Theme fails on startup with recommended config due to race condition in variable loading

[1821858]

I'm on macOS

So I installed tmux, tpm, and rose-pine for tmux. I have a config file I will include below.

The bug is weird and I suspect it might be a race condition. Always on startup when loading tmux, almost all the modules in the status bar don't load. However, doing prefix + I will force the environment to reload and then everything is displayed correctly.

I think this behavior must be caused by a race condition where TPM is trying to load the plugin before some environment variables are made, but I'm not sure. any help would be much appreciated!!!

set-environment -g TMUX_PLUGIN_MANAGER_PATH "$HOME/.tmux/plugins"

# List of TPM plugins
set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tpm'

# Add Rose Pine theme
set -g @plugin 'rose-pine/tmux'
set -g @rose_pine_variant 'main'  # Or 'moon', 'dawn'

set -g @rose_pine_host 'on' # Enables hostname in the status bar
set -g @rose_pine_date_time '%a %b %d %I:%M %p' # It accepts the date UNIX command format (man date for info)
set -g @rose_pine_user 'on' # Turn on the username component in the statusbar
set -g @rose_pine_directory 'on' # Turn on the current folder component in the status bar
set -g @rose_pine_bar_bg_disable 'on' # Disables background color, for transparent terminal emulators
# If @rose_pine_bar_bg_disable is set to 'on', uses the provided value to set the background color
# It can be any of the on tmux (named colors, 256-color set, `default` or hex colors)
# See more on http://man.openbsd.org/OpenBSD-current/man1/tmux.1#STYLES
set -g @rose_pine_bar_bg_disabled_color_option 'default'

# set -g @rose_pine_only_windows 'on' # Leaves only the window module, for max focus and space
set -g @rose_pine_disable_active_window_menu 'on' # Disables the menu that shows the active window on the left

set -g @rose_pine_default_window_behavior 'on' # Forces tmux default window list behaviour
set -g @rose_pine_show_current_program 'on' # Forces tmux to show the current running program as window name
set -g @rose_pine_show_pane_directory 'on' # Forces tmux to show the current directory as window name
# Previously set -g @rose_pine_window_tabs_enabled

# Example values for these can be:
set -g @rose_pine_left_separator ' > ' # The strings to use as separators are 1-space padded
set -g @rose_pine_right_separator ' < ' # Accepts both normal chars & nerdfont icons
set -g @rose_pine_field_separator ' | ' # Again, 1-space padding, it updates with prefix + I
set -g @rose_pine_window_separator ' - ' # Replaces the default `:` between the window number and name

# These are not padded
set -g @rose_pine_session_icon '' # Changes the default icon to the left of the session name
set -g @rose_pine_current_window_icon '' # Changes the default icon to the left of the active window name
set -g @rose_pine_folder_icon '' # Changes the default icon to the left of the current directory folder
set -g @rose_pine_username_icon '' # Changes the default icon to the right of the hostname
set -g @rose_pine_hostname_icon '󰒋' # Changes the default icon to the right of the hostname
set -g @rose_pine_date_time_icon '󰃰' # Changes the default icon to the right of the date module
set -g @rose_pine_window_status_separator "  " # Changes the default icon that appears between window names

# Very beta and specific opt-in settings, tested on v3.2a, look at issue #10
set -g @rose_pine_prioritize_windows 'on' # Disables the right side functionality in a certain window count / terminal width
set -g @rose_pine_width_to_hide '80' # Specify a terminal width to toggle off most of the right side functionality
set -g @rose_pine_window_count '5' # Specify a number of windows, if there are more than the number, do the same as width_to_hide

# Run TPM
run '~/.tmux/plugins/tpm/tpm'

[monstahcode]

I think the issue maybe is that the Rose Pine theme is being loaded before the TPM has finished initializing and sourcing all the plugin files.
Maybe what happens here is:

1. When tmux starts, it reads your config file from top to bottom.
2. TPM (the last line run '~/.tmux/plugins/tpm/tpm') installs and sources the plugins
3. When you press prefix + I, TMP reloads everything in the correct order

The solution I think is just moving the run '~/.tmux/plugins/tpm/tpm' just above before the theme settings.

Something like this:

set-environment -g TMUX_PLUGIN_MANAGER_PATH "$HOME/.tmux/plugins"

# List of TPM plugins
set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tpm'
set -g @plugin 'rose-pine/tmux'

# Run TPM FIRST - this needs to happen before theme settings
run '~/.tmux/plugins/tpm/tpm'

# Rose Pine theme configuration - AFTER TPM initialization
# The rest of the config....

[chadkouse]

I think the issue is with the Very beta and specific opt-in settings

If I remove those 3 set lines everything works as expected for me.

[mrs4ndman]

I maybe should write it out on the README itself: the user is not meant to apply ALL the options at the same time (or copy the markdown codeblock itself).
It is more of a "cheat-sheet" for all the possible options.

@1821858 try to remove most of the config and just set the options you'd like. I believe it would take 5 mins of flipping the options around to find the subset that works for you.

@monstahcode Thanks for the suggestion, we'll wait for more feedback on the issue.

Can add some "usual config" examples with images in the future ( react to this comment if it's something worth it )

[diego898]

@mrs4ndman yes! Some "recommended configs"/"common variants" would be very helpful!

[mrs4ndman]

@mrs4ndman yes! Some "recommended configs"/"common variants" would be very helpful!

Will make them and try to upload them this weekend ;)

EDIT: I am sorry for not having uploaded the configs. Will document them this week and upload them with codeblocks + screenshots.