Nathan Neff <nathan.n...@gmail.com> writes: > Hello all, > > How can I move the currently clocked task to be on the left side > of my modeline in emacs? >
The way the information ends up in the mode line is a bit convoluted: - The main variable is `mode-line-format': you should read its doc string carefully. - `mode-line-format' includes the variable `mode-line-misc-info' towards the end. - `mode-line-misc-info' includes the variable `global-mode-string' (in a somewhat peculiar way that I don't quite understand). - `org-clock-in', `org-clock-out' and `org-clock-cancel' affect the mode line by modifying the `global-mode-string' variable to append or delete `org-mode-line-string' to/from it and then forcing a mode-line update with (drum roll) `force-mode-line-update'. - The rest of the org mode code mucks around with `org-mode-line-string' exclusively. In short, there is no way to change the position of the currently clocked task without rewriting code. You might be able to move *all* of the org information by modifying an earlier mode-line component (rather than `global-mode-string' which is part of the final component). But it would not be trivial. -- Nick "There are only two hard problems in computer science: cache invalidation, naming things, and off-by-one errors." -Martin Fowler
