F# API

function libtmux-fsharp latest

Control.watchPanes

Namespace L.FSharp LibTmux.FSharp

Streams several panes' output from one borrowed control client.

Source and package

Module: LibTmux.FSharp
Declared in: Control
Package: LibTmux.FSharp
Source: src/LibTmux.FSharp/Control.fsi

F# value signatures Declares the name and type of a value or function in a signature. Language documentation watchPanes: panes: LibTmux.Pane list -> session: IControlModeSession -> IAsyncEnumerable<TmuxEvent>

function [source] ¶

Description#

Each output event names its pane. Each pane confirmed gone is reported by a <c>TmuxPaneGoneEvent</c> after the output buffered before it went, unless the client ends first, and the stream ends once every pane is gone, or with <c>TmuxExitEvent</c> when the client ends. Events after that stay unread for the client's next reader. Match what it yields with <c>PaneWatch</c>.

Examples#

Attach one control client, then follow two panes' output as each event names its pane. Each pane's end arrives as TmuxPaneGoneEvent in the order the panes were given. Use Linux or macOS with Git, tmux 3.2a or newer, .NET SDK 10.0.303, and the .NET 8 and 10 runtimes. In an empty directory, fetch the documented library revision:

$ git clone https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-dotnet.git libtmux-source && \
  git -C libtmux-source checkout --detach cf34b255c896d19a97e7d7fabea58609c916012d

Save this complete consumer setup as global.json: View source

{
  "sdk": {
    "version": "10.0.303",
    "rollForward": "disable",
    "allowPrerelease": false
  },
  "test": {
    "runner": "Microsoft.Testing.Platform"
  }
}

Save this complete consumer setup as NuGet.config: View source

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
  <packageSources>
    <clear />
    <add key="libtmux-source" value="libtmux-source/artifacts/api-example-packages" />
    <add key="nuget.org" value="https://api.nuget.org/v3/index.json" />
  </packageSources>
  <packageSourceMapping>
    <clear />
    <packageSource key="libtmux-source">
      <package pattern="LibTmux" />
      <package pattern="LibTmux.*" />
    </packageSource>
    <packageSource key="nuget.org">
      <package pattern="*" />
    </packageSource>
  </packageSourceMapping>
</configuration>

Save this complete consumer setup as Example.fsproj: View source

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
  <PropertyGroup>
    <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
    <TargetFrameworks>net8.0;net10.0</TargetFrameworks>
    <LangVersion>10.0</LangVersion>
    <TreatWarningsAsErrors>true</TreatWarningsAsErrors>
    <DisableImplicitFSharpCoreReference>true</DisableImplicitFSharpCoreReference>
    <DisableImplicitLibraryPacksFolder>true</DisableImplicitLibraryPacksFolder>
  </PropertyGroup>
  <ItemGroup>
    <Compile Include="Program.fs" />
    <PackageReference Include="FSharp.Core" Version="[10.1.303]" />
    <PackageReference Include="LibTmux.FSharp" Version="[0.0.0-alpha.20]" />
  </ItemGroup>
</Project>

Save this complete program as Program.fs. It creates a private server with LibTmux.Server.CreateOwnedAsync; use! disposes owned scopes after success, cancellation or failure. The F# facade has no separate server constructor. View source

// fsharp-snippet: WatchPanes
open System
open System.Threading
open LibTmux
open LibTmux.FSharp

let runAsync () =
    task {
        use deadline = new CancellationTokenSource(TimeSpan.FromSeconds 20.)
        let token = deadline.Token

        let options =
            ServerConnectionOptions(
                SocketName = "fsharp-watch-panes-" + Guid.NewGuid().ToString("N"),
                ConfigurationFile = "/dev/null"
            )

        use! owned = options |> Server.createOwned token

        let! session =
            owned.Value
            |> Server.newSession token (SessionSpec.running "work" "exec sleep 60")

        // The client buffers everything from the moment it attaches, so the
        // panes it should see can start afterwards.
        use! client = session |> Control.enterSession token
        let! first = session |> Session.panes |> Query.list token

        let start command =
            first[0] |> Pane.split token (SplitPaneRequest(Command = command))

        let! build = start "printf 'build: ok\\n'; exec sleep 60"
        let! test = start "printf 'test: ok\\n'; exec sleep 60"

        // One client, both panes: each output event names its pane.
        let! printed =
            client
            |> Control.watchPanes [ build; test ]
            |> Control.foldWhile
                token
                (fun (printed: Map<string, string>) event ->
                    task {
                        match event with
                        | PaneWatch.Output output ->
                            let pane = output.PaneId.ToString()
                            let sofar = printed |> Map.tryFind pane |> Option.defaultValue ""
                            let printed = printed |> Map.add pane (sofar + output.Data)

                            if printed.Count = 2 && printed |> Map.forall (fun _ text -> text.Contains '\n') then
                                return StreamStep.Stop printed
                            else
                                return StreamStep.Continue printed
                        | _ -> return StreamStep.Continue printed
                    })
                Map.empty

        // Each pane's end arrives as PaneWatch.Gone, and the stream ends
        // once both are gone.
        do! build |> Pane.kill token
        do! test |> Pane.kill token

        let! ended =
            client
            |> Control.watchPanes [ build; test ]
            |> Control.foldWhile
                token
                (fun ended event ->
                    task {
                        match event with
                        | PaneWatch.Gone pane -> return StreamStep.Continue(ended @ [ pane ])
                        | _ -> return StreamStep.Continue ended
                    })
                []

        for pane in [ build; test ] do
            printfn "%s" (printed[pane.Id.ToString()].Trim())

        printfn "ended in order given: %b" (ended = [ build.Id; test.Id ])
    }

runAsync().GetAwaiter().GetResult()
// endfsharp-snippet

Build the exact source packages and the saved consumer, then run both supported frameworks. The local package feed prevents an unrelated published package from satisfying the restore. Each program checks its result and exits unsuccessfully after an unhandled error:

$ export NUGET_PACKAGES="$PWD/packages" && \
  dotnet restore libtmux-source/src/LibTmux.FSharp/LibTmux.FSharp.fsproj --locked-mode && \
  dotnet pack libtmux-source/src/LibTmux/LibTmux.csproj \
    --configuration Release --no-restore -p:ContinuousIntegrationBuild=true \
    --output "$PWD/libtmux-source/artifacts/api-example-packages" && \
  dotnet pack libtmux-source/src/LibTmux.FSharp/LibTmux.FSharp.fsproj \
    --configuration Release --no-restore -p:ContinuousIntegrationBuild=true \
    --output "$PWD/libtmux-source/artifacts/api-example-packages" && \
  dotnet restore Example.fsproj --configfile NuGet.config && \
  dotnet build Example.fsproj --configuration Release --no-restore --warnaserror && \
  export LIBTMUX_TMUX="$(command -v tmux)" && \
  export TMUX_TMPDIR=/tmp/libtmux-dotnet-dev && \
  mkdir -p "$TMUX_TMPDIR" && \
  unset TMUX TMUX_PANE && \
  dotnet bin/Release/net8.0/Example.dll && \
  dotnet bin/Release/net10.0/Example.dll

Expected program output from each framework:

build: ok
test: ok
ended in order given: true

Parameters

panes ( LibTmux.Pane list )
session ( IControlModeSession )

Raises

System.ArgumentException – The list is empty, or a pane is not in the session the client is attached to.
System.InvalidOperationException – A pane's window left the client's session while it was watched.

Discussed in Getting started , Quick start , Streams and cleanup

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Control.watchPanes

Description#

Examples#