Created attachment 101052 [details] [review]
statusbar patch

Maybe you have to fix the size of cursor label width, but i think this is a better way to do that.

Created attachment 101768 [details] [review]
[PATCH] Statusbar rework


Same as Ignacio's patch but
 - compiles
 - no noticeable UI change
 - reverted strings since we are in string announcement period
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 gedit/gedit-statusbar.c |  100 ++++++++++++++++++-----------------------------
 gedit/gedit-statusbar.h |    6 ---
 gedit/gedit-window.c    |    4 +-
 3 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 70 deletions(-)

I think is better use gtk_label_set_width_chars func because of translator or maybe you could use something like g_strconcat("   ", _("INS")). White spaces aren't a good idea.

The white spaces where because of the string freeze ;-)

As Paolo has good reasons to keep his approach I thik we should close this bug.