I had no idea about $TMUX_PANE. Thanks, it worked perfectly. On Sun, Feb 11, 2018 at 9:25 AM, Nicholas Marriott < [email protected]> wrote:
> Use $TMUX_PANE. > > > On Sun, Feb 11, 2018 at 08:47:50AM -0500, Rolf Campbell wrote: > > I run a script in one of several tmux windows and it needs to rename > the > > window it's running in.A Typically when this happens, I'm running > some > > other program in some other window (in the same tmux-session).A If I > run > > "tmux rename-window", it renames the window I'm typing into (not the > > window the script is running in). > > > > Try this: > > Open a new tmux session and run: > > > > tmux new-window; sleep 3; tmux rename-window "NEW-NAME" > > > > This script is trying to rename window #0 (the one it's running in), > but > > ends up renaming window #1 (the one that you happen to be typing in). > > > > Is there any way to rename the window a script is running in > regardless of > > which window is being displayed? > > > > I tried this on "tmux 2.3" and also a recent clone from github with > the > > same results. > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > > "tmux-users" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, > send an > > email to [email protected]. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "tmux-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
