I know how to bind a key to a command in tmux, but I want to create a custom command (that you can type with prefix key + colon). In this custom command, I want to execute a couple of other commands.
My idea is to have something like this:
no-side-status() {
set status-left-length 0
set status-right-length 0
}
side-status() {
set status-left-length 50
set status-right-length 150
}
So I can type :no-side-status
to hide the left and right status bars, and type :side-status
to restore the left and right status bars.
Is it possible to create such custom commands? If so how? If not, any other way to achieve what I want?
Best Answer
Originally, tmux doesn't have any support for custom commands except for running external shell scripts.
There's a mod adding full-fledged scripting support to tmux: http://ershov.github.io/tmux/
It also allows to create user commands. For example, yours would look like:
To use from tmux command line just type
C-b :
andside-status
orno-side-status
.To bind it to a key use
bind C-p tcl side-status
.