A tmux plugin that helps opening files in a Neovim pane
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Using TPM, add this to your .tmux.conf
set -g @plugin 'trevarj/tmux-open-nvim'Reload tmux config (<prefix>-I). Also you may want to start a fresh session to
reload $PATH into your environment.
Due to the caveat below, you can create a symlink to the ton script so it can
be used no matter what.
# Use any path that is on your $PATH
$ sudo ln -s ~/.tmux/plugins/tmux-open-nvim/scripts/ton /usr/local/bin/tonAvailable configuration options to put in your .tmux.conf
| Config | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
set -g @ton-open-strategy ":e" |
Command for opening a file | :e or :tabnew |
The plugin will add a helper script called ton to your path while
inside a tmux session.
The target use case of this plugin is when you have a tmux window that already
has a pane running nvim and a pane with a terminal:
$ ton file.txt # optionally add :[line]:[col] to the end, i.e file.txt:40:5
# Opens file.txt in nvim paneUpon launch of a fresh tmux session, the script will not be in the first pane
due to how an environment is loaded, I guess. I think the only way to resolve this
is by adding the ~/.tmux/plugins/tmux-open-nvim/scripts directory to your path
permanently or with tmux -e PATH=$PATH:~/.tmux/plugins/tmux-open-nvim/scripts
When you create a session, it creates window 0 automatically, which fires off a shell. So, for that shell, setenv doesn't work and you have to send-keys. But when you create a new window, like with split-window, the new window gets the environment from the setenv. The example shows that both windows have the environment whether set explicitly via export or via setenv.
See:
An optimal workflow using tmux-fingers:
Add this to your .tmux.conf:
# Overrides matching file paths with :[line]:[col] at the end
set -g @fingers-pattern-0 "(([.\\w\\-~\\$@]+)(\\/?[\\w\\-@]+)+\\/?)\\.([\\w]+)(:\\d*:\\d*)?"
# Launches helper script on Ctrl+[key] in fingers mode
set -g @fingers-ctrl-action "xargs -I {} tmux run-shell 'cd #{pane_current_path}; ~/.tmux/plugins/tmux-open-nvim/scripts/ton {} > ~/.tmux/plugins/tmux-open-nvim/ton.log'"sNow you can enter fingers mode and use Ctrl+[key] to launch a file in nvim
- A fzf-like selector that can target exactly which neovim instance you want to open a file in
- Fix "caveat" above (maybe?)
You may be interested in a similar workflow that I have created using telescope-tmux.nvim, where you can open up a Telescope picker and it will present to you all the file paths that can be found in every tmux pane. Then, you can select the from the list.
