Can you just use the desired characters directly in your .tmux.conf? With UTF-8 support enabled for my (Mac) terminal and in tmux.conf I am able to use characters successfully. Here's what I mean...
.tmux.conf > # Expect UTF-8 sequences to appear in this window > set-window-option -g utf8 on > # Treat top-bit-set-option characters in the status-left and status-right > strings as UTF-8 > set-option -g status-utf8 on > > set-window-option -g window-status-current-format "▕#[underscore] #I.#P:#W > #[nounderscore]▏" Not sure if the Unicode characters will show up for you in the last line. I'm using the 1/8th left and right block Unicode characters in my status (just inside the quotes) around the currently selected tab information. I have seen issues with these settings in xQuartz xterm, which doesn't seem to support UTF-8 correctly. In addition to the terminal you need a font which supports all the Unicode characters. If you want to verify UTF-8 is working in your terminal you can download this file. A simple "cat UTF-8-demo.txt" should output various Unicode characters correctly. -Adrian On Oct 28, 2012, at 4:17 PM, ian m <ianisthewal...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I am running tmux on an embedded linux system. I have been trying to add > special characters to my status bar in tmux for a few days. This was made > difficult because when I attempt to set the status bar in my config file > through something like > > set -g status-right "#(echo -e '\xnn\xnn)'" > > My status bar will simply show "xnnxnn" rather than the character that hex > represents. other escapes also do not work (for example like escaping into > the alternate character set). The command works as expected from a terminal > however, so I wrapped the call into a shell script and simply call that shell > script in my tmux config via > > set -g status-right "#(/path/to/shellscript)" > > This finally did succeed in placing the special character on the statusbar, > however it messed up the far right edge. For every character I place on the > status bar in this way, another character is appended to the end of my > statusbar in a fairly glitchy manner. It usually simply repeats the last > legitimate character on the statusbar (in my case the minutes of the time). > If the statusbar gets reset or hidden and then restored, then rather than > repeating the final character, I just get an orange background with no > character in it for those spaces. > > What is this strange behavior, and how can I fix it? > > Thanks for any help! > > Ian > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Everyone hates slow websites. So do we. > Make your web apps faster with AppDynamics > Download AppDynamics Lite for free today: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/appdyn_sfd2d_oct_______________________________________________ > tmux-users mailing list > tmux-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tmux-users
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