No we don't have support for this, programs must output and exit. Someone else asked about the same application a long time ago and found some solution.
IIRC they run it writing to a file in the background and then tail -1 the file in the tmux prompt, with status-interval 1. On Mon, May 09, 2011 at 05:55:17PM -0500, Dan Velleman wrote: > The Gnu screen "backtick" command, for displaying a program's output in > the status bar, has an option that works like this (from the screen > manpage): > > ************ ...If both the lifespan and the autorefresh parameters are > zero, the back*** > ************ tick** program is expected to stay in the background and > generate output > ************ once in a while.** In this case, the command is executed > right away** and > ************ screen** stores** the** last** line** of** output. If a new > line gets printed > ************ screen will automatically refresh the hardstatus or the > captions... > > The input method editor UIM was apparently designed to be used with > screen, and it takes advantage of this feature.** There is a little > utility, called uim-fep-tick, that will run in the background and keep an > eye on your currently selected input mode; every time you switch input > modes, it will emit another line containing the name of the new mode. > > However, it never returns.** So in tmux, if you > ****** ** set -g status-right '#(uim-fep-tick)'****** > then nothing is ever displayed. > > Has anyone else encountered an issue like this?** Any workarounds > available?** > > Thanks, > **** Dan > > -- > Everything is vague to a degree you do not realize til you have tried to > make it precise.** > *****Bertrand Russell > > If there is an appeal here, it is to a Popperian type of fragility: look, > I'm a proper scientist, because I've just shown you how fragile my theory > is; in fact, I've just broken it. > *****R. Allen Harris > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Achieve unprecedented app performance and reliability > What every C/C++ and Fortran developer should know. > Learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools > to help boost performance applications - inlcuding clusters. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay > _______________________________________________ > tmux-users mailing list > tmux-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tmux-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Achieve unprecedented app performance and reliability What every C/C++ and Fortran developer should know. Learn how Intel has extended the reach of its next-generation tools to help boost performance applications - inlcuding clusters. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-dev2devmay _______________________________________________ tmux-users mailing list tmux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tmux-users
