[fiatjaf]

Ok, you have convinced me. I'll try tmux! I do ssh at all times and do all my programming and other computer stuff in a VPS and remote computers, so this thing was made for me.

I've been using vim for a long time now, although I am still a neophyte.

And I have tried tmux some time ago, but couldn't get used to the keybindings that conflicted with those of vim (I'm against doing too much customization -- specially of keybindings --, because that will make me useless when using other people's computers). Is this a real problem or was it just something I did wrong?

[tombert]

I use tmux as my primary "IDE" for everything. I personally use the backtiick (`) as my prefix, because ctrl-B conflicted with Emacs.

Now I use vim for everything, but I still use the same prefix because I've gotten used to it.

If you're stuck using someone else's computer, you can always pass through the prefix by hitting it twice...For example, if I ever need a backtick, I can just tap it two times.

https://github.com/Tombert/dotfiles/blob/master/tmux/.tmux.c...

[tommyallen]

The thing I love so far about Vim is no one argues about key bindings because no one is right. But, almost everyone agrees that the default leader key is awful. I imagine it's the same for the Emacs community.

[tombert]

I actually like the default bindings for both, but yes, everyone in the community seems to have a slightly fragmented opinion of them :D.

[tommyallen]

You like the backslash as the leader key?! Well I never!

[tombert]

I'm a goober and have never once used the leader key...I guess I'm a bit of a noob.

[tommyallen]

A leader key will expand the number of keys available to you. You can have maps like <leader>j that doesn't interfere with the default j map. There is also <localleader> that does the same thing. They're like having a sticky <ctrl> or <alt> but more comfortable. Read up on them (:h mapleader) and you will have more sun shine fun with Vim! For the record I use the comma as the <leader> key and leave <localleader> as the backslash since it's used rarely.

[tommyallen]

A convert! (Score!) To make navigating Vim and tmux splits more palatable, I highly recommend this plugin: https://github.com/christoomey/vim-tmux-navigator