Support %else in config files to match %if, from Brad Town in GitHub

issue 1071.

1 files changed, 20 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/tmux.1 b/tmux.1
index 45eb83b2..218a16d2 100644
--- a/tmux.1
+++ b/tmux.1
@@ -976,22 +976,37 @@ them with
 and
 .Em %endif
 lines.
+Additional
+.Em %elif
+and
+.Em %else
+lines may also be used.
 The argument to
 .Em %if
-is expanded as a format and if it evaluates to false
-(zero or empty), subsequent lines are ignored until
+and
+.Em %elif
+is expanded as a format and if it evaluates to false (zero or empty),
+subsequent lines are ignored until the next
+.Em %elif ,
+.Em %else
+or
 .Em %endif .
 For example:
 .Bd -literal -offset indent
 %if #{==:#{host},myhost}
 set -g status-style bg=red
+%elif #{==:#{host},myotherhost}
+set -g status-style bg=green
+%else
+set -g status-style bg=blue
 %endif
 .Ed
 .Pp
 Will change the status line to red if running on
-.Ql myhost .
-.Em %if
-may not be nested.
+.Ql myhost ,
+green if running on
+.Ql myotherhost ,
+or blue if running on another host.
 .It Ic start-server
 .D1 (alias: Ic start )
 Start the