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one cool thing is the `:terminal` mode which allows you to move a lot of window management to nvim, and your terminal is now an nvim buffer (with all the exciti

one cool thing is the `:terminal` mode which allows you to move a lot of window management to nvim, and your terminal is now an nvim buffer (with all the exciting possibilities that affords :) Vim window management comes naturally if you spend sufficient time in vim. I'm using tmux less now (although my knowledge of it was limited at best), but its still useful for persistence and some window management.

raimue 9y ago
:terminal is now also part of the Vim 8 patches as an experimental feature. NeoVim seems to have a large influence on Vim, given that the previous "vimshell" patches never made it into upstream.
bovine3dom 9y ago
Is it any different to :terminal in Vim?
suprfnk 9y ago
Do you really want to do window management and terminal tasks in your text editor? I'd rather use my window manager for managing windows, or my terminal for doing terminal tasks.
- grimgrin 9y ago
  Just try to imagine someone wanting to have the editor fill the entire screen, and designate one small pane to a terminal. I can't imagine how to do that with something like tmux and vim (other than running multiple instances of vim which is bad for its own reasons). Take a cross split. https://i.imgur.com/Flqexnq.png https://i.imgur.com/Flqexnq.png I left neovim for vim, though, because of the known system clipboard pasting issue.
  - mkl 9y ago
    > I left neovim for vim, though, because of the known system clipboard pasting issue. What clipboard issue is that? I couldn't find it online, and don't currently use neovim.
- Buttes 9y ago
  I do those things inside emacs.
- ViViDboarder 9y ago
  I don’t use it regularly, but it’s handy in a few scenarios. When you’re in a terminal and working with nvim and never launched tmux, it’s handy to be able to build or access a REPL without suspending your editor. Also, in a GUI editor where you don’t have tmux.
- superflyguy 9y ago
  Do you refuse to use vim's tabs and windows for the same reason? It makes it really easy to write Perl/c, compile and run it, search the history for output of previous runs etc. It's a big improvement on having to have multiple putty sessions, or even alt-tabbing between shells on a box with a UI.
  - suprfnk 9y ago
    I don't refuse to use tabs or windows, but a lot of the times I'd rather split them out into separate non-vim windows. I guess it all depends on your workflow though. I mainly use vim in a tiling wm environment on Linux, not through putty on Windows.

raimue 9y ago

:terminal is now also part of the Vim 8 patches as an experimental feature. NeoVim seems to have a large influence on Vim, given that the previous "vimshell" patches never made it into upstream.

bovine3dom 9y ago

Is it any different to :terminal in Vim?

suprfnk 9y ago

Do you really want to do window management and terminal tasks in your text editor? I'd rather use my window manager for managing windows, or my terminal for doing terminal tasks.

grimgrin 9y ago
Just try to imagine someone wanting to have the editor fill the entire screen, and designate one small pane to a terminal. I can't imagine how to do that with something like tmux and vim (other than running multiple instances of vim which is bad for its own reasons). Take a cross split. https://i.imgur.com/Flqexnq.png https://i.imgur.com/Flqexnq.png I left neovim for vim, though, because of the known system clipboard pasting issue.
- mkl 9y ago
  > I left neovim for vim, though, because of the known system clipboard pasting issue. What clipboard issue is that? I couldn't find it online, and don't currently use neovim.
Buttes 9y ago
I do those things inside emacs.
ViViDboarder 9y ago
I don’t use it regularly, but it’s handy in a few scenarios. When you’re in a terminal and working with nvim and never launched tmux, it’s handy to be able to build or access a REPL without suspending your editor. Also, in a GUI editor where you don’t have tmux.
superflyguy 9y ago
Do you refuse to use vim's tabs and windows for the same reason? It makes it really easy to write Perl/c, compile and run it, search the history for output of previous runs etc. It's a big improvement on having to have multiple putty sessions, or even alt-tabbing between shells on a box with a UI.
- suprfnk 9y ago
  I don't refuse to use tabs or windows, but a lot of the times I'd rather split them out into separate non-vim windows. I guess it all depends on your workflow though. I mainly use vim in a tiling wm environment on Linux, not through putty on Windows.