Re: Showing Inactivity/Activity of Other Windows on HardStatus Line

[Charles A. Templeton III]

On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 8:56 PM, Aaron Davies <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> On Feb 8, 2009, at 1:41 AM, Charles A. Templeton III wrote:
>
>> When using "%w" in the hardstatus line a '*' character is displayed between 
>> the window number and title of the active window. On the inactive windows 
>> there is just a blank space. Is there a way to see the inactivity/activity 
>> status in this space? (I think this might be pssoible as I have seen dash in 
>> this spot on inactive windows a few times in the past but I am not sure what 
>> it ment.)
>>
> dash indicates the "other" window, i.e. the one that ^A^A will switch to. if 
> you use ^A M to monitor for activity, an @ indicates a window with activity 
> since last view
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Since sending the orginal e-mail I have found the following command
"^A ^W". It shows the windows with the status symbols that you are
speaking about. But I have found that the status symbols only show on
the "^A ^W" command not on the %w string escape.

For example my current hardstatus line is set to "%H(%l): %w" and I get:

     sarah(0.76 0.68 0.35): 0 bash 2 gramps 5 xorg-fonts 6* gimp 9 top

If I use the command "^A ^W" it shows the following:

     0@ bash 2- gramps 5(L) xorg-fonts 6*(L) gimp 9@ top

How do I setup my hardstatus line to shows flags of all the windows
(like the output of  "^A ^W" command?) I assume the solution has
something to do with the string escape "%f" but I have been able to
show the flags on the current window. I am shooting for my hardstatus
line it to look like this:

     sarah(0.76 0.68 0.35): 0@ bash 2- gramps 5(L) xorg-fonts 6*(L)
gimp 9@ top

How do I get there?

Thanks,
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- Charles A. Templeton III