Open Files with Nvim Remote
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I recently found a really great plugin by mhinz to open files in neovim from a different tmux split, without touching neovim at all.

Date: March 6, 2022

I recently found a really great plugin <https://github.com/mhinz/neovim-remote> by mhinz <https://github.com/mhinz> to open files in neovim from a different tmux split, without touching neovim at all.

Installation
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neovim-remote <https://github.com/mhinz/neovim-remote> is not a neovim plugin at all, it’s a python cli that you can install with pip. Unlike the repo suggests, I use pipx to install nvr.

[code]
  pipx install neovim-remote

How I use it
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I have this added to my .envrc that is in every one of my projects. This will tie a neovim session to that directory, and all directories under it.

[code]
  export NVIM_LISTEN_ADDRESS=/tmp/nvim-$(basename $PWD)

│ In my workflow I open a tmux session for each project, so this essentially ties a neovim session to a tmux session.

### Open neovim

First open neovim, but with the nvr command. This will open neovim, and look pretty much the same as always.

[code]
  nvr

If you try to run nvr again in another shell nothing will happen as its already runnin under that address, but if you give it a filename it will open the file in the first instance of neovim that you opened.

[code]
  nvr readme.md

Links
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- GitHub