Show big clock in tmux after N idle time

Question

A large clock can be activated with:

t  big clock

Can I track inaction and use it as a screensaver?

Answer 1

This is somewhat possible with the introduction of the hook function in tmux 2.2 and 2.3 ( tmux changelog )

You should be able to start the clock that appears after the window has quieted down for a certain period of time. Monitoring user inactivity is still not possible.

You can set the window option monitor-silenceand use the hook alert-silenceto start the clock.

See the tmux 2.3 man page for hooks and silence on the monitor.