# LibTmux::Model::WindowRef.rename

- **Module:** LibTmux::Model
- **Package:** LibTmux
- **Language:** Raku
- **Kind:** method
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-raku/blob/0b5dd3d32e20f83a0069874e33eab0eb48f55962/lib/LibTmux/Model.rakumod#L174
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/raku/latest/reference/libtmux-model-windowref-rename/

```
method rename(Str:D $name --> Result:D)
```

Store the exact name; refuse characters or separators the daemon would change.

Store the exact name; refuse characters or separators the daemon would change.

## Parameters

- `$name` (`Str:D`)

## tmux command

The tmux commands behind `rename`.

- [`rename-window`](/en/tmux/latest/manual/rename-window/)

## tmux C API

The C declarations in tmux that implement these commands.

- [`cmd_rename_window_entry`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-variable-cmd_rename_window_entry/) (attribute)
- [`cmd_rename_window_exec`](/en/tmux/latest/reference/c-function-cmd-rename-window-c-cmd_rename_window_exec/) (function)

## In other ports

Rename a window

| Language | Equivalent |
| --- | --- |
| Python | [`libtmux.Window.rename_window`](/en/py/latest/reference/libtmux-window-rename_window/) (method) |
| Ruby | [`LibTmux::Window#rename`](/en/ruby/latest/reference/libtmux-window-rename/) (method) |
| Lua | [`libtmux.Window:rename`](/en/lua/latest/reference/libtmux-window-rename/) (method) |
| Erlang | [`tmux_window:rename/2`](/en/erlang/latest/reference/tmux_window-rename-2/) (function) |
| Haskell | No public Haskell equivalent is implemented; the current modules expose scalar values and version parsing. |
| TypeScript | [`window.Window.rename`](/en/ts/latest/reference/window-window-rename/) (method) |
| Rust | [`window.Window.rename`](/en/rs/latest/reference/window-window-rename/) (method) |
| Go | [`tmux.Window.Rename`](/en/go/latest/reference/tmux-window-rename/) (method) |
| Java | [`io.github.libtmux.Window.rename`](/en/java/latest/reference/io-github-libtmux-window-window-rename/) (method) |
| C# | [`LibTmux.Window.RenameAsync`](/en/csharp/latest/reference/libtmux-window-renameasync/) (method) |
| C++ | [`libtmux::Window::rename`](/en/cxx/latest/reference/libtmux-window-rename/) (method) |
| Swift | [`Server.rename(_:to:)`](/en/swift/latest/reference/server-rename(_-to-)/) (method) |
| OCaml | [`Libtmux_unix.Client.rename_window`](/en/ocaml/latest/reference/libtmux_unix-client-rename_window/) (function) |
| Perl | [`LibTmux::Server::rename_window`](/en/perl/latest/reference/libtmux-server-rename_window/) (method). 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#.