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Polish tmux Macchiato status bar best practices #20

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Harden tmux @machine_name caching for status bar
cursoragent Jul 16, 2026
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Clarify tmux status-right prefix color conditional
cursoragent Jul 16, 2026
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7 changes: 4 additions & 3 deletions dot_tmux.conf
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Expand Up @@ -66,12 +66,13 @@ set -sg escape-time 0
# display pane numbers for longer
set -g display-panes-time 2000

# Machine name for status bar (resolved once when config is sourced)
run-shell 'tmux set -g @machine_name "$(if [ -f "$HOME/.name" ]; then cat "$HOME/.name"; else hostname -s; fi)"'
# Machine name for status bar (resolved once when config is sourced).
# head -n1 + strip CR/LF so a trailing newline from ~/.name does not break the bar.
run-shell 'name=; if [ -r "$HOME/.name" ]; then name=$(head -n1 "$HOME/.name"); fi; name=${name:-$(hostname -s)}; name=$(printf %s "$name" | tr -d "\r\n"); tmux set -g @machine_name "$name"'

set -g status-left-length 20
set -g status-left '#{?pane_input_off,#[fg=#ed8796],#[fg=#f5a97f]}[#[fg=#f5a97f]#S:#I.#P#{?pane_input_off,#[fg=#ed8796],#[fg=#f5a97f]}] '
set -g status-right '#[fg=#f5a97f]#{?client_prefix,#[fg=#ed8796],} %d %b %Y #[fg=#8aadf4]%I:%M %p #[fg=#a5adcb]#{@machine_name}'
set -g status-right '#{?client_prefix,#[fg=#ed8796],#[fg=#f5a97f]}%d %b %Y #[fg=#8aadf4]%I:%M %p #[fg=#a5adcb]#{@machine_name}'

# increase scrollback lines
set -g history-limit 65536
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