WezTerm => multi-platform TMUX

[aaronnickovich]

I want to suggest alternative to tmux for this setup --> WezTerm is a shell emulator written in rust, configured with lua: https://wezfurlong.org/wezterm/

I used tmux at work but I wanted a solution for multiplexing in Windows at home. I discovered a way to automate my setup of my different terminal-based workflows! Whats nice is it also has a CLI interface like tmux, so I think it's possible to use neovim to trigger a session swap. Otherwise, WezTerm itself can handle session swaps in it's own lua scripts.

As an example, I use WezTerm's lua scripts to define and swap amongst these workspaces:

• Hobby gamedev
  • opens or creates 'cmd.exe /k C:/Program Files (x86)/2019/Community/VC/Auxiliary/Build/vcvars64.bat /k '
• Website
  • opens powershell.exe on my website project folder, then executes "nvim ."
• Home automation
  • opens a remote ssh to my raspberry pi

There is also a command launcher where I can create a list of common CLI commands. Then, use keybindings to execute their number or a keybinding to show a menu listings the options like this:

Also, WezTerm maintainer is a very nice dude!

Anyways, let me know if this is something you'd like!

[darianmorat]

WezTerm is definitely the best option... Even for the blazingly fast part.
Here a few tmux-like bindings:

   { key = '0', mods = 'LEADER', action = wezterm.action.ActivateTab(0) },
   { key = '1', mods = 'LEADER', action = wezterm.action.ActivateTab(1) },
   { key = '2', mods = 'LEADER', action = wezterm.action.ActivateTab(2) },
   { key = '3', mods = 'LEADER', action = wezterm.action.ActivateTab(3) },

   { key = 's', mods = 'LEADER', action = wezterm.action.ShowTabNavigator },

   { key = 'l', mods = 'LEADER', action = wezterm.action.ActivateLastTab },
   { key = 'n', mods = 'LEADER', action = wezterm.action.ActivateTabRelative(1) },
   { key = 'p', mods = 'LEADER', action = wezterm.action.ActivateTabRelative(-1) },

   { key = 'c', mods = 'LEADER', action = wezterm.action{SpawnTab="CurrentPaneDomain"} },
   { key = 'd', mods = 'LEADER', action = wezterm.action{CloseCurrentTab={confirm=true}} },