nvim-surround VS vim-tmux-navigator

(Neo)vim supports plugins, which make your code editor much better. You need a faster way to comment stuff? Sure, here is nvim-comment. Now you need a better tool to surround text by certain characters? Alright, we also have nvim-surround. And this goes on for almost everything you ever needed. And in the rare case that you can't find a plugin for what you need: Write it yourself! It's very easy to write plugins, as vim and neovim both have a lot of functions that help with writing those.

So, I've been using floaterm and I like it a lot so far! But my ideal workflow would look like this

My guess would be to save the current location of the cursor, then iterate through all possible motions you want, i.e. a[, at, etc. After each time your operator marks get updated and you can save those locations, before resetting the cursor position to the original spot. Finally, take the innermost/closest pair of marks to be your selection. That would be my guess at least, I think your question is similar to how aliases are implemented in nvim-surround.

Thanks! I was using nvim-surround, but I didn't check dit

Oh sorry I forgot to add additional context. I already have keymaps that starts with m but not dealing visual mode. For example, I'm using ms, mr, md for nvim-surround. That is why I'm trying to map mi and ma, not just m for entering visual mode.

I'm trying out https://github.com/kylechui/nvim-surround (maybe a Lua port of that same plugin) and it it seems very capable. With some remapped shortcuts I think I can bend it to my will. Thanks!

The other plugin that can do this is kylechui/nvim-surround. Not sure how to set it up, though.

You could probably use a surround plugin like nvim-surround and then have an ftplugin that uses the buffer_setup function to create a custom surround.

require("ns-textobject").setup({}) -- from https://github.com/kylechui/nvim-surround/discussions/53#discussioncomment-3134891 require("nvim-surround").buffer_setup({ surrounds = { ["l"] = { add = function() local clipboard = vim.fn.getreg("+"):gsub("\n", "") return { { "[" }, { "](" .. clipboard .. ")" }, } end, find = "%b[]%b()", delete = "^(%[)().-(%]%b())()$", change = { target = "^()()%b[]%((.-)()%)$", replacement = function() local clipboard = vim.fn.getreg("+"):gsub("\n", "") return { { "" }, { clipboard }, } end, }, }, },

this might actually be a better surround plugin for surround https://github.com/kylechui/nvim-surround

I'm a tmux migrant and wanted functionality similar to tmux-navigator for vim. In short, it lets me bind the same key combination to change vim splits and tmux scripts that either switch panes or forward the input to the vim plugin that does one of the other. Say you have an empty pane, a pane with vim with two splits and a third pane pane all in a line. The first time the user wants to move focus, vim is not running so the script simply moves focus in tmux. The scond time the user presses the bind, it's passed to vim and the vim plugin sees you have a split to move to so you move focus between splits. The third press the plugin realizes that there are no more panes, so it moves you to the final tmux pane.

There's also a vim plugin that applies the same idea but with vim windows and tmux panes: https://github.com/christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator.

Since you're using Tmux check out vim-tmux-navigator which allows for seamless navigation between tmux and (neo)vim panes.

For example, the killer plugin in tmux for me would be vim-tmux-navigator which allows you to switch seemlessly between Vim and tmux. The reason why you would want this is because tmux is a better option than using Vim's built-in terminal.

With https://github.com/christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator I don't see the need to use Neovim's terminal. Neovim's terminal somehow seems slower and my terminal keybindings didn't quite work.

Hi, I just installed lazyvim yesterday and want to install the following plugin vim-tmux navigator in lazyvim. I am new to neovim. Any guidance would be very helpful. Thanks.

Might I suggest tmux? You'd get all you needed and there is a nice plugin https://github.com/christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator that lets you set up a single layer of movement keys (i use ctrl-h/j/k/l) to move around between both nvim splits and tmux splits.

To begin, you should check out tmux plugins manger/tpm, which will feel pretty familiar if you're used to working with nvim plugins. Once you have that up and running you can plug vim-tmux-navigator, which allows you to move smoothly through tmux and nvim panes using ctrl-h/j/k/l. There are various other tmux plugins that are super-useful for customizing your tmux workspace.

Use tmux for terminal management. I honestly held out for a while, but eventually bit the bullet and it’s so nice, I’d never go back. Especially with https://github.com/christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator