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easily interact with tmux from vim
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MacVim errors on :VimuxTogglePane and doesn't :VimuxSendText but finishes without error #160

Closed dezza closed 3 years ago

dezza commented 6 years ago

Have you guys tried using MacVim? I can't use:

:call VimuxSendText('echo whatever') it just doesn't appear in the tmux window.

Using :VimuxRunCommand works however. But I don't want a split since MacVim is one GUI and have to run tmux besides.

Using :VimuxTogglePane it also errors out.

Error detected while processing function VimuxTogglePane[6].._VimuxTmux:
line    2:
E484: Can't open file /var/folders/_m/2_2m6b0j34n6g3r5qbdv6b480000gn/T/vgmSOPP/56

If I'm reading this correctly it should be this line 2 in VimuxTogglePane https://github.com/benmills/vimux/blob/master/plugin/vimux.vim#L95 But it's probably the next line where it calls _VimuxTmux.

I don't know if this could be a Vim-issue. But I'm happy to take a look at it later.

Console vim (mvim -v for MacVim) works with :VimuxTogglePane but GUI doesn't.

alfunx commented 6 years ago

So you're using MacVim (GUI) and a terminal window running tmux besides? This doesn't seem to be the intended way of using this plugin. What is your goal?

dezza commented 6 years ago

This doesn't seem to be the intended way of using this plugin.

Thats probably an opinion. I have used it on Linux, WSL and FreeBSD like this without problems - it's probably trivial to get MacVim to work and when I have some days off I will attempt :)

When I execute :VimuxRunCommand in a non-tmux vim and have IRC running in tmux it executes the command there due to :help VimuxConfiguration_use_nearest g:VimuxUseNearest .. Being able to open a tmux and be confident that :VimuxRunCommand attempts to run in the closest tmux unless named is a nice feature and for MacVim users and other people using GUI's without tmux this is desirable IMHO - as long as you are aware you can always let it use a named pane.

alerque commented 3 years ago

Linux/WSL/FreeBSD are all OS platforms, and any way you run tmux in them is expected to work. MacVIM is a GUI that doesn't run in tmux, it is not a TUI. I have no idea what the expected result you are looking for is.

I'd happy to accept any contribution than enabled a workflow for your scenario, but without more details about what you expect there doesn't seem to be anything actionable here. I'm guessing if you want to use a GUI version of VIM rather than a TUI version inside Tmux your problem might be better served with vim splits and terminal commands.

If I'm miss-reading the situation feel free to comment with more detail.