{global-mode-string} to refer to the variable -@code{display-time-string}, which holds a string containing the time and -load information. +@code{display-time-string}, which holds a string containing the time +and load information. The @samp{%M} construct substitutes the value of @code{global-mode-string}, but that is obsolete, since the variable is |