Python API

method libtmux latest

Server.delete_buffer

Delete a paste buffer via $ tmux delete-buffer.

Source and package

Qualified name: libtmux.Server.delete_buffer
Module: libtmux
Declared in: Server
Package: libtmux
Source: src/libtmux/server.py
Other languages: Perlmethod Erlang PowerShell Julia Elixir Haskell Common Lisp RubyLuaTypeScriptRustGo Java C# C++ Swift Kotlin Scala OCaml F# Clojure

delete_buffer (self, buffer_name: str | None = None) → None method [source] ¶

Examples#

>>> server.set_buffer('to_delete', buffer_name='del_buf')
>>> server.delete_buffer(buffer_name='del_buf')

Parameters

buffer_name (str | None) # – Name of the buffer to delete (-b flag). Defaults to the most recent.

The tmux commands behind delete_buffer.

The C declarations in tmux that implement these commands.

Delete a paste buffer

Equivalents of Delete a paste buffer in other languages
Language	Equivalent
Ruby	`LibTmux::Server#delete_buffer`
Lua	`libtmux.Server:delete_buffer`
Erlang	`tmux_buffer:delete/2`
Haskell	No public Haskell equivalent is implemented; the current modules expose scalar values and version parsing.
TypeScript	`server.Server.deleteBuffer`
Rust	`server.Server.delete_buffer`
Go	`tmux.Server.DeleteBuffer`
Java	no equivalent on `Server`
C#	`LibTmux.TmuxBuffers.DeleteAsync`
C++	no equivalent on `Server`
Swift	`Server.deleteBuffer(named:)`
OCaml	No direct public OCaml equivalent is recorded for this operation.
Perl	`LibTmux::Server::delete_buffer` Explicit Server operation. Captured entities remain local observations; use a new snapshot to observe changes.

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