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 22.4 Mode Line Format
 =====================
 
 Each Emacs window (aside from minibuffer windows) typically has a mode
 line at the bottom, which displays status information about the buffer
 displayed in the window.  The mode line contains information about the
 buffer, such as its name, associated file, depth of recursive editing,
 and major and minor modes.  A window can also have a “header line”,
 which is much like the mode line but appears at the top of the window.
 
    This section describes how to control the contents of the mode line
 and header line.  We include it in this chapter because much of the
 information displayed in the mode line relates to the enabled major and
 minor modes.
 

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· Base Mode Line Basics.       Basic ideas of mode line control.
· Data Mode Line Data.         The data structure that controls the mode line.
· Top Mode Line Top.           The top level variable, mode-line-format.
· Mode Line Variables         Variables used in that data structure.
· %-Constructs                Putting information into a mode line.
· Properties in Mode          Using text properties in the mode line.
· Header Lines                Like a mode line, but at the top.
· Emulating Mode Line         Formatting text as the mode line would.
 

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