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Re: Adding current style name to window title or status

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• Subject: [mg82461] Re: Adding current style name to window title or status
• From: Jean-Marc Gulliet <jeanmarc.gulliet at gmail.com>
• Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2007 22:14:28 -0400 (EDT)
• Organization: The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK
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Murray Eisenberg wrote:

> I don't understand the syntax of that SetOptions expression, 
> specifically the hyphen (or minus sign) after "WindowStatusArea".
> 
> Norbert Marxer wrote:
>> On 17 Sep., 09:47, chuck009 <dmili... at comcast.com> wrote:

<snip>

>> SetOptions[EvaluationNotebook[],WindowStatusArea-
>>> ToString[StyleDefinitions/.Options[EvaluationNotebook[],StyleDefinitions]]]

The syntax of the command shown by Norbert is neither mysterious nor 
invalid. However, the symbol for a rule "->" has been broken in two 
parts, a dash "-" and a greater sign ">", and the unfortunately the 
greater sing ">" has been put at the beginning of a new line. This is 
very unfortunate indeed, because nearly all newsreaders will interpret a 
line starting by a ">" as a quotation. Depending on your newsreader, 
such a line can be displayed with a colorful vertical bar.

SetOptions[EvaluationNotebook[], WindowStatusArea -> 
ToString[StyleDefinitions /. Options[EvaluationNotebook[], 
StyleDefinitions]]]

SetOptions[EvaluationNotebook[], Rule[WindowStatusArea, 
ToString[StyleDefinitions /. Options[EvaluationNotebook[], 
StyleDefinitions]]]]

Regards,
-- 
Jean-Marc

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