From 8028560f8260aeea6fee1206cf8704a0a5fc25f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nicm <nicm>
Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2016 09:54:46 +0000
Subject: Support negative trim values (#{=-10:pane_title}) to trim from the
 end, suggested by Kevin Brubeck Unhammer.

---
 tmux.1 | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

(limited to 'tmux.1')

diff --git a/tmux.1 b/tmux.1
index e70b07c3..5dbf6b84 100644
--- a/tmux.1
+++ b/tmux.1
@@ -3377,9 +3377,13 @@ if not.
 A limit may be placed on the length of the resultant string by prefixing it
 by an
 .Ql = ,
-a number and a colon, so
-.Ql #{=10:pane_title}
-will include at most the first 10 characters of the pane title.
+a number and a colon.
+Positive numbers count from the start of the string and negative from the end,
+so
+.Ql #{=5:pane_title}
+will include at most the first 5 characters of the pane title, or
+.Ql #{=-5:pane_title}
+the last 5 characters.
 Prefixing a time variable with
 .Ql t:
 will convert it to a string, so if
-- 
cgit