Questions tagged [tmux]
Questions about using vim into a tmux session and how to customize integration.
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Vim does not issue warning W11 (file has changed) depending on terminal emulator / tmux
I'm running vim 9.1.1227 in gnome-terminal 3.54.0 on Fedora Linux 41. Normally, if the file I'm editing changes outside of vim, I'll automatically get a warning like: W11: Warning: File "foo.txt&...
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How to throw vim into a background process? [closed]
I have opened vim, but I have forgotten to open tmux. Is it possible to throw vim into a background process (ala CTRL+Z)? Then start tmux and re-forground the vim process?
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Characters get stuck on screen when using tmux
I use LazyVim on Alacritty on WSL, and when using it in tmux the screen doesn't display properly. Random characters get "stuck" on screen and won't clear until I do something that forces ...
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How to show pretty undercurl in Neovim in tmux?
steps to reproduce: open new iTerm2 window (no Tmux) run echo "rong;" | nvim --clean +"set spell" - notice the word is underlined with a curly line open new tmux pane repeat step ...
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Using Alt instead of Ctrl for vim-tmux-navigator
I recently configured vim-tmux-navigator and I'm enjoying it. However, the binding of ctrl-K overrides the kill to end of line command in the terminal and I use this a lot. As such, I want to bind ...
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Vim in tmux and WSL: cannot highlight using ctermbg
I'm using Vim inside tmux, which runs in WSL (due to work reasons). As per documentation, I decided to change my Visual highlighting style using :hi cterm=NONE ctermbg=<insert-color-here>. ...
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Link cwd of vim with parent shell
Is it possible to link the cwd of vim to the cwd of the shell running it, or change the cwd of the parent shell within vim? I run neovim+tmux with the tmux-resurrect plugin, and it would be nice if I ...
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Vim vertical split window not rendered correctly
Not sure if it's related to vim configuration, tmux settings or ssh config, I opened a file with vim on a remote server, and every time when I use :vsp command to split a vertical window, the right ...
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How to use the prefix key in tmux and Vim?
I am new to tmux. I have some configuration added to my tmux configuration file. I use Ctrl Space as prefix in tmux, and I want to use the same prefix key in Vim. But I find that Vim uses Ctrl Space ...
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<HOME> key is unwanted set to "toggle upercase"
During insert mode my Home key is set to toggle case of character which is very annoying. I tried this command to search for any settings, but failed to solve the problem. I would like to set it to go ...
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Is it possible to make neovim use single color for underline?
As title. With my current setup it looks like this: But I only want it to use a single color. My current highlight setup: :hi IndentBlanklineContextStart IndentBlanklineContextStart xxx cterm=...
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tmux send-keys to vim has no effect when used with swap-pane
I have a tmux window with 2 panes (pane-ids: 0 and 1). In the pane 0 there is vim launched. I want to fire a combination of two commands from tmux command-prompt: :send-keys -t 0 "iabc" ; ...
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Issues of UI when combining Tmux and neovim and sourcing a python virtual env created with Poetry
The issue I recently switched to nvim + tmux and I have a fully working setup with various plugins. I use Poetry to manage my python virtual envs and it's a mandatory tool. I highlight the fact that ...
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Is there a way to run an ex command without hitting colon first?
I am doing some scripting related to tmux and Vim. In my tmux window, I have Vim in one tmux pane and a Tcl command line in another tmux pane. I want to create a Tcl proc which will dump a string to ...
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In nvi, how do I undo "already locked, session is read-only?"
On Mac OS Big Sur (11.6.3) with nvi 1.81.6 and several tmux panels, I accidentally quit Terminal. Now opening files leads to the message <file> already locked, session is read-only <file> ...
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