Variable: overline-margin
overline-margin is a customizable variable defined in xdisp.c.
Value
2
Documentation
Space between overline and text, in pixels.
The default value is 2: the height of the overline (1 pixel) plus 1 pixel margin to the character height.
This variable was added, or its default value changed, in Emacs 22.1.
Probably introduced at or before Emacs version 22.1.
Source Code
// Defined in /usr/src/emacs/src/xdisp.c
DEFVAR_INT ("overline-margin", overline_margin,
doc: /* Space between overline and text, in pixels.
The default value is 2: the height of the overline (1 pixel) plus 1 pixel
margin to the character height. */);