Plugin that shows current keyboard layout. Since there is already a plugin called tmux-keyboard-layout, I used a different name for this one. Personally I think this one does a better job :) Anyhow that one motivated me to do this one, so kudos to it for giving me inspiration to improve on that concept!
Here both aliasing and hidden features are displayed.
| Display | Description |
|---|---|
 |
US keyboard, with an alias for compact display. |
 |
Swedish keyboard, with an alias for compact display. |
 |
US keyboard, defined as hidden. |
I use this on MacOS, so there it is well tested, I have included some Linux code to detect current keyboard, but that is not yet well tested. Windows has not been done yet, any help with getting it to detect keyboards on more environments would be greatly appreciated!
set -g status-right '#{keyboard_type}'
tmux 1.9 MacOS
Add plugin to the list of TPM plugins:
set -g @plugin 'jaclu/tmux-keyboard-type'
Press prefix + I to install it.
Clone the repo:
$ git clone https://github.com/jaclu/tmux-keyboard-type.git ~/clone/pathAdd this line to your .tmux.conf:
run-shell ~/clone/path/keyboard-type.tmux
Reload TMUX environment with:
$ tmux source-file ~/.tmux.confTo disable a setting without restarting tmux, set it to " ", spaces will be trimmed and thus nothing will end up being used. If you set it to "" it will be ignored and any previously set value (if any) will be used, this might cause unintended confusion if you change something and then reload the config. On a restart of tmux this will not be an issue.
The exception is prefix/suffix, they will honor "" as don't show anything.
| Variable | My settings | Purpose |
|---|---|---|
| @keyboard_type_hidden | "U.S." If you want to give multiple values, use | as item separator. |
I mostly use US keyboard, occasionally switching to Swedish or Dutch, so in my case I only want to be notified if I am not using the US one. |
| @keyboard_type_aliases | "Swe=Swedish-Pro|US=U.S." If you want to give multiple values, use | as item separator. Each item should be alias=match_str |
Use aliases for display. |
| @keyboard_type_fg | "" | Sets color |
| @keyboard_type_bg | "green" | Sets color |
| @keyboard_type_prefix | "" | Give it some space when displayed. Saves you from putting permanent spacers in your status line, especially if you hide some keyboards it avoids spacers around not displayed items. If keyboard name is hidden prefix is not displayed. |
| @keyboard_type_suffix | " " | If keyboard name is hidden suffix is not displayed. |
Contributions are welcome, and they are greatly appreciated! Every little bit helps, and credit will always be given.
The best way to send feedback is to file an issue at https://github.com/jaclu/tmux-keyboard-type/issues