1aerc-stylesets(7)      Miscellaneous Information Manual      aerc-stylesets(7)
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Name

6       aerc-stylesets - styleset file specification for aerc(1)
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SYNOPSIS

9       aerc uses a simple configuration syntax to configure the styleset for
10       its ui.
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Styleset Configuration

13       Aerc uses a simple configuration file to describe a styleset. The
14       styleset is described as key, value pairs. In each line, the key repre‐
15       sents the style object it signifies and the color/atrribute of that is
16       modified.
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18       For example, in the line below, the foreground color of the style ob‐
19       ject "msglist_unread" is set to "cornflowerblue"
20           msglist_unread.fg=cornflowerblue
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22       The configuration also allows wildcard matching of the style_objects to
23       configure multiple style objects at a time.
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25   Style
26       The following options are available to be modified for each of the
27       style objects.
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29       fg
30           The foreground color of the style object is set.
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32           Syntax: `<style_object>.fg=<color>`
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34       bg
35           The background color of the style object is set.
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37           Syntax: `<style_object>.bg=<color>`
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39       bold
40           The bold attribute of the style object is set/unset.
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42           Syntax: `<style_object>.bold=<true|false|toggle>`
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44       blink
45           The blink attribute of the style object is set/unset. The terminal
46           needs to support blinking text
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48           Syntax: `<style_object>.bold=<true|false|toggle>`
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50       underline
51           The underline attribute of the style object is set/unset. The ter‐
52           minal needs to support underline text
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54           Syntax: `<style_object>.underline=<true|false|toggle>`
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56       reverse
57           Reverses the color of the style object. Exchanges the foreground
58           and background colors.
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60           Syntax: `<style_object>.reverse=<true|false|toggle>` If the value
61           is false, it doesn't change anything
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63       normal
64           All the attributes of the style object are unset.
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66           Syntax: `<style_object>.normal=<true>` The value doesn't matter
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68       default
69           Set the style object to the default style of the context. Usually
70           based on the terminal.
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72           Syntax: `<style_object>.default=<true>` The value doesn't matter
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74   Style Objects
75       The style objects represent the various ui elements or ui instances for
76       styling.
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78       ┌───────────────────┬────────────────────────────┐
79Style Object       Description                
80       ├───────────────────┼────────────────────────────┤
81       │default            │ The default style object   │
82       │                   │ used for normal ui ele‐    │
83       │                   │ ments while not using spe‐ │
84       │                   │ cialized configuration.    │
85       ├───────────────────┼────────────────────────────┤
86       │error              │ The style used to show er‐ │
87       │                   │ rors.                      │
88       ├───────────────────┼────────────────────────────┤
89       │warning            │ The style used when show‐  │
90       │                   │ ing warnings.              │
91       ├───────────────────┼────────────────────────────┤
92       │success            │ The style used for success │
93       │                   │ messages.                  │
94       ├───────────────────┼────────────────────────────┤
95       │title              │ The style object used to   │
96       │                   │ style titles in ui ele‐    │
97       │                   │ ments.                     │
98       ├───────────────────┼────────────────────────────┤
99       │header             │ The style object used to   │
100       │                   │ style headers in ui ele‐   │
101       │                   │ ments.                     │
102       ├───────────────────┼────────────────────────────┤
103       │statusline_default │ The default style applied  │
104       │                   │ to the statusline.         │
105       ├───────────────────┼────────────────────────────┤
106       │statusline_error   │ The style used for error   │
107       │                   │ messages in statusline.    │
108       ├───────────────────┼────────────────────────────┤
109       │statusline_success │ The style used for success │
110       │                   │ messages in statusline.    │
111       ├───────────────────┼────────────────────────────┤
112       │msglist_default    │ The default style for mes‐ │
113       │                   │ sages in a message list.   │
114       ├───────────────────┼────────────────────────────┤
115       │msglist_unread     │ Unread messages in a mes‐  │
116       │                   │ sage list.                 │
117       ├───────────────────┼────────────────────────────┤
118       │msglist_read       │ Read messages in a message │
119       │                   │ list.                      │
120       ├───────────────────┼────────────────────────────┤
121       │msglist_flagged    │ The messages with the      │
122       │                   │ flagged flag.              │
123       ├───────────────────┼────────────────────────────┤
124       │msglist_deleted    │ The messages marked as     │
125       │                   │ deleted.                   │
126       ├───────────────────┼────────────────────────────┤
127       │msglist_marked     │ The messages with the      │
128       │                   │ marked flag.               │
129       ├───────────────────┼────────────────────────────┤
130       │dirlist_default    │ The default style for di‐  │
131       │                   │ rectories in the directory │
132       │                   │ list.                      │
133       ├───────────────────┼────────────────────────────┤
134       │completion_default │ The default style for the  │
135       │                   │ completion engine.         │
136       ├───────────────────┼────────────────────────────┤
137       │completion_gutter  │ The completion gutter.     │
138       ├───────────────────┼────────────────────────────┤
139       │completion_pill    │ The completion pill.       │
140       ├───────────────────┼────────────────────────────┤
141       │tab                │ The style for the tab bar. │
142       ├───────────────────┼────────────────────────────┤
143       │stack              │ The style for ui stack el‐ │
144       │                   │ ement.                     │
145       ├───────────────────┼────────────────────────────┤
146       │spinner            │ The style for the loading  │
147       │                   │ spinner.                   │
148       ├───────────────────┼────────────────────────────┤
149       │border             │ The style used to draw     │
150       │                   │ borders. Only the back‐    
151       │                   │ ground color is used.      │
152       ├───────────────────┼────────────────────────────┤
153       │selector_default   │ The default style for the  │
154       │                   │ selector ui element.       │
155       ├───────────────────┼────────────────────────────┤
156       │selector_focused   │ The focused item in a se‐  │
157       │                   │ lector ui element.         │
158       ├───────────────────┼────────────────────────────┤
159       │selector_chooser   │ The item chooser in a se‐  │
160       │                   │ lector ui element.         │
161       └───────────────────┴────────────────────────────┘
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163   fnmatch style wildcard matching
164       The styleset configuration can be made simpler by using the fnmatch
165       style wildcard matching for the style object.
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167       The special characters used in the fnmatch wildcards are:
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169       ┌────────┬────────────────────────────┐
170Pattern Meaning                    
171       ├────────┼────────────────────────────┤
172       │*       │ Matches everything         │
173       ├────────┼────────────────────────────┤
174       │?       │ Matches any single charac‐ │
175       │        │ ter                        │
176       └────────┴────────────────────────────┘
177       For example, the following wildcards can be made using this syntax.
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179       ┌─────────────────┬───────────────────────────┐
180Example          │ Description               │
181       ├─────────────────┼───────────────────────────┤
182       │*.fg=blue        │ Set the foreground color  │
183       │                 │ of all style objects to   │
184       │                 │ blue.                     │
185       ├─────────────────┼───────────────────────────┤
186       │*list.bg=hotpink │ Set the background color  │
187       │                 │ of all style objects that │
188       │                 │ end in list  to hotpink.  │
189       └─────────────────┴───────────────────────────┘
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191   Selected modifier
192       Selected modifier can be applied to any style object. The style pro‐
193       vided for the selected modifier are applied on top of the style object
194       it corresponds to.
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196       If you would like to make sure message that are flagged as read in the
197       msglist appear in yellow foreground and black background. You can spec‐
198       ify that with this:
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200           msglist_default.selected.fg=yellow
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202           msglist_default.selected.bg=black
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204       If we specify the global style selected modifer using fnmatch as below:
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206           *.selected.reverse=toggle
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208       This toggles the reverse switch for selected version of all the style
209       objects.
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211   Layered styles
212       Some styles, (currently only the `msglist*` ones) are applied in lay‐
213       ers. If a style differs from the base (in this case `msglist_default`)
214       then that style applies, unless overridden by a higher layer. The order
215       that `msglist` styles are applied in is, from first to last:
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217           msglist_default
218           msglist_unread
219           msglist_read
220           msglist_flagged
221           msglist_deleted
222           msglist_marked
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224       So, the marked style will override all other msglist styles.
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226   Colors
227       The color values are set using the values accepted by the tcell li‐
228       brary. The values can be one of the following.
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230           default
231               The color is set as per the system or terminal default.
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233           <Color name>
234               Any w3c approved color name is used to set colors for the
235               style.
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237           <Hex code>
238               Hexcode for a color can be used. The format must be "#XXXXXX"
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240                                  2021-07-21                 aerc-stylesets(7)
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