# libtmux.core/set-buffer!

- **Module:** libtmux.core
- **Package:** io.github.libtmux:libtmux-clojure
- **Language:** Clojure
- **Kind:** function
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-java/blob/5f88402151ff08fc0390dd438b90963692ec3fe4/libtmux-clojure/src/main/clojure/libtmux/core.clj#L480
- **Public owner:** libtmux.core
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/clojure/latest/reference/libtmux-core-set-buffer/

```
(set-buffer! server name text)
```

Stores literal buffer contents.

[[[show-buffer](/en/tmux/latest/manual/show-buffer/)!]] reads the text; [[[paste-buffer](/en/tmux/latest/manual/paste-buffer/)!]] sends it to a pane.

## Parameters

- `server`
- `name`
- `text`

## tmux command

The tmux commands behind `set-buffer!`.

- [`set-buffer`](/en/tmux/latest/manual/set-buffer/)

## tmux C API

The C declarations in tmux that implement these commands.

- [`cmd_set_buffer_entry`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-variable-cmd_set_buffer_entry/) (attribute)
- [`cmd_set_buffer_exec`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-cmd-set-buffer-c-cmd_set_buffer_exec/) (function)