Problems when using vim-tmux-navigator with fig (https://fig.io)

[juliangoetze]

Vim-Tmux Problems when using fig

As mentioned here, there are problems when using vim-tmux-navigator together with fig.

My observations:

• Switching panels inside tmux itself works great (even if there is nvim running in one of that panes)
• Trying to switch windows inside nvim (with keybindings) only triggers switching the tmux panes
• Manually calling :TmuxNavigateRight(/Left/Up/Down) in nvim command mode works as expected (for nvim windows, tmux panes, and between those, see gif below)
• Therefore the main problem (as far as I interpreted this right): Tmux captures the keybindings when they are pressed inside nvim, but fails to send them back to nvim

Possible problem sources:

#.zshrc
# Fig pre block. Keep at the top of this file.
[[ -f "$HOME/.fig/shell/zshrc.pre.zsh" ]] $$ builtin source "$HOME/.fig/shell/zshrc.pre.zsh"

# My zsh configs
# ...

# Fig post block. Keep at the bottom of this file.
[[ -f "$HOME/.fig/shell/zshrc.post.zsh" ]] $$ builtin source "$HOME/.fig/shell/zshrc.post.zsh"

# ~/.fig/shell/zshrc.pre.zsh
# (sourced in the .zshrc)
[ -x ~/.local/bin/fig ] && eval "$(~/.local/bin/fig init zsh pre --rcfile zshrc)"

# ~/.fig/shell/zshrc.post.zsh
# (sourced in the .zshrc)
[ -x ~/.local/bin/fig ] && eval "$(~/.local/bin/fig init zsh post --rcfile zshrc)"

The setup:

• tmux -V --> tmux 3.3a
• nvim -version --> NVIM v0.8.1
• :TmuxNavigatorProcessList (inside nvim) --> Ss+ zsh (figterm)
• sw_vers --> macOS 12.6

If anyone has a solution in mind, please tell me about it :) If not, I'll just say goodbye to fig, that's fine to me...

And if more information is needed, just hit me up and I'll paste it here.

[vhristev]

After uninstalling Fig everything started to work again.

brew uninstall fig

[juliangoetze]

After uninstalling Fig everything started to work again.

brew uninstall fig

@vhristev Yes, that solved the problem for me too. The question is, if there is any solution/ workaround to have fig and the tmux-navigator working at the same time, without having to dispense with one of both..

[JakeTompkins]

I'm having the same problem. I'd like to keep using fig so a solution to this would be awesome. Let me know if I can provide any other diagnostics to help troubleshoot

[nguyenanhhao221]

I'm having the same issue. Removing fig work fine.

But does anybody know a similar solution to fig. I'm not that familiar with all the terminal command so fig tool can really help with it cause they also include a explanation

[unitythemaker]

I have the same problem but I don't have Fig installed. I use NixOS if that makes any change but I am so annoyed by how it works perfect on everyone else and doesn't work on my pc...

[unitythemaker]

I have the same problem but I don't have Fig installed. I use NixOS if that makes any change but I am so annoyed by how it works perfect on everyone else and doesn't work on my pc...

Seems like the issue was that I am using Fish. When I set my default shell to bash, it worked even if the default shell set in the tmux was fish. When I did it with fish I was getting no output from :TmuxNavigatorProcessList when I switched to bash I got the output:

S fish
S nvim

Btw it also did not work when I tried to spawn an instance of bash in fish.

Perhaps, I should open an issue for this? For me, I will use tmux as default (by making bash execute tmux) so it is not a problem for me but could be a problem for others and maybe it should be noted on readme.

[hoolek77]

If you still encounter this issue, this solution helped me to fix integration with Fig https://github.com/christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator/issues/295#issuecomment-922092511

[juliangoetze]

As @hoolek77 mentioned, the solution of #295 fixes this issue (mostly). After creating the is_vim.sh as suggested, and replacing the is_vim line in the tmux plugin, the horizontal pane switching does work, although vertical window switching in vim itself does still not work as expected. I will close this issue as fixed with the workaround of #295 .