# formats.row.decode_text

- **Module:** formats.row
- **Package:** libtmux
- **Language:** Rust
- **Kind:** function
- **Source:** https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-rs/blob/8a648c0894dfffc9303583f753b6c8ae01f2fe76/crates/libtmux/src/formats/row.rs#L648
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/reference/rs/formats-row-decode_text/

```
formats.row.decode_text(slot: ParsedSlot<'_>) -> TmuxText
```

Copy a text slot into an exact byte-preserving public value.