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Re: Re: Adding current style name to window title or status

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  • Subject: [mg82479] Re: [mg82461] Re: Adding current style name to window title or status
  • From: Murray Eisenberg <murray at math.umass.edu>
  • Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 05:10:39 -0400 (EDT)
  • Organization: Mathematics & Statistics, Univ. of Mass./Amherst
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OK, understood!

Jean-Marc Gulliet wrote:
> 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,

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