# libtmux:send-text

- **Package:** libtmux
- **Language:** Common Lisp
- **Kind:** function
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-lisp/blob/c2e5fc4ed3befda21f45dfa5d5868c38fd138311/src/terminal-operations.lisp#L3
- **Public owner:** libtmux
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/lisp/latest/reference/libtmux-send-text/

```
(send-text client pane text &key enter cancel-token timeout output-limit)
```

Send literal TEXT to PANE through tmux and return a COMMAND-OUTCOME.
ENTER appends one Return key in the same command. Text such as C-c remains
literal text; it is not parsed as a key name, tmux format or shell command.
Tmux's active pane mode still handles the resulting input. Completion means
tmux processed the send request, not that the application consumed it. An
oversized encoded command is rejected without silently splitting the input.

## Parameters

- `client`
- `pane`
- `text`
- `enter?`
- `cancel-token?`
- `timeout?`
- `output-limit?`

## tmux command

The tmux commands behind `send-text`.

- [`send-keys`](/en/tmux/latest/manual/send-keys/)

## tmux C API

The C declarations in tmux that implement these commands.

- [`cmd_send_keys_entry`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-variable-cmd_send_keys_entry/) (attribute)
- [`cmd_send_keys_exec`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-cmd-send-keys-c-cmd_send_keys_exec/) (function)

## Guides

Pages that discuss `send-text`.

### Examples

- [Capture pane output](/en/lisp/latest/examples/capture-pane-output/)

### Guides

- [Explicit operations](/en/lisp/latest/guides/operations/)