C++ API

method libtmux-cxx latest

Window.set_option

Source and package

Qualified name: libtmux::Window::set_option
Namespace: libtmux
Declared in: Window
Package: libtmux-cxx
Source: include/libtmux/entities.hpp
Other languages: Perlmethod Erlang PowerShell Julia Elixir Haskell Common Lisp Python Ruby LuaTypeScriptRustGo 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_option(std::string_view name, std::string_view value) const; method readonly [source] ¶

Parameters

tmux command#

The tmux commands behind set_option.

The C declarations in tmux that implement these commands.

Settings for the server, sessions, windows and panes, with their types, defaults and allowed values.

Set a window option

Equivalents of Set a window option in other languages
Language	Equivalent
Python	`libtmux.Window.set_option`
Lua	`libtmux.Window:set_option`
Haskell	No public Haskell equivalent is implemented; the current modules expose scalar values and version parsing.
TypeScript	`window.Window.setOption`
Rust	`window.Window.set_option`
Go	`tmux.Window.SetOption`
Java	reached through `Window.options`, whose `Options` carries the write
C#	reached through `Window.Options`, whose `TmuxOptions` carries the write
Swift	`Server.setOption(_:to:scope:)`
OCaml	`Libtmux_unix.Client.set_option`
Perl	`LibTmux::Server::set_option` Pass scope => 'window' and the explicit target ID where applicable; inherited and global reads are deliberate options.

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