Python API

method libtmux latest

Pane.paste_buffer

Paste a buffer into the pane via $ tmux paste-buffer.

Source and package

Qualified name: libtmux.Pane.paste_buffer
Module: libtmux
Declared in: Pane
Package: libtmux
Source: src/libtmux/pane.py
Other languages: Perl Erlang PowerShell Julia Elixir Haskell Common Lisp Ruby LuaTypeScriptRustGoJavaC#C++Swift Kotlin Scala OCaml F# Clojure

Examples#

>>> server.set_buffer('pasted_text')
>>> pane.paste_buffer()

Parameters

buffer_name (str | None) # – Name of the buffer to paste (-b flag).
delete_after (bool | None) # – Delete the buffer after pasting (-d flag).
linefeed_separator (bool | None) # – Use newline as the line separator instead of carriage return (-r flag).
bracket (bool | None) # – Use bracketed paste mode (-p flag).
separator (str | None) # – Separator between lines (-s flag).
no_vis (bool | None) # – Paste the buffer's raw bytes without passing them through vis(3) escaping (-S flag). tmux 3.7 escapes pasted content by default; set this to restore the raw behaviour. Requires tmux 3.7+. If used with tmux < 3.7, a warning is issued and the flag is ignored.

The tmux commands behind paste_buffer.

The C declarations in tmux that implement these commands.

Paste a buffer into a pane

Equivalents of Paste a buffer into a pane in other languages
Language	Equivalent
Lua	`libtmux.Pane:paste_buffer`
Erlang	`tmux_buffer:paste/3`
Haskell	No public Haskell equivalent is implemented; the current modules expose scalar values and version parsing.
TypeScript	`pane.Pane.pasteBuffer`
Rust	`pane.Pane.paste_buffer`
Go	`tmux.Pane.PasteBuffer`
Java	`io.github.libtmux.Pane.pasteBuffer`
C#	`LibTmux.Pane.PasteBufferAsync`
C++	`libtmux::Pane::paste`
Swift	`Server.paste(buffer:into:)`
OCaml	No direct public OCaml equivalent is recorded for this operation.
Perl	No dedicated equivalent in the selected Perl surface. Explicit Server::cmd remains available for native tmux commands.

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