Variable: display-time-use-mail-icon

display-time-use-mail-icon is a customizable variable defined in time.el.gz.

Value

nil

Documentation

Non-nil means use an icon as mail indicator on a graphic display.

Otherwise use display-time-mail-string. The icon may consume less of the mode line. It is specified by display-time-mail-icon.

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Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 21.1.

Source Code

;; Defined in /usr/src/emacs/lisp/time.el.gz
;; Fixme: Default to icon on graphical display?
(defcustom display-time-use-mail-icon nil
  "Non-nil means use an icon as mail indicator on a graphic display.
Otherwise use `display-time-mail-string'.  The icon may consume less
of the mode line.  It is specified by `display-time-mail-icon'."
  :type 'boolean)