Windows' name is not set to its expected value

[Taluu]

Let's say I have the following config:

name: Random session                                                                                                                                                                                                      
windows:
  - name: Common
    root: ~/path/to/root
    layout: tiled
    focus: true
    panes:
      - first-panel
      - second-panel

The session name is correctly set, but the window name seems to be whatever the first panel command line was instead of expected "Common"

[remi]

What is your tmux’s window-status-format and window-status-current-format?

$ tmux show-window-option -g window-status-format
$ tmux show-window-option -g window-status-current-format

[Taluu]

$ tmux show-window-option -g window-status-format
window-status-format "#I:#W#F"
$ tmux show-window-option -g window-status-current-format
window-status-current-format "#I:#W#F"

I think this is the default option (I didn't changed it in my tmux config)

And if I'm doing a :rename-window Common while I'm in my session, the window's name is correctly updated

[remi]

Can you run

$ tmux --debug layout_name

So we can see which commands are sent to tmux by teamocil? Thanks!

[Taluu]

$ teamocil --debug my_layout
tmux rename-session 'Random session'
tmux send-keys -t 0 'cd "~/path/to/root"'
tmux send-keys -t 0 'Enter'
tmux rename-window 'Common'
tmux send-keys -t 0 'first-panel'
tmux send-keys -t 0 'Enter'
tmux split-window -c '~/path/to/root'
tmux send-keys -t 1 'second-panel'
tmux send-keys -t 1 'Enter'
tmux select-layout 'tiled'
tmux select-pane -t 0
tmux select-window -t 0 

This is a bit changed, as I removed the thing that doesn't concert this ticket, but the operation order is the same. As I have mutliple windows, you can also add a tmux new-window -n 'Another window' -c '~/path/to/another-root'

[Taluu]

After some more tests, it seems that tmux is resetting the window name after making a new split panel (but not a new window).

If that is indeed the case, I think the tmux rename-window command should be sent after the splitting is done ?

[remi]

After some more tests, it seems that tmux is resetting the window name after making a new split panel (but not a new window).

What is your tmux version (tmux -V)? It doesn’t make sense for tmux to reset the window name after creating a new pane. This is not the behavior users want when they manually create a new pane in the window anyway.

I also don’t see this behavior when I run a layout with --here on my teamocil/tmux setup.

[Taluu]

$ tmux -V
tmux 1.9a

[Taluu]

something even stranger ; it seems that the window changes its name with the last input on any panel that makes this window... Is it maybe due to my tmux configuration ?

set-option -g default-shell "/usr/bin/zsh"

setw -g mode-mouse on
set -g mouse-resize-pane on
set -g mouse-select-pane on
set -g mouse-select-window off
set -g mouse-utf8 on

# vi for the win
set-window-option -g mode-keys vi

# vim ftw !
bind-key -t vi-copy 'v' begin-selection
bind-key -t vi-copy 'y' copy-selection

# from http://unix.stackexchange.com/a/16405
# move x clipboard into tmux paste buffer
bind C-p run "tmux set-buffer \"$(xclip -o)\"; tmux paste-buffer"
# move tmux copy buffer into x clipboard
bind-key -t vi-copy y copy-pipe 'xclip -selection clipboard >/dev/null'

[remi]

Does the "last input on any panel" behavior happens even without using teamocil? If so, it looks like this is a tmux bug or something related to your .tmux.conf. You might have better luck trying to solve it with the tmux community :smile:

[Taluu]

seems to be the case ; closing then. :)

[remi]

Alright, good luck!

[Taluu]

Found what was wrong ; it appears to be due to (oh-my-?)zsh which behaves incorrectly. Found the solution in http://superuser.com/questions/306028/tmux-and-zsh-custom-prompt-bug-with-window-name :)