Client.send_keys
Send named tmux keys in order, without an implicit Enter. Use send_text for literal bytes rather than key interpretation.
Source and package
- Qualified name
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Libtmux_unix .Client. send _keys - Module
- Libtmux_unix
- Declared in
Client- Package
- libtmux-unix
- Source
- unix/libtmux_unix.mli
- Other languages
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- val send_keys : ?cancel:Cancellation
.t -> t -> Libtmux.Pane -> Libtmux.target .Key list -> (unit, Libtmux.t .Error ) result.t -
Public owner:
Libtmux_unixExamples#
Send literal input and keys. This complete program creates a private daemon, checks its result and closes its clients. Use OCaml 5.5.2 on Linux with tmux 3.3a through 3.8. Run it from the source checkout after following the installation guide. View source
open Libtmuxmodule Client = Libtmux_unix.Clientmodule Workspace = Libtmux_unix.Workspacemodule Config = Libtmux_workspace.Configmodule Plan = Libtmux_workspace.Planmodule Execution = Libtmux_workspace.Executionlet get = function| Ok value -> value| Error error -> failwith (Format.asprintf "%a" Error.pp error)let send_keys client (initial : Created.t) _spawn =let text = "literal: $HOME; #{pane_id}" inlet pane =Snapshot.find_pane(get (Client.capture client))(Pane.Target.id initial.pane)|> Option.getinget (Client.send_text client (Pane.target pane) ~text);get (Client.send_keys client (Pane.target pane) [ Key.Enter ]);ignore (get (Client.wait_for_text ~timeout:0.5 client pane ~text));Printf.printf "sent: %s\n" textlet with_demo binary use =let directory = Filename.temp_dir "libtmux-ocaml-showcase-" "" inFun.protect~finally:(fun () ->Sys.readdir directory|> Array.iter (fun name -> Sys.remove (Filename.concat directory name));Unix.rmdir directory)(fun () ->let socket = Filename.concat directory "server" in(* Give this private daemon a lifetime even if startup fails. *)let config_file = Filename.concat directory "tmux.conf" inOut_channel.with_open_text config_file (fun output ->output_string output "set-option -s exit-unattached on\n");let wrapper = Filename.concat directory "tmux" inOut_channel.with_open_text wrapper (fun output ->Printf.fprintf output "#!/bin/sh\nexec %s -f %s \"$@\"\n"(Filename.quote binary)(Filename.quote config_file));Unix.chmod wrapper 0o700;let channel = Unix.open_process_args_in binary [| binary; "-V" |] inlet version =Fun.protect~finally:(fun () ->if Unix.close_process_in channel <> Unix.WEXITED 0 thenfailwith "tmux version discovery failed")(fun () -> String.trim (input_line channel))inif not (String.starts_with ~prefix:"tmux " version) thenfailwith "invalid tmux version";let version = String.sub version 5 (String.length version - 5) inlet ready = Filename.concat directory "ready.txt" inOut_channel.with_open_text ready (fun output ->output_string output "showcase ready\n");let spawn =Spawn.make (Exec { program = "/bin/cat"; args = [ "-u"; ready; "-" ] })inlet config =matchConfig.make ~directory ~session:"showcase"[ Config.window ~name:"editor" [ Config.pane ~spawn () ] ]with| Ok value -> value| Error error -> failwith (Format.asprintf "%a" Config.pp_error error)inlet plan =matchPlan.make~endpoint:(Endpoint.socket_path socket)~version ~observed:None configwith| Ok value -> value| Error error -> failwith (Format.asprintf "%a" Plan.pp_error error)inlet operation = get (Workspace.submit_bootstrap ~binary:wrapper plan) inFun.protect~finally:(fun () -> get (Workspace.close operation))(fun () ->let receipt = get (Workspace.await operation) inif receipt.status <> Execution.Succeeded thenfailwith "workspace setup failed";let client = Option.get (Workspace.client operation) inlet initial = List.hd (Iarray.get receipt.steps 0).created inPrintf.printf "socket=%s\n%!" socket;let pane =Snapshot.find_pane(get (Client.capture client))(Pane.Target.id initial.pane)|> Option.getinignore(get(Client.wait_for_text ~timeout:0.5 client pane~text:"showcase ready"));use client initial spawn))let () =let binary = if Array.length Sys.argv = 2 then Sys.argv.(1) else "tmux" inwith_demo binary send_keysRun the recorded entry point:
Terminal window $ opam exec -- dune exec examples/showcase_send_keys.exe -- tmuxExpected outcome line, after the temporary socket path:
sent: literal: $HOME; #{pane_id}- Parameters
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arg3(Libtmux.Key list) #.t
tmux command#
The tmux commands behind send_keys.
tmux C API#
The C declarations in tmux that implement these commands.
In other ports#
Send keystrokes to a pane
| Language | Equivalent |
|---|---|
| Python | libtmux |
| Ruby | Lib |
| Lua | libtmux |
| Erlang | tmux |
| Haskell | No public Haskell equivalent is implemented; the current modules expose scalar values and version parsing. |
| Common Lisp | libtmux: |
| TypeScript | pane |
| Rust | pane |
| Go | tmux |
| Java | no direct equivalent; Pane.paste writes a buffer instead |
| Clojure | libtmux |
| Kotlin | io |
| Scala | io |
| C# | Lib |
| C++ | libtmux:: |
| Swift | Server |
| Perl | Lib Explicit Server operation. Captured entities remain local observations; use a new snapshot to observe changes. |
No equivalent is recorded in PowerShell, Julia, Elixir or F#.