automatic saving not working when tmux status is off

[michalre]

I have this config in my tmux.conf set -g status off and the continuum plugin never saves the sessions. It took me a long time to find out why, so could you please at least mention it in README?

[michalre]

I was able to workaround this limitation by setting PROMP_COMMAND in /etc/bash.bashrc to call continuum save script:

PROMPT_COMMAND="$PROMPT_COMMAND; saveTmuxSessionsWithContinuum"
function saveTmuxSessionsWithContinuum() {
    if [ -n "$TMUX" ]; then
       $HOME/.tmux/plugins/tmux-continuum/scripts/continuum_save.sh
    fi
}

So every time I enter a command in tmux terminal the continuum checks its last save timestamp and saves all sessions if last save is older than 15 minutes.

[kaidiren]

+1

[wreed4]

continuum has actually never automatically saved for me. And my status is on. But it is managed by vim-tmuxline so maybe the mechanism is the same. Maybe it doesn't work if there's any custom status?? seems unlikely.

[bruno-]

But it is managed by vim-tmuxline so maybe the mechanism is the same. Maybe it doesn't work if there's any custom status?? seems unlikely.

tmux-continuum is triggered by a script ran from a tmux's status line. If vim-tmuxline overrides tmux status line, that's likely the cause why tmux-continuum is not triggered.

[wreed4]

Ah. That incompatibility seems like it should be documented.

[wreed4]

It might be and I might just be bad at Googling.

[msuozzo]

Maybe this could be added to the FAQ?

[casret]

So it is in the known issues section of the README (https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tmux-continuum#known-issues) now, but it would be nice to have some workarounds in there as well. I also use tmuxline, so was also surprised by the behavior