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From: Jonathan Callen <jcallen@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: [gentoo-user] Re: How to extend the tmux status 'title' for each pane or window
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2014 15:44:51
Message-Id: 539727E9.4080908@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] How to extend the tmux status 'title' for each pane or window by Mick
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4 On 06/07/2014 06:33 AM, Mick wrote:
5 > On Tuesday 03 Jun 2014 15:16:56 Stroller wrote:
6 >> On Tue, 3 June 2014, at 6:59 am, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
7 >> wrote:
8 >>>> … I have:
9 >>>>
10 >>>> … status-left "#[fg=blue]#T" … status-right "#[fg=blue][#S]"
11 >>>> …
12 >>>
13 >>> Thanks Stroller,
14 >>>
15 >>> On the left status bar I see this:
16 >>>
17 >>> [0] 0:bash*
18 >>>
19 >>> with one window open. As I create more windows it adds to it
20 >>> like so:
21 >>>
22 >>> [0] 0:bash 1:bash- 2:bash*
23 >>>
24 >>>
25 >>> The right hand side shows the prompt, or command being run, but
26 >>> not all of it if it is too long.
27 >>>
28 >>> … status-left "[#S]" … status-right ""#22T" %H:%M %d-%b-%y"
29 >>
30 >> It looks to me like I've merely swapped left and right panes
31 >> because, presumably, I thought it looked better that way.
32 >>
33 >> And I've removed the clock - that's one way you could reclaim
34 >> some screen space.
35 >
36 > Right, on my default setup the clock is on the right, the number of
37 > windows on the left and the title in the middle.
38 >
39 > As is the title shows:
40 >
41 > "root@compaq:/usr/src/l"
42 >
43 > instead of "root@compaq:/usr/src/linux". This is what I mean of it
44 > being cut short.
45 >
46 >
47 > [snip ...]
48 >> As I say, I don't seem to be firing on all cylinders right now,
49 >> but it doesn't look to me like the "commands being run" are shown
50 >> where you say they are, not on the far right, at least.
51 >>
52 >> I think they're shown in the *middle* section of the status bar.
53 >
54 > Yes, they are shown in the middle, but on a 82x25 pixel terminal
55 > the title is displayed about 2/3 towards the right of the status
56 > bar, right against the clock. See attached screenshot.
57 >
58 > Running tmux set -g status-right "#32T" removed the clock and
59 > increased the real estate for the title bar.
60 >
61 > Thanks again Stroller.
62 >
63
64 The "#22T" means (I think) to show the *first 22 characters* of the
65 title, cutting it off if it is too long. You may just want to
66 increase that number to something that matches the room you have
67 available.
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