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@@ -198,6 +198,10 @@ Should make startup faster, taken from doom-emacs
 
         		" "
   	                sakoline-buffer-state	
+  			" " 
+  			;; everything under here goes to the right
+  			;; make sure to change the padding to make it look good
+  			(:eval (sakoline-padding-right 'mode-line 20))
         		sakoline-major-mode
 
         		))
@@ -272,13 +276,18 @@ Should make startup faster, taken from doom-emacs
     	(propertize "!!!"
     		    'face 'sakoline-buffer-state-modified)))))
 
-        ;; some weird spacing bullshit
-        ;; weird how its not built in
-         (defun sakoline-line-render (left right)
-         "Return a string of `window-width' length containing LEFT, and RIGHT
-        aligned respectively."
-         (let* ((available-width (- (window-width) (length left) 2)))
-           (format (format " %%s %%%ds " available-width) left right)))
+  (put 'sakoline-buffer-state 'risky-local-variable t)
+
+  (defun sakoline-padding-right (face reserve)
+  "Return empty space using FACE and leaving RESERVE space on the right."
+  (unless reserve
+    (setq reserve 20))
+  (when (and window-system (eq 'right (get-scroll-bar-mode)))
+    (setq reserve (- reserve 3)))
+  (propertize " "
+              'display `((space :align-to (- (+ right right-fringe right-margin) ,reserve)))
+              'face face))
+
 #+end_src
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