emacs: smart-mode-line: don't make fixed-width fills

this bothered me forever.  it's *super* annoying on low-resolution
screens, especially with horizontal splits (side by side) where the
effective width of the mode-line for each window is considerably
smaller than the display's width

diff --git a/.emacs.d/init.el b/.emacs.d/init.el
index 95b1f87..1d71471 100644 (file)
--- a/.emacs.d/init.el
+++ b/.emacs.d/init.el
@@ -1560,6 +1560,8 @@ This function is intended for use with `ivy-ignore-buffers'."
   :commands (sml/apply-theme)
   :demand
   :config
   :commands (sml/apply-theme)
   :demand
   :config

+  ;; thanks, but no thnaks; don't make fixed-width fills.
+  (defun sml/fill-for-buffer-identification () "")

   (setq sml/theme 'tangomod)
   (sml/setup)
   (smart-mode-line-enable))
   (setq sml/theme 'tangomod)
   (sml/setup)
   (smart-mode-line-enable))