vim-tmux-navigator VS tpm

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

# Check if ~/.tmux directory exists, if not, clone TPM if-shell "[ ! -d ~/.tmux ]" \ "run-shell 'git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm'" # Check if xclip is installed when tmux starts if-shell '! command -v xclip >/dev/null 2>&1'\ 'display-message "Warning: xclip is not installed.\ Please install it for better copy-paste functionality in tmux.\ You can install xclip using your package manager. For example, on Debian/Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install xclip"' # Set terminal to true colors set -g default-terminal "tmux-256color" set-option -sa terminal-overrides ".xterm*:Tc" # List of plugins set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tpm' set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-sensible' set -g @plugin 'dracula/tmux' set -g @plugin 'christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator' # set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-yank' # Dracula plugins setting # available plugins: battery, cpu-usage, git, gpu-usage, ram-usage, tmux-ram-usage, network, network-bandwidth, network-ping, ssh-session, attached-clients, network-vpn, weather, time, mpc, spotify-tui, kubernetes-context, synchronize-panes set -g @dracula-plugins "cpu-usage gpu-usage ram-usage time" set -g @dracula-show-left-icon session # Rebind prefix key to Ctrl+Space unbind C-b set-option -g prefix C-s # Rebind the splits unbind % bind | split-window -h unbind '"' bind - split-window -v # Add mouse support set -g mouse on # In order to enable tmux-yank # set-option -g default-command "reattach-to-user-namespace -l $SHELL" # Copy and Paste on Linux bind -T copy-mode-vi Enter send-keys -X copy-pipe-and-cancel "xclip -i -f -selection primary | xclip -i -selection clipboard" bind-key -T copy-mode-vi MouseDragEnd1Pane send-keys -X copy-pipe-and-cancel "xclip -selection clipboard -i" set-option -s set-clipboard off # set clipboard to on # set -g set-clipboard on # vi keymode setw -g mode-keys vi # start windows and panes from 1, not 0 set -g base-index 1 set -g pane-base-index 1 set-window-option -g pane-base-index 1 set-option -g renumber-windows on # Initialize TMUX plugin manager (keep this line at the very bottom of tmux.conf) run '~/.tmux/plugins/tpm/tpm'

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.

tpm repo

# This configuration file binds many vi- and vim-like bindings to the # appropriate tmux key bindings. Note that for many key bindings there is no # tmux analogue. set-window-option -g automatic-rename on set -g mouse on set -g history-limit 1000000 ## FZF for panes TMUX_FZF_POPUP=1 TMUX_FZF_PREVIEW=1 TMUX_FZF_OPTIONS="-p -w 62% -h 38%" TMUX_FZF_ORDER="session|window|pane|command|keybinding" TMUX_FZF_PANE_FORMAT="[#{window_name}] #{pane_current_command} [#{pane_width}x#{pane_height}] [history #{history_size}/{history_limit}, #{history_bytes} bytes] #{?pane_active,[active],[inactive]}" TMUX_FZF_LAUNCH_KEY="C-a" # set prefix key to ctrl+a until I have time to adapt unbind C-b set -g prefix C-a set -g escape-time 0 # split windows like vim # vim's definition of a horizontal/vertical split is reversed from tmux's bind - split-window -v bind | split-window -h bind S setw synchronize-panes # move around panes with hjkl, as one would in vim after pressing ctrl-w bind C-h select-pane -L bind C-j select-pane -D bind C-k select-pane -U bind C-l select-pane -R # resize panes like vim # feel free to change the "1" to however many lines you want to resize by, only # one at a time can be slow bind H resize-pane -L 20 bind J resize-pane -D 20 bind K resize-pane -U 20 bind L resize-pane -R 20 # bind : to command-prompt like vim # this is the default in tmux already bind : command-prompt # vi-style controls for copy mode setw -g mode-keys vi set -g default-terminal screen-256color # Copy-paste integration bind-key -T copy-mode-vi 'v' send -X begin-selection bind-key -T copy-mode-vi 'y' send -X copy-pipe-and-cancel pbcopy bind-key -T copy-mode-vi MouseDragEnd1Pane send -X copy-pipe-and-cancel pbcopy bind-key -T copy-mode-vi MouseDragEnd3Pane send -X copy-pipe-and-cancel pbcopy # Use vim keybindings in copy mode setw -g mode-keys vi # Start copy mode when scrolling up and exit when scrolling down to bottom. # The "#{mouse_any_flag}" check just sends scrolls to any program running that # has mouse support (like vim). bind -n WheelUpPane if-shell -F -t = "#{mouse_any_flag}" "send-keys -M" "if -Ft= '#{pane_in_mode}' 'send-keys -M' 'copy-mode -e'" ## LINK TO CLONE tpm # git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm # # List of plugins # Supports `github_username/repo` or full git repo URLs set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tpm' set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-sensible' set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-resurrect' set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-continuum' set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-copycat' set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-yank' set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-open' set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-urlview' set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-online-status' set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-logging' set -g @plugin 'christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator' set -g @plugin 'jimeh/tmux-themepack' set -g @plugin 'yardnsm/tmux-1password' set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-resurrect' set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-open' set -g @plugin 'Morantron/tmux-fingers' set -g @plugin 'sainnhe/tmux-fzf' set -g @plugin 'laktak/extrakto' set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-sessionist' set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-resurrect' set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-continuum' set -g @plugin 'rafi/tmux-pass' set -g @plugin 'Morantron/tmux-fingers' set -g @plugin 'dracula/tmux' #set -g @plugin 'charlietag/tmux-themes' #set -g @theme-loading-cpu-mem 'on' # [ on | off] , default: on #set -g @theme-network-bandwith 'on' # [ on | off] , default: on #set -g @theme-dark-mode 'on' # [ on | off] , default off #set -g @theme-dark-mode-bindkey 'T' # [ -r T | M-s | -n F11 ] , this is for toggle theme dark mode, define yourself just like bind-key set -g @pass-key 'P' set -g @pass-copy-to-clipboard 'on' set -g @pass-hide-pw-from-preview 'on' set -g @continuum-save-interval '15' set -g @continuum-boot-options 'iterm' set -g @continuum-boot 'on' #set -g @themepack 'basic' run-shell ~/.tmux/plugins/themes/theme.tmux # Initializes TMUX plugin manager. # Keep this line at the very bottom of tmux.conf. run-shell '~/.tmux/plugins/tpm/tpm'

I have already tried all solutions that can be found in the official GitHub thread . Any help will be much appreciated.

Install the plugin manager: git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm

You'll probably want to use Tmux Plugin Manager (TPM) to manage your tmux plugins and maybe some other goodies from the tmux-plugins repo.

here's some doc: https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm

########################################################################## # TMUX plugin manager - This must run last ################################################################################ # Check to see if tmux is installed, if not clone the repo. This assumes Git is # installed. if "test ! -d ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm" \ "run 'git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm && ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm/bin/install_plugins'" # Run the plugin manager run -b '~/.tmux/plugins/tpm/tpm'