From 13ccf1d5f53c3225ba4352896846496db4d9490b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: richardsheridan <richard.sheridan@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 2021 09:02:31 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] cut out default pipes from {l_bar}{r_bar}

---
 tqdm/tk.py | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tqdm/tk.py b/tqdm/tk.py
index 04d5ca56..505d368d 100644
--- a/tqdm/tk.py
+++ b/tqdm/tk.py
@@ -141,7 +141,11 @@ class tqdm_tk(std_tqdm):  # pragma: no cover
         self._tk_n_var.set(self.n)
         d = self.format_dict
         d['ncols'] = None
-        self._tk_text_var.set(self.format_meter(**d))
+        text = self.format_meter(**d)
+        # fixup only default bar format
+        if self.bar_format == "{l_bar}{r_bar}":
+            text = text.replace("||", "", 1)
+        self._tk_text_var.set(text)
         if not self._tk_dispatching:
             self._tk_window.update()