vim-tmux-navigator

I wonder if something similar to this vim plugin exists for emacs: https://github.com/christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator. Or you could maybe vibecode one yourself now. I've used it for years to have consistent keybindings for movement across vim windows and tmux panes. Worked much better than trying to do terminals inside vim.

As tmux can be extended with plugins I'd recommend to check through this list and see if you find something useful: https://github.com/tmux-plugins/list As a neovim user I can also very much recommend this vim plugin to seamlessly navigate between tmux panes and neovim windows: https://github.com/christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator

Tmux becomes more awesome when you use something like Alacritty or Kitty [EDIT: scratch Kitty, this mainly applies to Alacritty] and map your system's key (Apple's command key or... whatever it would be on Linux or Windows) and use that as your "tmux key". That way you can make single-chord bindings for all things tmux and life becomes better. If you use Vim, adding VimTmuxNavigator[0] improves things so much. For example, to seemlessly switch between panes, be they tmux panes or vim panes, I use `cmd-h`, `cmh-j`, `cmd-k`, `cmd-l`. It's possible to achieve "command as tmux key" with iTerm which I did do for years but I don't recommend it. It's very hacky. [0] https://github.com/christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator

Have you tried using https://github.com/christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator ? I use it for using <C-hjkl> to move between window/panes in vim/tmux.

I enjoy a terminal workflow, and helix doesn't actually have vim key bindings and many years of vim use is hard to switch. EDIT: I'm also a tmux user and I can't live without a replacement for this plugin: https://github.com/christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator

Try the defaults until you get the basics. Look at the help file what you can do and what you need. After that you may want to implement seamless navigation between tmux panes and vim splits[0]. It really isn't a must but hey, it is very convenient for starters since they don't have any muscle memory for switching different splits. After that maybe try to do same with AwesomeWM and that would be the ultimate navigation setup. [0] https://github.com/christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator

Does NeoVim support that out if the box? For regular Vim I'm using https://github.com/christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator.

To be honest, I hit my tl;dr threshold on the article, and skimmed only the high level. But speaking personally, I've used vim-tmux-navigator[1] and some related setup on the tmux side[2a][2b] for years, and it's really, really nice. CTRL-{H,J,K,L} navigates seamlessly between vim splits and tmux panes. It works flawlessly, and I wouldn't be without it. Put another way, there are a lot of tmux users who take advantage of it for its terminal pane management features on a local environment rather than the classic remote-session stability use case ala screen. In that light, some kinds of integration make a ton of sense. These days, it vaguely annoys me that I can't just navigate between OS (macOS, here) windows by keyboard just as seamlessly. I haven't quite gotten around to solving the problem with Hammerspoon[3] yet. [1]: https://github.

If you use vim + tmux this plugin[0] is super handy. It allows ctrl-h|j|k|l to switch between tmux or vim splits so you don't have to know whether it's a different terminal window or a vim split—just that you want to go right (for example). [0] https://github.com/christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator

As far as Vim split navigation goes (and especially for those of us using Tmux), check out https://github.com/christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator. It simply allows you to use Ctrl+{h,j,k,l} to navigate across Vim and Tmux splits as if they all were part of one cohesive IDE. Additionally, it spares you from having to maintain a configuration blob in your .vimrc thanks to being bundled as a plugin. I don’t think it auto-creates splits, though.

vim-tmux-navigator[0] is probably the best thing I've installed in my terminal for transparently moving between splits. Using it has allowed switching splits to become so thoughtless that it's automatic as I move my eyes. [0] https://github.com/christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator

I use iTerm2 and neovim as well and find tmux really beneficial for two reasons: 1. https://github.com/christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator. I use ctrl-h/j/k/l to navigate vim splits, and with vim-tmux-navigator, I can seamlessly move between splits and tmux panes. It's really nice. 2. Project management. I use a separate instance of vim per project I'm working on, and each instance corresponds to a tmux window. I have a no-prefix bind on ctrl-f that brings up the choose-window command, so I can navigate between projects with `ctrl-f <number>`. I haven't found a solution to switch between projects in a single vim instance that is as fast this.

> That is what exactly? For me, it is that I have a package like https://github.com/christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator I can seamlessly move across splits in either vim or tmux without worrying which program started the splits.

I was a long time tmux user while on mac. Since I've swapped to arch and i3 I don't use tmux at all, and just use the WM. I basically live in terminals nowadays and I've not really missed tmux. The thing I really do miss is vim-tmux-navigator. https://github.com/christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator.