Fix navigation annoyances #6

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benie · 2019-07-24T13:31:16Z

benie commented

2019-07-24 13:31:16 +00:00

Currently tmux and vim are configured to use the same key bindings for
navigation seamlessly between the two: C-h, C-j, C-k, C-l

The mechanism for detecting when a pane contains a vim instance depends on the
name of the process that pane is currently running, this is error prone since a
process such as git commit can spawn a vim instance. The process name does
not match grep -iqE "(^|\/)g?(view|n?vim?)(diff)?$" so only tmux navigation
occurs. A possible solution to this issue:

Use a tmux window options, those prefixed with @ followed by any string.

tmux set-window option @vim<pane-index> 1

Setup vim to set the tmux window option on process start, and unset it on
process finish.
Use the window option to check if the current pane contains a vim process.

Currently `tmux` and `vim` are configured to use the same key bindings for navigation seamlessly between the two: `C-h`, `C-j`, `C-k`, `C-l` The mechanism for detecting when a pane contains a `vim` instance depends on the name of the process that pane is currently running, this is error prone since a process such as `git commit` can spawn a `vim` instance. The process name does not match `grep -iqE "(^|\/)g?(view|n?vim?)(diff)?$"` so only `tmux` navigation occurs. A possible solution to this issue: 1. Use a `tmux` window options, those prefixed with `@` followed by any string. - `tmux set-window option @vim<pane-index> 1` 2. Setup `vim` to set the `tmux` window option on process start, and unset it on process finish. 3. Use the window option to check if the current pane contains a `vim` process.

benie referenced this issue from a commit

2019-08-11 17:49:42 +00:00

Fix navigation annoyances...

benie closed this issue

2019-08-11 17:49:42 +00:00

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Reference: config/tmux#6