What inspired me to write vimux was [tslime.vim](https://github.com/kikijump/tslime.vim), a plugin that lets you send input to tmux. While tslime.vim works well, I felt it wasn't optimized for my primary use case which was having a smaller tmux pane that I would use to run tests or play with a REPL.
Vimux was originally inspired by [tslime.vim](https://github.com/jgdavey/tslime.vim/network), a plugin that lets you send input to tmux. While tslime.vim works well, it wasn't optimized for the use case of having a smaller tmux pane used to run tests or play with a REPL. The goal of Vimux is to make interacting with tmux from vim effortless.
My goal with vimux is to make interacting with tmux from vim effortless. By default when you call `VimuxRunCommand` vimux will create a 20% tall horizontal pane under your current tmux pane and execute a command in it without losing focus of vim. Once that pane exists whenever you call `VimuxRunCommand` again the command will be executed in that pane. As I was using vimux myself I wanted to rerun commands over and over. An example of this was running the current file through rspec. Rather than typing that over and over I wrote `VimuxRunLastCommand`that will execute the last command you called with `VimuxRunCommand`.
By default, when you call `VimuxRunCommand` vimux will create a 20% tall horizontal pane under your current tmux pane and execute a command in it without losing the focus on vim. Once that pane exists, whenever you call `VimuxRunCommand` again the command will be executed in that pane. A frequent use case is wanting to rerun commands over and over. An example of this is running the current file through rspec. Rather than typing that over and over `VimuxRunLastCommand` will execute the last command called with `VimuxRunCommand`.
Other auxiliary functions and the ones I talked about above can be found below with a full description and example key binds for your vimrc.
Other auxiliary functions and the ones talked about above can be found below with full descriptions and example key bindings for your vimrc.
Caleb Maclennan
3 years ago