init-dev

#!/bin/sh

# $1 is session/window name
# $2 is command to run in that session
mk_tmux_session() {
  if [ -z "$1" ]; then
    echo 'usage: startdev NAME'
    exit 1
  fi

  if ! tmux has-session -t "$1" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
    echo "starting: $1"
    tmux new-session -d -s "$1" -d
    tmux rename-window -t "$1" "$1"
    if [ -z "$2" ]; then
      tmux send-keys -t "$1" 'ls -lh' C-M
    else
      tmux send-keys -t "$1" "$2" C-M
    fi
  else
    echo "skipping: $1"
  fi
}

# my preference is to always have two windows pinned to the top
#
#   * !home - a bash shell in my $HOME directory
#   * !notes - a shell running vim that pre-opens my shared notes file
#
# The basic pattern is to change to a directory and spawn a session

(cd $HOME; mk_tmux_session '!home', 'ls -lh')
(cd $HOME; mk_tmux_session '!notes' "vim $DROPBOX_DIR/notes.txt")

# Then I open which ever source directories relate to my current work.
# It's not uncommon for me to have several of these listed.  These are
# effectively equivalant to project tabs in an IDE

(cd $HOME/Projects/sample1; mk_tmux_session 'sample1' 'ls -lh')
(cd $HOME/Projects/sample2; mk_tmux_session 'sample2' 'ls -lh')
(cd $HOME/Projects/sample3; mk_tmux_session 'sample3' 'ls -lh')

cat <<- USAGE

  Some useful TMux key bindings.

    'C-a L' previous session
    'C-a s' to choose session from list

  Some useful TMux commands.

    $> tmux kill-session -t NAME
    $> tmux kill-server

USAGE

# finally if I'm not already attached to a tmux session start in home
[ -z "$TMUX" ] && tmux attach -t "!home"