diff -ru3 owl-2.1.11/commands.c owl-2.1.11.asedeno/commands.c
--- owl-2.1.11/commands.c	2005-01-30 12:38:56.000000000 -0500
+++ owl-2.1.11.asedeno/commands.c	2006-03-12 23:58:18.000000000 -0500
@@ -699,6 +699,10 @@
 	      "returns the name of the filter for the current view",
 	      "", ""),
 
+  OWLCMD_ARGS("getstyle", owl_command_getstyle, OWL_CTX_INTERACTIVE,
+	      "returns the name of the filter for the current view",
+	      "", ""),
+
   OWLCMD_ARGS("getvar", owl_command_getvar, OWL_CTX_INTERACTIVE,
 	      "returns the value of a variable",
 	      "getvar <varname>", ""),
@@ -2398,6 +2402,18 @@
   return(NULL);
 }
 
+char *owl_command_getstyle(int argc, char **argv, char *buff)
+{
+  char *stylename;
+  if (argc != 1) {
+    owl_function_makemsg("Wrong number of arguments for %s", argv[0]);
+    return NULL;
+  }
+  stylename = owl_view_get_style_name(owl_global_get_current_view(&g));
+  if (stylename) stylename = owl_strdup(stylename);
+  return stylename;
+}
+
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