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a portion of the status bar, overlaying the normal status content rather
than replacing the entire line. A new message-format option now controls
the entire message (like status-format). From Conor Taylor in GitHub
issue 4861.
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@@ -4745,6 +4745,23 @@ For how to specify
see the
.Sx STYLES
section.
.It Ic message-format Ar string
Set the format string for the prompt and message area.
The special placeholder
.Ql #{message}
expands to the interactive prompt or message text and
.Ql #{command_prompt}
is set to 1 when the prompt is in command mode (vi).
Style directives like
.Ic fill ,
.Ic align ,
and
.Ic width
may be used in the format string.
The default uses a conditional to select between
.Ic message-style
and
.Ic message-command-style .
.It Xo Ic message-line
.Op Ic 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4
.Xc
@@ -4752,6 +4769,23 @@ Set line on which status line messages and the command prompt are shown.
.It Ic message-style Ar style
Set status line message style.
This is used for messages and for the command prompt.
The message is drawn on top of the existing status line.
A
.Ic width
attribute (a fixed number of columns or a percentage such as
.Ql 50% )
constrains the prompt area width and an
.Ic align
attribute
.Pq Ic left , centre , right
sets its horizontal position.
When the width is less than the full terminal width, the normal status
bar content remains visible around the prompt area.
The
.Ic fill
attribute is used by the default
.Ic message-format
to clear the background.
For how to specify
.Ar style ,
see the
@@ -6522,6 +6556,11 @@ is the terminal alternate character set.
Align text to the left, centre or right of the available space if appropriate.
.It Ic fill=colour
Fill the available space with a background colour if appropriate.
.It Ic width=N
Set the width of the styled area.
.Ar N
may be a column count or a percentage (for example
.Ql 50% ) .
.It Xo Ic list=on ,
.Ic list=focus ,
.Ic list=left-marker ,