"Reasonable Defaults" in tmux don't make sense about vim-slime HOT 5 CLOSED

The vim from which I run slime is usually not in a tmux. The terminal I use as a target is running tmux. As such, there's never confusion about where things go. I understand your case because I've run into that situation before. But +1, -1 or some other value is arbitrary.

The defaults are stored in b:slime_config:

{"socket_name": "default", "target_pane": ":"}

If you need to change those, you can probably do it on a hook.

Alternatively, there could be a global config variable to define those. What do you think?

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I didn't realize you could use vim-slime like that, that explains the defaults. I'm not very familiar with vimscript, but isn't that the purpose of the b:slime_config? what if you let something like
"target_pane" : ":.+1" or "target_pane" : ":.-1"

then add/subtract appropriately when you send the data. as in a mini simple templating system. Then anyone can add the let b:slime_config... in their vimrc with their defaults easily.

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You can set yourself a variable for the target_pane in your .vimrc:

let g:slime_config_target_pane = ":.+1"

And you would modify line 66 of the plugin like this:

let b:slime_config = {"socket_name": "default", "target_pane": g:slime_config_target_pane}

But if you're modifying the plugins, you might as well burn your default there.

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I didn't realize the "target_pane" : ":.+1" or "target_pane" : ":.-1" already work! I just made that up as an example.

I ended up putting in my .vimrc:
let b:slime_config = {"socket_name": "default", "target_pane": ":.+1"}

and that defaults the target to the next pane from my current.

The .+1 and .-1 should be put in the docs so others know how to change the defaults to something possibly more useful.

I'll just close this issue, because it's a simple change :)

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I didn't know it worked either :-)

I assumed your examples worked. I just tried it.

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