tmux: update config, add select mode highlight; tidy up

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/tmux/tmux.conf b/tmux/tmux.conf
index cbe9288..861d9bf 100644
--- a/tmux/tmux.conf
+++ b/tmux/tmux.conf
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ unbind r
 bind r source-file ~/.config/tmux/tmux.conf
 
 set -g mouse on
+# start tabs with 1; default is 0
 set -g base-index 1
 
 # allows to use vim bindings in scroll mode - key [
@@ -21,18 +22,24 @@ bind-key l select-pane -R
 
 # needed for autoread to work in neovim
 set-option -g focus-events on
-# set-option -g cursor-style blinking-bar
 
-# highlight current window in status bar
-set-window-option -g window-status-current-style 'bg=brightwhite'
-set-window-option -g window-status-current-format ' #I:#W '
+# no spacew between tabs
+set-window-option -g window-status-separator ''
+# paints the tab yellow when in select/scroll mode
+set-window-option -g window-status-format '#{?pane_in_mode,#[bg=brightyellow],} #I:#W #[default]'
+# paints selected tab white (unless in scroll mode)
+set-window-option -g window-status-current-format '#[bg=brightwhite]#{?pane_in_mode,#[bg=brightyellow],} #I:#W #[default]'
 
 # open pane splits and windows at the same path as current pane
 bind '"' split-window -v -c "#{pane_current_path}"
 bind % split-window -h -c "#{pane_current_path}"
 bind "c" new-window -c "#{pane_current_path}"
 
+# default but with no space on the right
+set-window-option -g status-left '[#S]'
+# time and battery status
 set-window-option -g status-right '#[bg=brightwhite] %H:%M #[default]#($HOME/.config/tmux/battery.sh)'
+# update each second
 set-window-option -g status-interval 1
 
 # increase scrollback size to 50K lines