Structuring tmux usage

ide

#!/bin/bash
#
# Use the regular 'tmux' command and '.tmux.conf' to run tmux for managing
# multiple sessions running long-running commands that you might need to
# detach from to go offline.
#
# Use this script to manage a special hard-coded session called 'ide' with
# editor and shell windows configured how you want it.

if tmux has-session -t ide >&/dev/null
then
  tmux attach -t ide
else
  # TODO: ideally I'd like to put just one line in this else block:
  ## tmux -f .tmux.conf.ide new -s ide
  # However this doesn't work because 'set' can't seem to affect just the
  # about-to-be-created session.
  # So we have to do the following instead:

  tmux new -s ide -d
  # I like to turn off statusline to make my shell windows seem more seamless
  # with my Vim windows. I can switch between them seamlessly using
  # https://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/22ixkq/navigate_around_vim_and_tmux_panes_painlessly/cgnjay4
  tmux set -t ide status off
  # ...
  # add more "IDE-specific" settings here
  # ...
  tmux attach -t ide
fi

# Managing multiple project-specific IDE sessions is an exercise for the
# reader.