add tmux output format to i3status #484
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This PR is an attempt of adding tmux as a supported output format to i3status.
tmux is a terminal multiplexer that combines multiple panes and screens with a configurable status bar, where i3status can be easily integrated by specifying the following line in tmux.conf:
For an unmodified i3status, this already works as expected with the output_format set to 'none'. This PR adds 'tmux' as an additional option for output_format to enable more sophisticated output, such as colors.
tmux allows color codes in the status output in the following format:
and it is possible to reset all formatting using:
There is one curveball, and that is that tmux requires all color hex codes to be lowercase because
#Fis a reserved identifier, so the following will not work as a valid color:instead, it needs to be:
This PR addresses this behavior specifically for the tmux output_format. Everything else is very straightforward.