C++ API

method libtmux-cxx latest

Server.set_buffer

Put text in a named buffer, replacing what was there.

Source and package

Qualified name: libtmux::Server::set_buffer
Namespace: libtmux
Declared in: Server
Package: libtmux-cxx
Source: include/libtmux/server.hpp
Other languages: Perlmethod Erlang PowerShell Julia Elixir Haskell Common Lisp PythonRubyLuaTypeScriptRustGo Java C#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> set_buffer(std::string_view name, std::string_view data) const; method readonly [source] ¶

Description#

An empty name lets tmux choose one, which is what a caller copying without caring about the name wants.

Parameters

The tmux commands behind set_buffer.

The C declarations in tmux that implement these commands.

Put text into a paste buffer

Equivalents of Put text into a paste buffer in other languages
Language	Equivalent
Python	`libtmux.Server.set_buffer`
Ruby	`LibTmux::Server#write_buffer`
Lua	`libtmux.Server:set_buffer`
Haskell	No public Haskell equivalent is implemented; the current modules expose scalar values and version parsing.
TypeScript	`server.Server.setBuffer`
Rust	`server.Server.set_buffer`
Go	`tmux.Server.SetBuffer`
Java	no equivalent on `Server`
C#	`LibTmux.TmuxBuffers.SetAsync`
Swift	`Server.setBuffer(_:named:)`
OCaml	No direct public OCaml equivalent is recorded for this operation.
Perl	`LibTmux::Server::set_buffer` Explicit Server operation. Captured entities remain local observations; use a new snapshot to observe changes.

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