C++ API

method libtmux-cxx latest

Pane.clear_history

Forget the scrollback, which is the only way to bound a pane's memory without restarting what is running in it.

Source and package

Qualified name: libtmux::Pane::clear_history
Namespace: libtmux
Declared in: Pane
Package: libtmux-cxx
Source: include/libtmux/entities.hpp
Other languages: Perl Raku Erlang PowerShell Julia Elixir Haskell Common Lisp Python Ruby LuaTypeScriptRustGoJavaC#Swift Kotlin Scala OCaml F# Clojure

[[C++ nodiscard attributeAsks the compiler to warn when a result is discarded. An explicit cast to void acknowledges that the result is intentionally ignored.Language documentation]] expected<void, CommandFailure> clear_history() const; method readonly [source] ¶

tmux command#

The tmux commands behind clear_history.

The C declarations in tmux that implement these commands.

Clear a pane's scrollback

Equivalents of Clear a pane's scrollback in other languages
Language	Equivalent
Python	`libtmux.Pane.clear_history`
Lua	`libtmux.Pane:clear_history`
Haskell	No public Haskell equivalent is implemented; the current modules expose scalar values and version parsing.
TypeScript	`pane.Pane.clearHistory`
Rust	`pane.Pane.clear_history`
Go	`tmux.Pane.ClearHistory`
Java	`io.github.libtmux.Pane.clearHistory`
C#	`LibTmux.Pane.ClearHistoryAsync`
Swift	`Server.clearHistory(_:)`
OCaml	`Libtmux_unix.Client.clear_history`
Perl	No dedicated equivalent in the selected Perl surface. Explicit Server::cmd remains available for native tmux commands.
Raku	`LibTmux::Model::PaneRef.clear-history`

No equivalent is recorded in Ruby, PowerShell, Julia, Erlang, Elixir, Common Lisp, Clojure, Kotlin, Scala or F#.