Hi
Can't this be done with if-shell easily enough?
if "[ $(tmux display -pF '#{pane_current_command}') = vim ]" "send-keys foo"
On Sun, Apr 07, 2013 at 02:47:52PM -0300, Thiago Padilha wrote:
> Hi
>
> It would be nice to have a tmux command that conditonally send keys
> based on the program running in the focused pane.
>
> See a use case with hacky workaround here:
> https://gist.github.com/tarruda/5158535
>
> In the example, vim-tmux-move.zsh will navigate between tmux panes,
> but if the current pane is running vim, it will just send some
> keys(which vim will handle by navigating between splits, or will
> navigate to a tmux pane if the current split sits at an edge)
>
> There are other attempts to achieve the same thing:
> https://gist.github.com/mislav/5189704
>
> Those scripts could be generalized into a script that accepts the
> following arguments:
>
> 1 - a program or pane identifier
> 2 - a tmux key-map or command
> remaining - a list of keys in the same format a send-keys
>
> The script would send the keys if the current pane matches the program
> name, else it would run the tmux command or keymap.
>
> The problem with this approach is efficiency: every time a key mapped
> to this script is pressed, a new shell has to be spawned, and that
> shell will invoke tmux commands. This seems a lot of trouble for
> simple things like integrating movement between tmux panes and another
> program that also has the concept of panes/splits.
>
> My suggestion is to add a new command that solves this problem by
> running other tmux commands based on a condition for example:
>
> bind M-p send-keys-if '#{pane_current_command} == vim' 'paste-buffer'
> 'Escape' 'p'
>
> This would run bind alt+p to tmux paste-buffer command, but if vim was
> focused it would send the keys necessary to invoke vim paste command.
>
> What do you think?
>
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