# status_message_set

- **Language:** C
- **Kind:** function
- **Source:** https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/status.c#L428
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-status_message_set/

```c
void status_message_set(struct client *c, int delay, int ignore_styles, int ignore_keys, const char *fmt,...)
```

## Parameters

- `c` (`struct client *`)
- `delay` (`int`)
- `ignore_styles` (`int`)
- `ignore_keys` (`int`)
- `fmt` (`const char *`)
- `` (`...`)

## Called by

- [`alerts_set_message`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-alerts-c-alerts_set_message/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/alerts.c#L318)
- [`cmd_display_message_exec`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-cmd-display-message-c-cmd_display_message_exec/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/cmd-display-message.c#L136)
- [`cmd_list_keys_print_notes`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-cmd-list-keys-c-cmd_list_keys_print_notes/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/cmd-list-keys.c#L117)
- [`cmd_run_shell_timer`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-cmd-run-shell-c-cmd_run_shell_timer/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/cmd-run-shell.c#L196)
- [`cmdq_error`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-cmdq_error/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/cmd-queue.c#L865)
- [`mode_tree_run_command`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-mode_tree_run_command/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/mode-tree.c#L1207)
- [`window_customize_set_command_callback`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-window-customize-c-window_customize_set_command_callback/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/window-customize.c#L1208)
- [`window_customize_set_option_callback`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-window-customize-c-window_customize_set_option_callback/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/window-customize.c#L1002)

## Calls

- [`options_get_number`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-options_get_number/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/status.c#L448)
- [`server_add_message`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-server_add_message/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/status.c#L441)
- [`status_message_clear`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-status_message_clear/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/status.c#L434)
- [`status_push_screen`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-status-c-status_push_screen/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/status.c#L435)
- [`xvasprintf`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-xvasprintf/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/status.c#L438)

## Other function references

- [`status_message_callback`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-status-c-status_message_callback/) (function)

## Referenced by

- [`server_client_push_stderr`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-server_client_push_stderr/) (function)

## Referenced declarations

- [`client`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-struct-client/) (struct)
- [`CLIENT_REDRAWSTATUS`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-define-tmux-h-client_redrawstatus/) (constant)
- [`client.flags`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-struct-client-flags/) (attribute)
- [`tty.flags`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-struct-tty-flags/) (attribute)
- [`client.message_ignore_keys`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-struct-client-message_ignore_keys/) (attribute)
- [`client.message_ignore_styles`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-struct-client-message_ignore_styles/) (attribute)
- [`client.message_string`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-struct-client-message_string/) (attribute)
- [`client.message_timer`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-struct-client-message_timer/) (attribute)
- [`client.name`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-struct-client-name/) (attribute)
- [`session.options`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-struct-session-options/) (attribute)
- [`client.session`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-struct-client-session/) (attribute)
- [`client.tty`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-struct-client-tty/) (attribute)
- [`TTY_FREEZE`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-define-tmux-h-tty_freeze/) (constant)
- [`TTY_NOCURSOR`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-define-tmux-h-tty_nocursor/) (constant)