[apjana]

In my experiments for a good multiplexer to go with nnn https://github.com/jarun/nnn, I have tried dvtm and tmux. dvtm is extremely light but it appears there's no way to open a new command in a new pane from within a session. This is where tmux trumped.

So if I want to open 2 panes, I run

  dvtm n n # n is aliased to nnn + some program options

But if I want to open text/image files detached in a new pane, my custom opener calls:

  tmux split-window -h "vim \"$*\""

Can 3mux do both for me?

  - present a lightweight multiplexer
  - support options to open split windows and run a command

Note: This is not necessarily i3-specific, please consider cross-DE/WM scenarios.