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4.1 Customizing The Bar

The bar’s appearance and behavior can be modified with the following functions and variables. See Colors for an explanation of how to set these color 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, input bar and frame indicator.

Function: set-font font

Set the font(s) 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-y-padding*

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

Variable: *message-window-gravity*

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

:top-left
:top-right
:bottom-left
:bottom-right
:center
:top
:left
:right
:bottom
Variable: *message-window-input-gravity*

This variable controls where the message window appears when the input window is being displayed. The following are valid values.

:top-left
:top-right
:bottom-left
:bottom-right
:center
:top
:left
:right
:bottom
Variable: *message-window-timer*

Keep track of the timer that hides the message window.

Variable: *timeout-wait*

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

Variable: *timeout-wait-multiline*

Specifies, in seconds, how long a message will more than one line will appear for. This must be an integer. If falsy, default to *timeout-wait*.

Variable: *input-window-gravity*

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

:top-left
:top-right
:bottom-left
:bottom-right
:center
:top
:left
:right
:bottom

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