You're happily editing your lovely files in Vim, when you notice you need to type a word that you can see in a different Tmux pane right next to Vim. This might be some secret key found in your REPL or the name of a failing test.

Usually the interesting text is too short to warrant switching panes and going into Tmux' copy mode, so you end typing it out again.

But fear no longer!

This plugin adds a completion function that puts all words visible in your Tmux panes right under your fingertips. Just enter insert mode, start typing any word you see and press <C-X><C-U> to the trigger user defined insert mode completion.

It also completes words that are scrolled off, hidden in background tmux windows and even different tmux sessions. And it even works from gvim or MacVim!

Third party integration

Tmux complete is automatically integrated with the following plugins:

neocomplete: You can see tmux completions right in your neocomplete pop-up.

unite: You can use tmux complete as a unite source:

Unite tmuxcomplete       " opens a menu containing words from adjacent tmux windows
Unite tmuxcomplete/lines " opens a menu containing words from adjacent tmux windows and lines where they were found

Installation

Use your favorite plugin manager.

NeoBundle
```
NeoBundle 'wellle/tmux-complete.vim'
```
Vundle
```
Bundle 'wellle/tmux-complete.vim'
```

Pathogen

git clone git://github.com/wellle/tmux-complete.vim.git ~/.vim/bundle/tmux-complete.vim

Settings

Use the #trigger option to tune the way you interact with tmux-complete by putting one of these lines into your .vimrc:

By default, tmux-complete sets Vim's completefunc, that can be invoked with <C-X><C-U>.
```
let g:tmuxcomplete#trigger = 'completefunc'
```
Alternatively, you can use Vim's omnifunc, that can be invoked with <C-X><C-O>. This setting also integrates with YouCompleteMe so you can see Tmux completions when hitting <C-Space>.
```
let g:tmuxcomplete#trigger = 'omnifunc'
```
If you're using the neocomplete integration, you probably don't need the additional trigger.
```
let g:tmuxcomplete#trigger = ''
```

The trigger function itself is named tmuxcomplete#complete (in case you want to call it manually).