No documentation about *_STATUS_SEGMENTS variable?

[davidshen84]

Hi,

I am new to this tool. I am tryingt to customize my powerline status bar to display the k8s context.

I updated the code in the kubernetes_context.sh section in my powerline config.sh file, but did not see any change in my powerline bar.

After much debugging and investigating, I found I need to update these variables to enable or disable the segments:

• TMUX_POWERLINE_LEFT_STATUS_SEGMENTS
• TMUX_POWERLINE_RIGHT_STATUS_SEGMENTS

But there's document mention them. Am I supposed to tinker with them?

What would be the right way to enable this segment?

Also, I want to remove the battery and I too find I have to update these variables to achieve that.

Thanks.

[davidshen84]

ok...I think they are not the right place to customize the segments. After I set the values, the background color of the status bar is removed.

[xx4h]

Hi there,

i agree, that we're lacking some documentation regarding how to configure segments! I'll put that on the list for when i have some more time in the upcoming weeks.

But in general, you have two ways of configuring the segments you want to use:

Configure segments in your config

Copying them from the theme you currently use is probably a good starting point, so if you're using the default theme, i'd copy the following lines to the top of my config.sh

tmux-powerline/themes/default.sh

Lines 104 to 118 in 717688b

	TMUX_POWERLINE_LEFT_STATUS_SEGMENTS=(
	"tmux_session_info 148 234"
	"hostname 33 0"
	#"mode_indicator 165 0"
	#"ifstat 30 255"
	#"ifstat_sys 30 255"
	"lan_ip 24 255 ${TMUX_POWERLINE_SEPARATOR_RIGHT_THIN}"
	#"vpn 24 255 ${TMUX_POWERLINE_SEPARATOR_RIGHT_THIN}"
	"wan_ip 24 255"
	"vcs_branch 29 88"
	#"vcs_compare 60 255"
	#"vcs_staged 64 255"
	#"vcs_modified 9 255"
	#"vcs_others 245 0"
	)

and

tmux-powerline/themes/default.sh

Lines 123 to 141 in 717688b

	TMUX_POWERLINE_RIGHT_STATUS_SEGMENTS=(
	#"earthquake 3 0"
	"pwd 89 211"
	#"macos_notification_count 29 255"
	#"mailcount 9 255"
	"now_playing 234 37"
	#"cpu 240 136"
	"load 237 167"
	#"tmux_mem_cpu_load 234 136"
	"battery 137 127"
	#"air ${TMUX_POWERLINE_SEG_AIR_COLOR} 255"
	"weather 37 255"
	#"rainbarf 0 ${TMUX_POWERLINE_DEFAULT_FOREGROUND_COLOR}"
	#"xkb_layout 125 117"
	"date_day 235 136"
	"date 235 136 ${TMUX_POWERLINE_SEPARATOR_LEFT_THIN}"
	"time 235 136 ${TMUX_POWERLINE_SEPARATOR_LEFT_THIN}"
	#"utc_time 235 136 ${TMUX_POWERLINE_SEPARATOR_LEFT_THIN}"
	)

Don't forget to prepend export to both TMUX_POWERLINE_LEFT_STATUS_SEGMENTS and TMUX_POWERLINE_RIGHT_STATUS_SEGMENTS

Create your own theme

Copy the default theme and modify the theme itself:

mkdir -p ~/.config/tmux-powerline/themes
cp -a ~/.tmux/plugins/tmux-powerline/themes/default.sh ~/.config/tmux-powerline/themes/mytheme.sh

# modify
vim ~/.config/tmux-powerline/themes/mytheme.sh

# set your new theme in your config, set TMUX_POWERLINE_THEME="mytheme"
vim ~/.config/tmux-powerline/config.sh

[davidshen84]

Thanks a lot.

I think copying that two variables to config.sh won't work in most cases. Because most themes, even the default one, uses variables, like TMUX_POWERLINE_SEPARATOR_LEFT_THIN, and they are not available in the config.sh file. Unless you copy them all alone.

Using a default theme as a base and modify it seems easier.