Neomux

Neovim/Neovide multiplexer.

Neovim: A highly configurable text editor built on Vim with modern features and extensibility. Neovim's headless mode runs without a UI, enabling automation, scripting, and server-like operations through its API and RPC interface.

Neovide: A graphical user interface for Neovim written in Rust. It provides visual enhancements over the terminal UI while maintaining functional compatibility, offering a modern cross-platform editing experience.

Neomux: Manages headless Neovim instances and spawns Neovide.

Requirements

• nc: netcat openbsd variant
• nvim
• neovide

Commands

neomux
    new [label]     -- creates new nvim server in current directory
    nv [label]      -- spawns new neovide to nvim server
    kill [label]    -- kill nvim server
    list            -- list all nvim servers' labels

Servers

We will use port ranges starting from port 10000. Currently port collision is not supported.

State

state.db

CREATE TABLE port_table (
    port INTEGER NOT NULL,
    label TEXT NOT NULL,
    nvim_pid INTEGER NOT NULL
);

TODO

First:

• kill does not check for return status of /bin/kill
• better error handling
  • prettier errors for "no rows"
  • "unique constraint"
• handle case where nvim server killed by another process "No such process" (maybe refresh command, e.g. system reboots)
• update README.md with installation instructions and workflow demo

Then:

• ssh tunneling (local port forwarding) and add command for next port
• state clean command support for other platforms (list processes) see mitchellh/go-ps