From f1db02086fadc4e87e3f03ee9e4c78b759c8bc28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gregory Pakosz <gregory.pakosz@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2020 23:23:04 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] updated README.md to mention strftime(3) peculiarities,
 closes #309

---
 README.md | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 84de36b..dbcbb23 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -287,6 +287,15 @@ minutes whatever the value of `status-interval`.
 
 [wttr.in]: https://github.com/chubin/wttr.in#one-line-output
 
+Finally, remember `tmux_conf_theme_status_left` and
+`tmux_conf_theme_status_right` end up being given to tmux as `status-left` and
+`status-right` which means they're passed through `strftime()`. As such, the `%`
+character has a special meaning and needs to be escaped by doubling it, e.g.
+```
+tmux_conf_theme_status_right='#(echo foo %% bar)'
+```
+See `man 3 strftime`.
+
 ### Accessing the macOS clipboard from within tmux sessions
 
 [Chris Johnsen created the `reattach-to-user-namespace`