Options to set the colours and attributes for status-left/-right. From Thomas

Adam, thanks.

cmd-set-option.c

@@ -74,8 +74,14 @@ const struct set_option_entry set_option_table[] = {
 	  SET_OPTION_CHOICE, 0, 0, set_option_status_justify_list },
 	{ "status-keys", SET_OPTION_CHOICE, 0, 0, set_option_status_keys_list },
 	{ "status-left", SET_OPTION_STRING, 0, 0, NULL },
+	{ "status-left-attr", SET_OPTION_ATTRIBUTES, 0, 0, NULL },
+	{ "status-left-bg", SET_OPTION_COLOUR, 0, 0, NULL },
+	{ "status-left-fg", SET_OPTION_COLOUR, 0, 0, NULL },
 	{ "status-left-length", SET_OPTION_NUMBER, 0, SHRT_MAX, NULL },
 	{ "status-right", SET_OPTION_STRING, 0, 0, NULL },
+	{ "status-right-attr", SET_OPTION_ATTRIBUTES, 0, 0, NULL },
+	{ "status-right-bg", SET_OPTION_COLOUR, 0, 0, NULL },
+	{ "status-right-fg", SET_OPTION_COLOUR, 0, 0, NULL },
 	{ "status-right-length", SET_OPTION_NUMBER, 0, SHRT_MAX, NULL },
 	{ "status-utf8", SET_OPTION_FLAG, 0, 0, NULL },	
 	{ "terminal-overrides", SET_OPTION_STRING, 0, 0, NULL },

status.c

@@ -47,8 +47,10 @@ status_redraw(struct client *c)
 	char		 	       *left, *right, *text, *ptr;
 	size_t				llen, llen2, rlen, rlen2, offset;
 	size_t				ox, xx, yy, size, start, width;
-	struct grid_cell	        stdgc, gc;
+	struct grid_cell	        stdgc, sl_stdgc, sr_stdgc, gc;
 	int				larrow, rarrow, utf8flag;
+	int				sl_fg, sl_bg, sr_fg, sr_bg;
+	int				sl_attr, sr_attr;
 
 	left = right = NULL;
 
@@ -68,6 +70,32 @@ status_redraw(struct client *c)
 	stdgc.bg = options_get_number(&s->options, "status-bg");
 	stdgc.attr |= options_get_number(&s->options, "status-attr");
 
+	/* 
+	 * Set the status-left and status-right parts to the default status
+	 * line options and only change them where they differ from the
+	 * defaults.
+	 */
+	memcpy(&sl_stdgc, &stdgc, sizeof sl_stdgc);
+	memcpy(&sr_stdgc, &stdgc, sizeof sr_stdgc);
+	sl_fg = options_get_number(&s->options, "status-left-fg");
+	if (sl_fg != 8)
+		sl_stdgc.fg = sl_fg;
+	sl_bg = options_get_number(&s->options, "status-left-bg");
+	if (sl_bg != 8)
+		sl_stdgc.bg = sl_bg;		
+	sl_attr = options_get_number(&s->options, "status-left-attr");
+	if (sl_attr != 0)
+		sl_stdgc.attr = sl_attr;
+	sr_fg = options_get_number(&s->options, "status-right-fg");
+	if (sr_fg != 8)
+		sr_stdgc.fg = sr_fg;
+	sr_bg = options_get_number(&s->options, "status-right-bg");
+	if (sr_bg != 8)
+		sr_stdgc.bg = sr_bg;
+	sr_attr = options_get_number(&s->options, "status-right-attr");
+	if (sr_attr != 0)
+		sr_stdgc.attr = sr_attr;
+
 	yy = c->tty.sy - 1;
 	if (yy == 0)
 		goto blank;
@@ -164,7 +192,7 @@ draw:
 	screen_write_start(&ctx, NULL, &c->status);
 	if (llen != 0) {
  		screen_write_cursormove(&ctx, 0, yy);
-		screen_write_nputs(&ctx, llen, &stdgc, utf8flag, "%s", left);
+		screen_write_nputs(&ctx, llen, &sl_stdgc, utf8flag, "%s", left);
 		screen_write_putc(&ctx, &stdgc, ' ');
 		if (larrow)
 			screen_write_putc(&ctx, &stdgc, ' ');
@@ -238,7 +266,7 @@ draw:
 	if (rlen != 0) {
 		screen_write_cursormove(&ctx, c->tty.sx - rlen - 1, yy);
 		screen_write_putc(&ctx, &stdgc, ' ');
-		screen_write_nputs(&ctx, rlen, &stdgc, utf8flag, "%s", right);
+		screen_write_nputs(&ctx, rlen, &sr_stdgc, utf8flag, "%s", right);
 	}
 
 	/* Draw the arrows. */

tmux.1

@@ -1238,6 +1238,12 @@ By default, UTF-8 in
 is not interpreted, to enable UTF-8, use the
 .Ic status-utf8
 option.
+.It Ic status-left-attr Ar attributes
+Set the attribute of the left part of the status line. 
+.It Ic status-left-fg Ar colour
+Set the foreground colour of the left part of the status line.
+.It Ic status-left-bg Ar colour
+Set the background colour of the left part of the status line.
 .It Ic status-left-length Ar length
 Set the maximum
 .Ar length
@@ -1256,6 +1262,12 @@ will be passed to
 character pairs are replaced, and UTF-8 is dependent on the
 .Ic status-utf8
 option.
+.It Ic status-right-attr Ar attributes
+Set the attribute of the right part of the status line. 
+.It Ic status-right-fg Ar colour
+Set the foreground colour of the right part of the status line.
+.It Ic status-right-bg Ar colour
+Set the background colour of the right part of the status line.
 .It Ic status-right-length Ar length
 Set the maximum
 .Ar length

tmux.c

@@ -359,11 +359,17 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 	options_set_number(&global_s_options, "status-interval", 15);
 	options_set_number(&global_s_options, "status-keys", MODEKEY_EMACS);
 	options_set_number(&global_s_options, "status-justify", 0);
-	options_set_number(&global_s_options, "status-left-length", 10);
-	options_set_number(&global_s_options, "status-right-length", 40);
 	options_set_string(&global_s_options, "status-left", "[#S]");
+	options_set_number(&global_s_options, "status-left-attr", 0);
+	options_set_number(&global_s_options, "status-left-fg", 8);
+	options_set_number(&global_s_options, "status-left-bg", 8);
+	options_set_number(&global_s_options, "status-left-length", 10);
 	options_set_string(
 	    &global_s_options, "status-right", "\"#22T\" %%H:%%M %%d-%%b-%%y");
+	options_set_number(&global_s_options, "status-right-attr", 0);
+	options_set_number(&global_s_options, "status-right-fg", 8);
+	options_set_number(&global_s_options, "status-right-bg", 8);
+	options_set_number(&global_s_options, "status-right-length", 40);
 	if (flags & IDENTIFY_UTF8)
 		options_set_number(&global_s_options, "status-utf8", 1);
 	else