Oh, hang on... If you set it -g, then you need to show it with -g:
kirkland@x230:~/src/byobu/byobu⟫ tmux setw -g automatic-rename on
set option: automatic-rename -> on
kirkland@x230:~/src/byobu/byobu⟫ tmux show-window-options -g |grep automatic-rename
automatic-rename on
Oh, hang on... If you set it -g, then you need to show it with -g:
kirkland@ x230:~/ src/byobu/ byobu⟫ tmux setw -g automatic-rename on x230:~/ src/byobu/ byobu⟫ tmux show-window-options -g |grep automatic-rename
set option: automatic-rename -> on
kirkland@
automatic-rename on