C++ API

method libtmux-cxx latest

Window.rename

Source and package

Qualified name: libtmux::Window::rename
Namespace: libtmux
Declared in: Window
Package: libtmux-cxx
Source: include/libtmux/entities.hpp
Other languages: Perlmethod Erlang PowerShell Julia Elixir Haskell Common Lisp PythonRubyLuaTypeScriptRustGoJavaC#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> rename(std::string_view name) const; method readonly [source] ¶

Parameters

tmux command#

The tmux commands behind rename.

The C declarations in tmux that implement these commands.

Rename a window

Equivalents of Rename a window in other languages
Language	Equivalent
Python	`libtmux.Window.rename_window`
Ruby	`LibTmux::Window#rename`
Lua	`libtmux.Window:rename`
Erlang	`tmux_window:rename/2`
Haskell	No public Haskell equivalent is implemented; the current modules expose scalar values and version parsing.
TypeScript	`window.Window.rename`
Rust	`window.Window.rename`
Go	`tmux.Window.Rename`
Java	`io.github.libtmux.Window.rename`
C#	`LibTmux.Window.RenameAsync`
Swift	`Server.rename(_:to:)`
OCaml	`Libtmux_unix.Client.rename_window`
Perl	`LibTmux::Server::rename_window` Explicit Server operation. Captured entities remain local observations; use a new snapshot to observe changes.

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