Managing multiple vterm buffers in Emacs This package is inspired by multi-term.el
multi-vterm is available on MELPA, and it can be installed as normal package
(use-package multi-vterm :ensure t)
Configure the height in rows:
;; dedicated terminal height of 50 rows
(setq multi-vterm-dedicated-window-height 50)Configure the height in percent:
;; dedicated terminal height of 30%
(setq multi-vterm-dedicated-window-height-percent 30)If multi-vterm-dedicated-window-height-percent is set multi-vterm-dedicated-window-height is ignored.
Note: The lower limit is 10% and the upper limit is 90%.
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| multi-vterm | Create new terminal |
| multi-vterm-next | Switch to next terminal |
| multi-vterm-prev | Switch to previous terminal |
| multi-vterm-dedicated-toggle | Toggle dedicated terminal |
| multi-vterm-project | Create/toggle terminal based on current project |
I'm using Evil. This is my personal config to use multi-vterm with evil
(use-package multi-vterm
:config
(add-hook 'vterm-mode-hook
(lambda ()
(setq-local evil-insert-state-cursor 'box)
(evil-insert-state)))
(define-key vterm-mode-map [return] #'vterm-send-return)
(setq vterm-keymap-exceptions nil)
(evil-define-key 'insert vterm-mode-map (kbd "C-e") #'vterm--self-insert)
(evil-define-key 'insert vterm-mode-map (kbd "C-f") #'vterm--self-insert)
(evil-define-key 'insert vterm-mode-map (kbd "C-a") #'vterm--self-insert)
(evil-define-key 'insert vterm-mode-map (kbd "C-v") #'vterm--self-insert)
(evil-define-key 'insert vterm-mode-map (kbd "C-b") #'vterm--self-insert)
(evil-define-key 'insert vterm-mode-map (kbd "C-w") #'vterm--self-insert)
(evil-define-key 'insert vterm-mode-map (kbd "C-u") #'vterm--self-insert)
(evil-define-key 'insert vterm-mode-map (kbd "C-d") #'vterm--self-insert)
(evil-define-key 'insert vterm-mode-map (kbd "C-n") #'vterm--self-insert)
(evil-define-key 'insert vterm-mode-map (kbd "C-m") #'vterm--self-insert)
(evil-define-key 'insert vterm-mode-map (kbd "C-p") #'vterm--self-insert)
(evil-define-key 'insert vterm-mode-map (kbd "C-j") #'vterm--self-insert)
(evil-define-key 'insert vterm-mode-map (kbd "C-k") #'vterm--self-insert)
(evil-define-key 'insert vterm-mode-map (kbd "C-r") #'vterm--self-insert)
(evil-define-key 'insert vterm-mode-map (kbd "C-t") #'vterm--self-insert)
(evil-define-key 'insert vterm-mode-map (kbd "C-g") #'vterm--self-insert)
(evil-define-key 'insert vterm-mode-map (kbd "C-c") #'vterm--self-insert)
(evil-define-key 'insert vterm-mode-map (kbd "C-SPC") #'vterm--self-insert)
(evil-define-key 'normal vterm-mode-map (kbd "C-d") #'vterm--self-insert)
(evil-define-key 'normal vterm-mode-map (kbd ",c") #'multi-vterm)
(evil-define-key 'normal vterm-mode-map (kbd ",n") #'multi-vterm-next)
(evil-define-key 'normal vterm-mode-map (kbd ",p") #'multi-vterm-prev)
(evil-define-key 'normal vterm-mode-map (kbd "i") #'evil-insert-resume)
(evil-define-key 'normal vterm-mode-map (kbd "o") #'evil-insert-resume)
(evil-define-key 'normal vterm-mode-map (kbd "<return>") #'evil-insert-resume))