#{b;=3:pane_current_path} if you have 2.9 or later.

#{=3:#{b:pane_current_path}} will also work in some later versions.



On Fri, 25 Sep 2020 at 15:46, Niklas <[email protected]> wrote:

> How do I combine two commands two formatting commands?
>
> I want to set the name of a window to the first 3 letters of my current
> directory.
>
> Example: /some/dir/project
> Goal: "proj"
>
> In tmux I can realize this with:
>
> set-option -g automatic-rename on
> set-option -g automatic-rename-format 'string'
>
> Where I can set string to either:
> - #{=3:pane_current_path}  -> first five letters of path -> "/so"
> - #{b:pane_current_path} -> current dir -> "project"
>
> However, if I attempt to combine the two I just get an empty string. Did
> anyone else get this to work?
>
> Cheers,
> Niklas
>
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