From 580f9ced08a4960692cd0ef813ae4fdbd89c8743 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nicm <nicm>
Date: Wed, 3 Jun 2026 20:18:49 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Change run-shell expansion to just be #{1} etc not #1 which
 interferes with colours.

---
 format.c | 9 +--------
 tmux.1   | 3 ---
 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/format.c b/format.c
index a5afd282..75771630 100644
--- a/format.c
+++ b/format.c
@@ -5598,7 +5598,7 @@ format_expand1(struct format_expand_state *es, const char *fmt)
 	const char		*ptr, *s, *style_end = NULL;
 	size_t			 off, len, n, outlen;
 	int			 ch, brackets;
-	char			 expanded[8192], number[2] = { 0 };
+	char			 expanded[8192];
 
 	if (fmt == NULL || *fmt == '\0' || !format_check_time(es))
 		return (xstrdup(""));
@@ -5727,13 +5727,6 @@ format_expand1(struct format_expand_state *es, const char *fmt)
 			continue;
 		default:
 			s = NULL;
-			if (ch >= '1' && ch <= '9') {
-				number[0] = ch;
-				if (format_replace(es, number, 1, &buf, &len,
-				    &off) != 0)
-					break;
-				continue;
-			}
 			if (fmt > style_end) { /* skip inside #[] */
 				if (ch >= 'A' && ch <= 'Z')
 					s = format_upper[ch - 'A'];
diff --git a/tmux.1 b/tmux.1
index c8c7dd41..9c9b38de 100644
--- a/tmux.1
+++ b/tmux.1
@@ -7868,9 +7868,6 @@ section.
 If
 .Ar argument
 values are given, they are available as
-.Ql #1 ,
-.Ql #2
-or
 .Ql #{1} ,
 .Ql #{2}
 and so on.