Iterm vim mode5/26/2023 ![]() ![]() Installing tmux is really easy using Homebrew on a Mac. Moving to that terminal view is just done with a keyboard shortcut, but there's also some other cool stuff you can do as you'll see later. I can now have Vim without any title bar distractions, with plenty of room for making splits in Vim and then still have my terminal open and visible on the right hand side. After some learning and fiddling about with settings I've now switched to running terminal Vim running through iTerm via tmux and so far I'm liking this setup. It was then I chanced upon tmux - a terminal multiplexer that allows you to split a terminal up into different windows and panes. Whilst I do make use of the Mac's Spaces feature and I could put the terminal on another desktop, it's still an extra step and feels slightly disjointed as an experience. Of course many text editors can go into full screen mode but the problem is I then don't have visibility of my terminal window which I need for Git et al. I found this arrangement over the years to work great, but I wondered if I could go further, removing the window title bar and all the window chrome. ![]() With SizeUp you can just press a few shortcut keys and create this arrangement in seconds. When I first start on a project I always setup the same window arrangement my text editor on the left, a terminal window on the top right and a Finder window on the bottom right. SizeUp is a Mac utility that makes it really easy to manage windows. ![]() I've recently changed my setup using tmux and Vim, but before we get to that I'll first explain about my previous setup using a nice window management tool on the Mac called SizeUp. Over the years I've been trying to get to my perfect setup when it comes to making the most of the tools I use and maximising every last pixel of screen space for the best distraction free coding experience. The Art of Form and Code In Pursuit Of My Perfect Coding Environment ![]()
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