tmux-status-variables

Tmux plugin that eases the usage of scripts in tmux status line

Usage

Simply add the plugin name to status-left or status-right and tmux-status-variables will do the rest.

Example

Add the following to your tmux.conf, to show the amount of free memory: set -g status-left "#{free_mem}"

Plugins

Name	Script	Explanation
ipinfo.io	ipinfo	Show public ip address info
Free Memory	free_mem	Show how much free memory is available
Package Updates	package_updates	Show if there are any package updates (updates;security-updates)
System Uptime	uptime	Show the uptime of the system

ipinfo.io

Information is acquired using ipinfo.io, and can be formatted as any combination of the fields ipinfo.io return.

To control the format, set the @ipinfo_format variable to your liking. The following fields are supported:

• #ip
• #hostname
• #city
• #region
• #country
• #location
• #isp
• #asn

For instance, if you want this format: "IP_ADDRESS (ISP_NAME)", run the following:
tmux set-option -g @ipinfo_format "#ip (#isp)"

! This script requires jq, a lightweight and flexible command-line JSON processor.

Set Options

Set the following options in your .tmux.conf.

You can add an additional scripts dir by setting the following:

set -g @user_scripts_dir "/path/to/scripts/dir"

otherwise, only the default script directory will be used.

Installation with Tmux Plugin Manager (recommended)

Add plugin to the list of TPM plugins in .tmux.conf:

set -g @plugin 'odedlaz/tmux-status-variables'

Hit prefix + I to fetch the plugin and source it.

Manual Installation

Clone the repo:

$ git clone https://github.com/odedlaz/tmux-status-variables /a/clone/path

Add this line to the bottom of .tmux.conf:

run-shell /a/clone/path/tmux_status_variables.tmux

Reload TMUX environment (type this in terminal)

$ tmux source-file ~/.tmux.conf

How does it work?

Each *.tmux scripts in the scripts directory and @user_scripts_dir is loaded. the name of the script is the name of the variable that'll be used in the status line.

for example, the free_mem.tmux script echos the amount of free memory. to add it to the left status, just write: set -g status-left "#{free_mem}"

Plugin skeleton

A regular plugin only needs to have execution priviledges. For instance, lets look at this 'hello world' plugin:

#!/bin/bash
echo "hello world!"

If 'hello world' takes a lot of time, we might want to cache the result. Results are cached for status-interval seoconds. lets look at the following plugin:

#!/bin/bash
PLUGIN_DIR=$(tmux show-option -gqv "@status_variables_dir")
source "$PLUGIN_DIR/utils/sdk.sh"

on_cache_miss() {
   echo "hello world!"
      sleep 1
}

echo "$(get_cached_value on_cache_miss)"

Now, on_cache_miss will run only when status-interval seconds have passed. Every call in between will return the cached result!

This is important because tmux might refreshe the status line when redrawing the pane. Every time you press or create a new pane, the status line is refreshed which causes many script calls.

Special Credit

This plugin is heavily based on tmux-net-speed by beeryardtech.

License

MIT