Rust API

method libtmux-rs latest

Server.set_buffer

Store data in a tmux paste buffer.

Source and package

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

pub async fn set_buffer( &self, name: Option<&str>, data: impl Into<OsString>, ) -> Result<(), Error> method async [source] ¶

Description#

Passing None for the name lets tmux choose one, matching set-buffer without -b. The data is marked sensitive.

Errors

Returns an error when tmux rejects the buffer name or data.

Parameters

The tmux commands behind set_buffer.

The C declarations in tmux that implement these commands.

Put text into a paste buffer

Equivalents of Put text into a paste buffer in other languages
Language	Equivalent
Python	`libtmux.Server.set_buffer`
Ruby	`LibTmux::Server#write_buffer`
Lua	`libtmux.Server:set_buffer`
Haskell	No public Haskell equivalent is implemented; the current modules expose scalar values and version parsing.
TypeScript	`server.Server.setBuffer`
Go	`tmux.Server.SetBuffer`
Java	no equivalent on `Server`
C#	`LibTmux.TmuxBuffers.SetAsync`
C++	`libtmux::Server::set_buffer`
Swift	`Server.setBuffer(_:named:)`
OCaml	No direct public OCaml equivalent is recorded for this operation.
Perl	`LibTmux::Server::set_buffer` Explicit Server operation. Captured entities remain local observations; use a new snapshot to observe changes.

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