Rather than have a special modeline element

[pragdave]

(which actually gets lost on my narrow display), change the face of the Elixir major mode itself.

To try this, run a mix command with some Elixir buffers visible. The mode name "Elixir" should change color in all buffers in Elixir mode.

[tonini]

Hey @pragdave

I think it doesn't work as expected.

What I got is the following:

• When I open a test and run for example alchemist-mix-test, not the "Elixir" text for the major mode elixir-mode got the specific color. Instead the exit code from the execute shell command got integrated and colored.

Also just the mode-line where the compilation is running will be updated, the other buffers will not be touched. So thats also means that you wont see any kind of information when you use the run tests on save hook for examples. Because this wont display or pop the buffer where the tests run.

What If we try to update the mode-line the way that the information will be at the front of the mode-line, so you wont ever lose it? Or I'll try to investigate a bit more into the deep shadows of the emacs mode-line and try to find a way with that you already implemented? :)

[tonini]

I think one of the issues is also that the mode-name variable is just set local for the compilation buffer which runs the test.

We have to update it through the elixir-mode itself. I will look around for some example code and try to find some solutions.

[pragdave]

Did you try running my code? It works...

I did it by using :eval as the mode name, and having it that set text
properties from a variable set by the compilation. The result is that each
buffer that has an Elixir mode and alchemist minor mode has the mode name
change color.

Honest.

On Mon, Nov 3, 2014 at 12:13 AM, Samuel Tonini notifications@github.com
wrote:

I think one of the issues is also that the mode-name variable is just set
local for the compilation buffer which runs the test.

We have to update it through the elixir-mode itself. I will look around
for some example code and try to find some solutions.

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[tonini]

ah I think I got the problem. I have no hook added which loads the (alchemist-mode 1) everytime the elixir-mode is loaded.

Maybe we should add that as a default behavior of alchemist, that he loads with the major mode?

[pragdave]

I think that would be a good idea. I have

(add-hook 'elixir-mode-hook 'alchemist-mode)

in my .emacs
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[tonini]

I will put it into the alchemist.el so it will be loaded if not already done.

[pigmej]

+1

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Subject: Re: [alchemist.el] Rather than have a special modeline element (#12)

ah I think I got the problem. I have no hook added which loads the (alchemist-mode 1) everytime the elixir-mode is loaded.

Maybe we should add that as a default behavior of alchemist, that he loads with the major mode?

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[tonini]

fixed through #13

[tonini]

Thanks a lot Dave! 👍