Default modeline lighter to empty string

The bell emoji lighter was redundant alongside the alarm clock
event display in global-mode-string. One icon is enough. Users
who want a separate mode indicator can set chime-modeline-lighter.

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 12 deletions

diff --git a/README.org b/README.org
index c353162..f96455e 100644
--- a/README.org
+++ b/README.org
@@ -254,19 +254,16 @@ The modeline will display the soonest event within the lookahead window, formatt
 - Default: =⏰ Meeting with Team at 02:30 PM (in 15 minutes)=
 - Updates automatically every minute
 
-**** Minor Mode Lighter
+**** Minor mode lighter
 
-The lighter shown in the modeline when =chime-mode= is active:
+By default, the minor mode lighter is empty — the =⏰= event display already tells you chime is running. If you want a separate indicator in the minor modes list:
 
 #+BEGIN_SRC elisp
-;; Default lighter (bell emoji)
-(setq chime-modeline-lighter " 🔔")
-
-;; Text-based lighter
+;; Show "Chime" in the minor modes list
 (setq chime-modeline-lighter " Chime")
 
-;; Minimal
-(setq chime-modeline-lighter " C")
+;; Or an emoji
+(setq chime-modeline-lighter " 🔔")
 #+END_SRC
 
 **** No-Events Text
diff --git a/chime.el b/chime.el
index 0907d67..49e6428 100644
--- a/chime.el
+++ b/chime.el
@@ -333,10 +333,11 @@ When nil, chime will not modify the modeline at all."
   :group 'chime
   :type 'boolean)
 
-(defcustom chime-modeline-lighter " 🔔"
-  "Text to display in the modeline when chime-mode is enabled.
-This is the mode lighter that appears in the modeline to indicate
-chime-mode is active."
+(defcustom chime-modeline-lighter ""
+  "Minor mode lighter shown in the modeline mode list.
+Empty by default because the event display in `global-mode-string'
+already indicates chime is active.  Set to a string like
+\" Chime\" or \" 🔔\" if you want a separate mode indicator."
   :package-version '(chime . "0.7.0")
   :group 'chime
   :type 'string)