scnvim tmux

Redirect post window ouput to a tmux pane.

The sclang process still runs in nvim, so closing the split will not close sclang. This extension emulates the default post window API, so no need to define any special keymaps.

Installation

Using packer.nvim

use { 'davidgranstrom/scnvim-tmux' }

Using vim-plug

Plug 'davidgranstrom/scnvim-tmux'

Load the extension after the call to scnvim.setup.

scnvim.setup{...}

scnvim.load_extension 'tmux'

Usage

Works like the normal scnvim post window, only a tmux split is used instead.

Configuration

Add a tmux entry to the extensions table in the scnvim.setup function.

The example below shows the default values.

scnvim.setup {
  extensions = {
    tmux = {
      path = vim.fn.tempname(),
      horizontal = true,
      size = '35%',
      cmd = 'tail',
      args = { '-F', '$1' }
    },
  },
}

You can use a different binary than tail to view the output. Here's an example that uses less:

scnvim.setup {
  extensions = {
    tmux = {
      cmd = 'less',
      args = { '-S', '+F', '$1' },
    }
  }
}

The $1 marker will be replaced by the value of tmux.path.

Another example using bat for syntax highlighting.

Save this file as scnvim-tmux.sh and make it available in your $PATH:

#!/bin/sh

tail -f "$1" | bat --paging=never -l log

And use this in the scnvim extension config:

tmux = {
  cmd = 'scnvim-tmux.sh',
  args = { '$1' },
}

License

scnvim-tmux - Redirect post window ouput to a tmux pane.
Copyright © 2022 David Granström

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.