How do we use text-only based modeline in emacs ?
I don't want a big button across the screen at the bootom of my emacs window. Just a text line with all the contents would be good and minimal.
Similarly when I do a split screen, I don't want a scroll bar, just a "|" character across the entire screen is enough. Is this possible ?
M-x customize-group RET mode-line-faces RET
To completely get rid of the 'button' appearance, remove the 'box' attribute from mode-line, mode-line-highlight, and mode-line-inactive.