Python API

method libtmux latest

Server.refresh_client

Refresh a client's display via $ tmux refresh-client.

Source and package

Qualified name: libtmux.Server.refresh_client
Module: libtmux
Declared in: Server
Package: libtmux
Source: src/libtmux/server.py
Other languages: Perl Erlang PowerShell Julia Elixir Haskell Common Lisp Ruby Lua TypeScript Rust Go Java C# C++ Swift Kotlin Scala OCaml F# Clojure

refresh_client ( self, target_client: str | None = None, request_clipboard: bool = False, ) → None method [source] ¶

Description#

Requires an attached client.

>>> with control_mode() as ctl:
...     server.refresh_client()

Parameters

target_client (str | None) # – Target client (-t flag).
request_clipboard (bool) # – Request the clipboard from the terminal (-l flag, tty_clipboard_query) — the runtime companion to the get-clipboard option. Requires tmux 3.7+; warns and is ignored on older tmux (where -l is the legacy forward form).

The tmux commands behind refresh_client.

The C declarations in tmux that implement these commands.

Redraw a client's display

Equivalents of Redraw a client's display in other languages
Language	Equivalent
Haskell	No public Haskell equivalent is implemented; the current modules expose scalar values and version parsing.
TypeScript	no equivalent on `Server`
Rust	no equivalent on `Server`
Go	`tmux.Server.RefreshClient`
Java	no equivalent on `Server`
C#	`LibTmux.Server.RefreshClientAsync`
C++	no equivalent on `Server`
Swift	no equivalent on `Server`
OCaml	`Libtmux_unix.Client.refresh_client_at`
Perl	No dedicated equivalent in the selected Perl surface. Explicit Server::cmd remains available for native tmux commands.

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