The latest articles on DEV Community by Ahmed Kamal (@27medkamal). https://dev.to/27medkamal https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F1013917%2Fb6e9971c-2cf9-4e1b-b0ed-5f2dd82476aa.jpeg https://dev.to/27medkamal en Ahmed Kamal Tue, 24 Jan 2023 12:19:52 +0000 https://dev.to/27medkamal/a-tmux-plugin-to-make-creatingswitching-sessions-easier-l0e https://dev.to/27medkamal/a-tmux-plugin-to-make-creatingswitching-sessions-easier-l0e <h2> Tmux session wizard </h2> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fuser-images.githubusercontent.com%2F14043848%2F195257556-bc2cfe0a-a1c7-4e29-9741-776eaf0caa06.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img alt="tmux-session-wizard" src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fuser-images.githubusercontent.com%2F14043848%2F195257556-bc2cfe0a-a1c7-4e29-9741-776eaf0caa06.png" width="800" height="557"></a></p> <p>One prefix key to rule them all (with <a href="https://github.com/junegunn/fzf" rel="noopener noreferrer">fzf</a> &amp; <a href="https://github.com/ajeetdsouza/zoxide" rel="noopener noreferrer">zoxide</a>):</p> <ul> <li>Creating a new session from a list of recently accessed directories</li> <li>Naming a session after a folder/project</li> <li>Switching sessions</li> <li>Viewing current or creating new sessions in one popup</li> </ul> <h2> Elevator Pitch </h2> <p>Tmux is powerful, yes, but why is creating/switching sessions (arguably its main feature) is so damn hard to do? To create a new session for a project you have to run <code>tmux new-session -s &lt;session-name&gt; -c &lt;project-folder&gt;</code>. What if you're inside tmux? Oh, wait you have to use <code>-d</code> followed by <code>tmux switch-client -t &lt;session-name&gt;</code>. Oh, wait again! What if you're outside tmux and you want to attach to an existing session? now you have to run <code>tmux attach -t &lt;session-name&gt;</code> instead. What if you can't remember whether you have a session for that project or not. Guess what? Now you have to run <code>tmux has-session -t &lt;session-name&gt;</code>. What if your project folder contains characters not accepted by tmux as a session name? What if you want to show a list of existing sessions? You run <code>tmux list-sessions</code>. What if you want to create a session for a project you've recently navigated to? What if, what if, what if.... HOW IS THAT BETTER THAN HAVING 20 TERMINAL WINDOWS OPEN?</p> <p>What if you could use 1 prefix key to do all of this? Read on!</p> <h2> Features </h2> <p><code>prefix + T</code> (customisable) - displays a pop-up with <a href="https://github.com/junegunn/fzf" rel="noopener noreferrer">fzf</a> which displays the existing sessions followed by recently accessed directories (using <a href="https://github.com/ajeetdsouza/zoxide" rel="noopener noreferrer">zoxide</a>). Choose the session or the directory and voila! You're in that session. If the session doesn't exist, it will be created.</p> <h2> Get the plugin </h2> <p>Install from <a href="https://github.com/27medkamal/tmux-session-wizard" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://github.com/27medkamal/tmux-session-wizard</a></p> discuss rust webdev productivity