Clean up the modeline a bit with diminish.el

core/prelude-editor.el

@@ -171,6 +171,7 @@
 
 (require 'volatile-highlights)
 (volatile-highlights-mode t)
+(diminish 'volatile-highlights-mode)
 
 ;; note - this should be after volatile-highlights is required
 ;; add the ability to copy and cut the current line, without marking it
@@ -252,6 +253,7 @@
 (require 'projectile)
 (setq projectile-cache-file (expand-file-name  "projectile.cache" prelude-savefile-dir))
 (projectile-global-mode t)
+(diminish 'projectile-mode "Prjl")
 
 (require 'helm-misc)
 (require 'helm-projectile)
@@ -352,6 +354,7 @@ indent yanked text (with prefix arg don't indent)."
 
 ;; sensible undo
 (global-undo-tree-mode)
+(diminish 'undo-tree-mode)
 
 ;; enable winner-mode to manage window configurations
 (winner-mode +1)

core/prelude-mode.el

@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@
   "Minor mode to consolidate Emacs Prelude extensions.
 
 \\{prelude-mode-map}"
-  :lighter " Prelude"
+  :lighter " Pre"
   :keymap prelude-mode-map
   (if prelude-mode
       ;; on start

core/prelude-packages.el

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 (package-initialize)
 
 (defvar prelude-packages
-  '(ace-jump-mode ack-and-a-half elisp-slime-nav exec-path-from-shell
+  '(ace-jump-mode ack-and-a-half diminish elisp-slime-nav exec-path-from-shell
                   expand-region flycheck gist
                   git-commit-mode gitconfig-mode gitignore-mode
                   guru-mode helm helm-projectile