vispat

Vim (or neovim) Server In A Tmux Pane

Why?

Because vsiatp (Vim Server In A Tmux Pane) is so hard to pronounce.

If you are using tmux and you like to split your windows into panes so that, for example, you have a shell running in the left pane and a vim instance in the right plane, vispat will allow you to open a file in the already running vim on the right.

Requirements

• Of course you need tmux
• You need a version of vim that was compiled with server support. Depending on your environment, you will have to find the correct vim-package to install. E.g., on Fedora you need to install vim-X11.
• To be able to load Perl modules by their package name, install Module::Path

Installation

cd somedir
git clone https://github.com/mannih/vispat.git

Then, in your .bashrc or .zshrc, add the line

source somedir/vispat/vispat.sh

for use with vim or

source somedir/vispat/nvispat.sh

for use with neovim.

Usage

vispat gives you a couple of shell functions to use from the command line:

• ws

Create a vertical split and start vim in the right pane. "ws" as in "work space".

• select_vim_pane (aliased to vp)

Activate the tmux pane that contains the vim instance.

• v

Takes one or more file names as arguments and opens those files in the vim instance that can be found in some pane of your current tmux window. If no running vim instance can be found, a new one will be started.

Configuration

Configuration is optional, but you might want to read on if you are developing in Perl or like to use vim's tab feature.

Perl module support

export vispat_for_perl=1

If you want to be able to edit perl modules by package name:

v IO::All

will then find the file implementing IO::All (you will have to install Module::Path for this to work). Also:

v Moo

This works by detecting two colons or by matching arguments that start with a capital letter and do not contain a dot.

vim tab support

export vispat_use_tabs=1

If you prefer using vim's tabs feature. Every file you load with v will then open in a new tab.