Zellij is brilliant, especially with the plugin ecosystem being wasm based, whic...

sshine · on May 26, 2024

I use GNU screen and the plugins seem like a selling point, but what plugins are there right now?

One list is found here:

https://github.com/zellij-org/awesome-zellij

It also has tutorial links on how to write your own plugins.

I’d like to know which ones people like.

tfsh · on May 26, 2024

I use:

- https://github.com/dj95/zjstatus

- https://github.com/vdbulcke/ghost

And I've also defined some helper functions:

    ~ cat ~/dotfiles/custom/modules/public/zellij.zsh
    # zellij alias
    alias ze=zellij

    # zellij attach [container]
    function za() {
        zellij attach "$*"
    }

    # zellij run [command]
    function zr() {
        zellij run --name "$*" -- zsh -ic "$*"
    }

    # zellij run floating [command]
    function zrf() {
        zellij run --name "$*" --floating -- zsh -ic "$*"
    }

    # zellij edit file [file]
    function zed() {
        zellij edit "$@"
    }

    # zellij attach
    function zs() {
        sessions=$(zellij list-sessions --no-formatting | awk '{printf "\033[1;36m%-20s\033[0m %s\n", $1, $3}')
        selected_session=$(echo "$sessions" | fzf --height ${FZF_TMUX_HEIGHT:-20%} --ansi)
        if [ -n "$selected_session" ]; then
            za $selected_session | awk '{print $1}'
        fi
    }

--

I'm currently working to write a plugin which will dynamically name zellij workspaces based on their context, with an easier way to rename them as well. The automatic naming scheme is annoying to remember as it chooses two words and stitches them together, e.g "brave-piano", "lucky-iguanadon".

keeganpoppen · on May 26, 2024

yeah it’s a pretty brilliant stroke. and really augurs well for future software in this brave new world of interoperability. everywhere i look there’s cool projects plugging wasm in everywhere, and it just seems like there’s enormous potential.