markStyle Parameter

markStyle parameter

Use the markStyle parameter to set or query the style character that is associated with a mark. The style character is used to determine the style attributes that should be used to draw the text associated with the mark if the markHighlight parameter is on for the specified mark.

Availability

query command
set command

Scope

The specified mark in the current view.

Syntax
query markStyle.[name | #id]
set markStyle.[name | #id] c 
Parameters

name Use the name parameter to specify the name of an existing mark. Names may contain any characters but spaces and may not start with the # character.
id Use the id parameter to specify the id of an existing mark.
c Use the c parameter to specify the style character.

If the c parameter is not a single character, it is interpreted as a decimal, hexadecimal, or octal integer, in one of the formats exemplified here: 110, 0x6E, 0X6e, #6e, 0156. The style character will be the character represented by the value specified.

Description

If you do not specify a mark name or a mark id, the last mark created will be used.

Examples
query markStyle.test
set markStyle.test n
set markStyle.#3 n
set markStyle.#3 0x6e 
query command
set command
mark parameter
markHighlight parameter
markId parameter
styleAttributes

name	Use the name parameter to specify the name of an existing mark. Names may contain any characters but spaces and may not start with the # character.
id	Use the id parameter to specify the id of an existing mark.
c	Use the c parameter to specify the style character. If the c parameter is not a single character, it is interpreted as a decimal, hexadecimal, or octal integer, in one of the formats exemplified here: 110, 0x6E, 0X6e, #6e, 0156. The style character will be the character represented by the value specified.