From 559231d91ca24a7a7b632261643b9f4eff329fbb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Craig Jennings <c@cjennings.net>
Date: Sat, 4 Apr 2026 14:02:17 -0500
Subject: 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.
---
 README.org | 13 +++++--------
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

(limited to 'README.org')

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
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