tmux-suspend VS vim-tmux-navigator

Hi all, I just released tmux-nested, a plugin that lets you easily work with nested tmux sessions (often the case if you run tmux both locally and on a remote machine). It is an alternative to tmux-suspend that allows you to go arbitrarily deep with the nesting (tmux-suspend stops at one). Feedback is welcome and very appreciated!

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.

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.

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.

Tmux becomes more awesome when you use something like Alacritty or Kitty 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

To simplify the commands to navigate between windows, you can use https://github.com/christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator - then you can seamlessly move between terminals and neovim panes with the same shortcut. Moving windows is still different.

https://github.com/christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator or

I use tmux all the time and I'm in vim most of the time too. They completely integrate with eachother with vim-tmux-navigator. Use the same keybinding to move across tmux panes and vim and vim splits.