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Name
aerc-stylesets - styleset file specification for aerc(1)
SYNOPSIS
aerc uses a simple configuration syntax to configure the styleset for its ui.
Styleset Configuration
Aerc uses a simple configuration file to describe a styleset. The styleset is described as key, value
pairs. In each line, the key represents the style object it signifies and the color/atrribute of that is
modified.
For example, in the line below, the foreground color of the style object "msglist_unread" is set to
"cornflowerblue"
msglist_unread.fg=cornflowerblue
The configuration also allows wildcard matching of the style_objects to configure multiple style objects
at a time.
Style
The following options are available to be modified for each of the style objects.
fg
The foreground color of the style object is set.
Syntax: `<style_object>.fg=<color>`
bg
The background color of the style object is set.
Syntax: `<style_object>.bg=<color>`
bold
The bold attribute of the style object is set/unset.
Syntax: `<style_object>.bold=<true|false|toggle>`
blink
The blink attribute of the style object is set/unset. The terminal needs to support blinking text
Syntax: `<style_object>.bold=<true|false|toggle>`
underline
The underline attribute of the style object is set/unset. The terminal needs to support underline
text
Syntax: `<style_object>.underline=<true|false|toggle>`
reverse
Reverses the color of the style object. Exchanges the foreground and background colors.
Syntax: `<style_object>.reverse=<true|false|toggle>` If the value is false, it doesn't change
anything
normal
All the attributes of the style object are unset.
Syntax: `<style_object>.normal=<true>` The value doesn't matter
default
Set the style object to the default style of the context. Usually based on the terminal.
Syntax: `<style_object>.default=<true>` The value doesn't matter
Style Objects
The style objects represent the various ui elements or ui instances for styling.
┌────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Style Object │ Description │
├────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ default │ The default style object used for │
│ │ normal ui elements while not using │
│ │ specialized configuration. │
├────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ error │ The style used to show errors. │
├────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ warning │ The style used when showing warnings. │
├────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ success │ The style used for success messages. │
├────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ title │ The style object used to style titles │
│ │ in ui elements. │
├────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ header │ The style object used to style │
│ │ headers in ui elements. │
├────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ statusline_default │ The default style applied to the │
│ │ statusline. │
├────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ statusline_error │ The style used for error messages in │
│ │ statusline. │
├────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ statusline_success │ The style used for success messages │
│ │ in statusline. │
├────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ msglist_default │ The default style for messages in a │
│ │ message list. │
├────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ msglist_unread │ Unread messages in a message list. │
├────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ msglist_read │ Read messages in a message list. │
├────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ msglist_flagged │ The messages with the flagged flag. │
├────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ msglist_deleted │ The messages marked as deleted. │
├────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ msglist_marked │ The messages with the marked flag. │
├────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ dirlist_default │ The default style for directories in │
│ │ the directory list. │
├────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ completion_default │ The default style for the completion │
│ │ engine. │
├────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ completion_gutter │ The completion gutter. │
├────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ completion_pill │ The completion pill. │
├────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ tab │ The style for the tab bar. │
├────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ stack │ The style for ui stack element. │
├────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ spinner │ The style for the loading spinner. │
├────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ border │ The style used to draw borders. Only │
│ │ the background color is used unless │
│ │ you customize border-char-vertical │
│ │ and/or border-char-horizontal in │
│ │ aerc.conf. │
├────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ selector_default │ The default style for the selector ui │
│ │ element. │
├────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ selector_focused │ The focused item in a selector ui │
│ │ element. │
├────────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ selector_chooser │ The item chooser in a selector ui │
│ │ element. │
└────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────┘
fnmatch style wildcard matching
The styleset configuration can be made simpler by using the fnmatch style wildcard matching for the style
object.
The special characters used in the fnmatch wildcards are:
┌─────────┬──────────────────────────────┐
│ Pattern │ Meaning │
├─────────┼──────────────────────────────┤
│ * │ Matches everything │
├─────────┼──────────────────────────────┤
│ ? │ Matches any single character │
└─────────┴──────────────────────────────┘
For example, the following wildcards can be made using this syntax.
┌──────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Example │ Description │
├──────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ *.fg=blue │ Set the foreground color of all style │
│ │ objects to blue. │
├──────────────────┼───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ *list.bg=hotpink │ Set the background color of all style │
│ │ objects that end in list to hotpink. │
└──────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────┘
Selected modifier
Selected modifier can be applied to any style object. The style provided for the selected modifier are
applied on top of the style object it corresponds to.
If you would like to make sure message that are flagged as read in the msglist appear in yellow
foreground and black background. You can specify that with this:
msglist_default.selected.fg=yellow
msglist_default.selected.bg=black
If we specify the global style selected modifer using fnmatch as below:
*.selected.reverse=toggle
This toggles the reverse switch for selected version of all the style objects.
Layered styles
Some styles, (currently only the `msglist*` ones) are applied in layers. If a style differs from the base
(in this case `msglist_default`) then that style applies, unless overridden by a higher layer. The order
that `msglist` styles are applied in is, from first to last:
msglist_default
msglist_unread
msglist_read
msglist_flagged
msglist_deleted
msglist_marked
So, the marked style will override all other msglist styles.
Colors
The color values are set using the values accepted by the tcell library. The values can be one of the
following.
default
The color is set as per the system or terminal default.
<Color name>
Any w3c approved color name is used to set colors for the style.
<Hex code>
Hexcode for a color can be used. The format must be "#XXXXXX"
SEE ALSO
aerc(1) aerc-config(5)
AUTHORS
Originally created by Drew DeVault <sir@cmpwn.com> and maintained by Robin Jarry <robin@jarry.cc> who is
assisted by other open source contributors. For more information about aerc development, see
https://sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc/.
2024-11-15 aerc-stylesets(7)