tcide_vim

#!/bin/bash

# Opens a tmux session with 3 panes: vim, twilight-commander, terminal.
# Hitting the file_action key (default: return) on a file entry opens it in a new vim tab.
# You need to compile vim with the clientserver option:
# git clone https://github.com/vim/vim.git
# cd vim/src
# make distclean
# ./configure +clientserver
# make
# sudo make install

if [ -z "$1" ]; then
    INPUT_DIR='.'
elif [ -d "$1" ]; then
    INPUT_DIR="$1"
elif [ -f "$1" ]; then
    INPUT_DIR="$(dirname "$1")"
else
    echo "tcide: opens a tmux session with vim and integrated twilight-commander"
    echo "usage: tcide [directory or file]"
    exit 1
fi

DIRNAME="$(readlink -f "$INPUT_DIR")"
BASENAME="$(basename "$DIRNAME")"

echo "opening $DIRNAME"

# TODO: check for used vim servers with 'vim --serverlist'?
# tmux does not allow reuse of session names, so ths seems unecessary

tmux -2 new-session -x "$(tput cols)" -y "$(tput lines)" \
    -s "$DIRNAME" \
    -d twilight-commander \
        --behavior.file_action="vim --servername $DIRNAME --remote-tab %s" \
        --setup.working_dir="$DIRNAME" \
    \; \
    split-window -h "vim --servername $DIRNAME" \; \
    split-window -v \; \
    resize-pane -t 0 -x 30 \; \
    resize-pane -t 2 -y 15 \; \
    set-option set-titles on \; \
    set-option set-titles-string "$BASENAME" \; \
    attach