Thanks, I see what you mean. However, I think 'obscure' is the wrong word. Tmux seems to have analogous commands for most of Vim's, mapped to keys for use jus

Thanks, I see what you mean. However, I think 'obscure' is the wrong word. Tmux seems to have analogous commands for most of Vim's, mapped to keys for use just like Vim's; they're simply the usual commands many people use to move windows(vim)/panes(tmux) around. The commands you mention (at least move-pane) are more flexible than Vim's window manipulation commands. That's the word I would use, 'flexible'. I think building a Vim plugin to emulate those tmux commands would be interesting project; I've put it on my list. One last thing. I'm curious what tmux command(s) you would use to transform the layout above back to its original state. In Vim it's quite simple, with cursor in your window 3, just issue command ':winc L'. I don't see anything as straightforward with the tmux commands you've described, but I could be missing something.