Use display-message for progress

scripts/clean_plugins.sh

@@ -34,8 +34,10 @@ clean_plugins() {
 }
 
 main() {
+	set_long_tmux_display_time
 	ensure_tpm_path_exists
 	clean_plugins
+	tmux set-option -g display-time "$org_display_time" #  Restore display-time
 	exit_value_helper
 }
 main

scripts/helpers/tmux_echo_functions.sh

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ _has_emacs_mode_keys() {
 
 tmux_echo() {
 	local message="$1"
+	tmux display-message "$message"
 	tmux run-shell "echo '$message'"
 }
 
@@ -13,6 +14,7 @@ echo_ok() {
 
 echo_err() {
 	tmux_echo "$*"
+	sleep 3  #  Give some time for error message to be displayed in status bar
 }
 
 end_message() {

scripts/helpers/utility.sh

@@ -15,3 +15,18 @@ exit_value_helper() {
 		exit 0
 	fi
 }
+
+set_long_tmux_display_time() {
+	#
+	#  Since tmux display is used to indicate progress, save original
+	#  display-time and temporarily set it to 2 minutes.
+	#  New messages will overwrite previous, so this is not blocking anything.
+	#  It is just a random long time to ensure that the messages don't time-out.
+	#
+	#  Use this to restore the original display-time before exiting:
+	#
+	#   tmux set-option -g display-time "$org_display_time"
+	#
+	org_display_time="$(tmux show-options -g display-time | awk '{print $2}')"
+	tmux set-option -g display-time 120000
+}

scripts/install_plugins.sh

@@ -67,9 +67,11 @@ verify_tpm_path_permissions() {
 }
 
 main() {
+	set_long_tmux_display_time
 	ensure_tpm_path_exists
 	verify_tpm_path_permissions
 	install_plugins
+	tmux set-option -g display-time "$org_display_time" #  Restore display-time
 	exit_value_helper
 }
 main

scripts/update_plugin.sh

@@ -62,12 +62,14 @@ update_plugins() {
 }
 
 main() {
+	set_long_tmux_display_time
 	ensure_tpm_path_exists
 	if [ "$1" == "all" ]; then
 		update_all
 	else
 		update_plugins "$*"
 	fi
+	tmux set-option -g display-time "$org_display_time" #  Restore display-time
 	exit_value_helper
 }
 main "$*"