From 6f63185f9f9129b6cc702d88b1ce0a1e755510c9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Shamim Keshani <sh.keshani@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 14:18:24 +0330
Subject: [PATCH] avoid screen flashing

---
 README.md        | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------
 tmux-sessionizer |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b0eb4be..90955ee 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -40,11 +40,12 @@ first file harpoon.  M-h is first sessionizer command.
 
 **vim**
 ```lua
-vim.keymap.set("n", "<C-f>", "<cmd>silent !tmux neww tmux-sessionizer<CR>")
-vim.keymap.set("n", "<M-h>", "<cmd>silent !tmux neww tmux-sessionizer -s 0<CR>")
-vim.keymap.set("n", "<M-t>", "<cmd>silent !tmux neww tmux-sessionizer -s 1<CR>")
-vim.keymap.set("n", "<M-n>", "<cmd>silent !tmux neww tmux-sessionizer -s 2<CR>")
-vim.keymap.set("n", "<M-s>", "<cmd>silent !tmux neww tmux-sessionizer -s 3<CR>")
+-- the 99 is used for avoiding screen flashing
+vim.keymap.set("n", "<C-f>", "<cmd>silent !tmux neww -dt 99 tmux-sessionizer<CR>")
+vim.keymap.set("n", "<M-h>", "<cmd>silent !tmux neww -dt 99 tmux-sessionizer -s 0<CR>")
+vim.keymap.set("n", "<M-t>", "<cmd>silent !tmux neww -dt 99 tmux-sessionizer -s 1<CR>")
+vim.keymap.set("n", "<M-n>", "<cmd>silent !tmux neww -dt 99 tmux-sessionizer -s 2<CR>")
+vim.keymap.set("n", "<M-s>", "<cmd>silent !tmux neww -dt 99 tmux-sessionizer -s 3<CR>")
 ```
 
 **zsh**
@@ -56,13 +57,25 @@ bindkey -s '\en' "tmux-sessionizer -s 2\n"
 bindkey -s '\es' "tmux-sessionizer -s 3\n"
 ```
 
+**fish**
+```bash
+# ~/.config/fish/config.fish
+function fish_user_key_bindings
+  bind ctrl-f 'tmux-sessionizer'
+  bind ctrl-h,ctrl-h 'tmux a'
+  bind alt-n 'nvim'
+end
+```
+
 **tmux**
 ```bash
+# the 99 is used for avoiding screen flashing
 bind-key -r f run-shell "tmux neww ~/.local/bin/tmux-sessionizer"
-bind-key -r M-h run-shell "tmux neww tmux-sessionizer -s 0"
-bind-key -r M-t run-shell "tmux neww tmux-sessionizer -s 1"
-bind-key -r M-n run-shell "tmux neww tmux-sessionizer -s 2"
-bind-key -r M-s run-shell "tmux neww tmux-sessionizer -s 3"
+bind-key -n M-h run-shell "tmux neww -dt 99 tmux-sessionizer -s 0"
+bind-key -n M-t run-shell "tmux neww -dt 99 tmux-sessionizer -s 1"
+bind-key -n M-n run-shell "tmux neww -dt 99 tmux-sessionizer -s 2"
+bind-key -n M-s run-shell "tmux neww -dt 99 tmux-sessionizer -s 3"
+bind-key -n M-c run-shell "tmux neww -dt 99 tmux-sessionizer -s 4 --vsplit"
 ```
 
 ## Enable Logs
diff --git a/tmux-sessionizer b/tmux-sessionizer
index 73de2ba..0a1bfe8 100755
--- a/tmux-sessionizer
+++ b/tmux-sessionizer
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ handle_window_session_cmd() {
         switch_to "$target"
     else
         log "executing session command: tmux neww -dt $target $session_cmd"
-        tmux neww -dt $target "$session_cmd"
+        tmux neww -n $session_cmd -dt $target "$session_cmd"
         hydrate "$target" "$selected"
         tmux select-window -t $target
     fi