From: Dave Love <fx@gnu.org>
Date: Wed, 3 May 2000 17:45:58 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: display-time-use-mail-icon
X-Git-Tag: emacs-pretest-21.0.90~4058
X-Git-Url: http://git.eshelyaron.com/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=72bd7b7b4604bd1a7d08dd76d42d62d1e4aff095;p=emacs.git

display-time-use-mail-icon
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diff --git a/man/display.texi b/man/display.texi
index e1876cf270f..e02f0785ac1 100644
--- a/man/display.texi
+++ b/man/display.texi
@@ -277,8 +277,14 @@ in 24-hour format, set the variable @code{display-time-24hr-format}
 to @code{t}.
 
 @cindex mail (on mode line)
+@vindex display-time-use-mail-icon
+@vindex display-time-mail-face
   The word @samp{Mail} appears after the load level if there is mail
-for you that you have not read yet.
+for you that you have not read yet.  On a graphical display you can use
+an icon instead of @samp{Mail} by customizing
+@code{display-time-use-mail-icon}; this may save some space on the mode
+line.  You can customize @code{display-time-mail-face} to make the mail
+indicator prominent.
 
 @node Text Display
 @section How Text Is Displayed