4.1 Customizing The Bar

The bar’s appearance and behavior can be modified with the following functions and variables.

Function: set-fg-color color

Set the foreground color for the message bar and input bar. color can be any color recognized by X.

Function: set-bg-color color

Set the background color for the message bar and input bar. color can be any color recognized by X.

Function: set-border-color color

Set the border color for the message bar and input bar. color can be any color recognized by X.

Function: set-msg-border-width width

Set the border width for the message bar and input bar.

Function: set-font font

Set the font for the message bar and input bar.

Variable: *message-window-padding*

The number of pixels that pad the text in the message window.

Variable: *message-window-gravity*

This variable controls where the message window appears. The follow are valid values.

:top-left

:top-right

:bottom-left

:bottom-right

:center

Variable: *timeout-wait*

Specifies, in seconds, how long a message will appear for. This must be an integer.

Variable: *input-window-gravity*

This variable controls where the input window appears. The follow are valid values.

:top-left

:top-right

:bottom-left

:bottom-right

:center

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