statusLine parameter

The statusLine parameter may be used to query or set the visibility of the status line.  The status line parameter is an information line that appears above the text window.  It provides status information on the current row and column, the insertion mode, the current number of changes, and it indicates whether the document view is readonly.

Availability

query command
set command
current parameter
default parameter
install parameter

Scope

statusLine is scoped to the current view.
current.statusLine is scoped to the current view.
default.statusLine is globally scoped.
install.statusLine is globally scoped.

Syntax

query statusLine
set statusLine [ default | on | off ]
query current.statusLine
query default.statusLine
set default.statusLine [ install | on | off ]
query install.statusLine

Parameters

default If you specify the default parameter for the set statusLine command, the current view will use the value of default.statusLine to determine the visibility of the status line.
on If you specify the on parameter for the set statusLine command, the status line will be visible on the current view.  If you specify the on parameter for the set default.statusLine command, the status line will be visible for all views that have statusLine set to default.
off If you specify the off parameter for the set statusLine command, the status line will not be visible on the current view.  If you specify the off parameter for the set default.statusLine command, the status line will not be visible for all views that have statusLine set to default.
install If you specify the install parameter for the set default.statusLine command, all of the views that have statusLine set to default will use the value of install.statusLine to determine the visibility of the status line.

Examples

query statusLine
set statusLine off
query current.statusLine
query default.statusLine
set default.statusLine off
query install.statusLine


query command
set command
current parameter
default parameter
install parameter