"String being displayed in the mode line saying you have an appointment.
The actual string includes the amount of time till the appointment.
Only used if `appt-display-mode-line' is non-nil.")
+(put 'appt-mode-string 'risky-local-variable t) ; for 'face property
(defvar appt-prev-comp-time nil
"Time of day (mins since midnight) at which we last checked appointments.
min-to-app))
(when appt-display-mode-line
(setq appt-mode-string
- (format " App't in %s min." min-to-app)))
+ (concat " " (propertize
+ (format "App't in %s min." min-to-app)
+ 'face 'mode-line-emphasis))))
;; When an appointment is reached, delete it from
;; the list. Reset the count to 0 in case we
;; display another appointment on the next cycle.