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Kikolo
Kikolo

Reputation: 272

Splits in tmux keeping same directory and same file opened

I use tmux and vim at the same time. To do splits I prefer to do them in tmux. The only problem is that when I create a split, the new panel opens in the root folder. First, I have to navigate to the subfolder where I was working and then open the corresponding vim file. Is there any way to avoid this?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1094

Answers (1)

mattb
mattb

Reputation: 3063

You could use the vim-tmux-navigator plugin make the same movements work for tmux and vim splits. I have it set up so that ctrl+j/k/h/l moves between tmux and vim splits. Now it feels 100% natural.

Having multiple files open in one vim session allows you to use all of vim's yanking/pasting operations to move copy/move text between files. In my opinion this is a huge benefit of running a single vim instance, one that outweighs the time to get into the habit of configuring/learning some keys to navigate tmux/vim splits.

Upvotes: 2

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