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So it turns out that you can start terminals in GVIM and manage them like buffers. I needed to tweak it a bit, but it's really nice to have this without having to learn an entirely new tool like tmux.

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@madewokherd The terminal support is even better in neovim.

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@minego Anything specific that gvim is missing?

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@madewokherd I can't remember anything specific off the top of my head. Mostly performance I think.

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@madewokherd I have a binding so that ctrl-w works like other vim windows, and I map double escape to leave terminal mode.

It has worked really well for me. I use it with a tab bar too, and the result is a really nice replacement for tmux or screen.

Oh, and I use dtach with it so I can resume sessions.

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@madewokherd adore Zellij as well as it feels like Tmux but for people who want to be reminded of the keyboard hotkeys all the time like myself, tmux fills too much of my brain space but this doesn't

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