In tmux mode, with multiple tabs, splitting window splits tab other than the current one

By npearso... on August 13, 2014 04:54 (imported from Google Code)

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
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What is the expected output?

What do you see instead?

What version of iTerm2 are you using?

What OS version are you using?

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Comment 1 by npearso... on August 13, 2014 04:58

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Sorry, I didn't notice the other questions below the instructions for submitting a bug.

What steps will reproduce the problem?

1. Start a new tmux session using tmux -CC
2. Once you have a new session, hit <Command - T> to open a new tab
3. After opening a second tab, you should be focused on it. Click on the first tab to focus on it and type "tmux split-window"

What is the expected output?
The expected output is that the split happens in the tab that the command is issued

What do you see instead?
The split takes place on a tab other than the currently selected tab

What version of iTerm2 are you using?
Build 2.0

What OS version are you using?
Mavericks

Comment 2 by gnach... on September 16, 2014 22:52

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This is a creative way to split a window I had not considered! The core issue is that tmux doesn't know which window is "current" in iTerm2. This is by design; it's nice that you can have two clients of tmux that are each looking at different windows.

Question: why do you prefer issuing "tmux split-window" versus using the native Cmd-D or Cmd-Shift-D to create a split?

Comment 3 by nathan.pear...@goodsearch.com on September 16, 2014 23:06

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There's a vim plugin that runs tests in a tmux window so that you can have a pseudo async vim experience -- which is not native to vim.

http://robots.thoughtbot.com/use-rspec-vim-with-tmux-and-dispatch

The plugin calls tmux split-window, so that's how I noticed the issue.

Milestone changed to Ship 3.0

Reassigned to @gnachman

Status changed to closed

Fixed in commit 352c1d3b