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tmux

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libtmuxgems/libtmux libtmux-rubylibtmux/libtmux-ruby libtmux-asyncgems/libtmux-async libtmux-mcpgems/libtmux-mcp libtmux-workspacegems/libtmux-workspace

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Home Guides Topics Concepts Examples API Reference

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v0.1.1

Current version

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Early release libtmux is released, and its APIs may still change between releases. This site's structure and URLs may change too.

Ruby API

method libtmux-ruby v0.1.1

Server.read_buffer

Behavior: Buffers.

Source and package

Qualified name: LibTmux::Server#read_buffer
Module: LibTmux
Declared in: Server
Package: libtmux
Source: gems/libtmux/lib/libtmux/operations.rb
Other languages: PowerShell Julia Elixir PythonLuaTypeScriptRustGo Java C# C++ Swift Kotlin Scala F#

def read_buffer: ( ::String, ?timeout: ::Numeric, ?cancel: untyped ) -> ::LibTmux::CommandResult method libtmux [source] ¶

Description#

Behavior contract: Buffers.

Parameters

arg1 (::String) #
timeout (::Numeric) #
cancel (untyped) #

tmux command#

The tmux commands behind read_buffer.

tmux C API#

The C declarations in tmux that implement these commands.

cmd_save_buffer_entry cmd_save_buffer_exec

In other ports#

Read a paste buffer's contents

Equivalents of Read a paste buffer's contents in other languages
Language	Equivalent
Python	`libtmux.Server.show_buffer`
Lua	`libtmux.Server:show_buffer`
TypeScript	`server.Server.showBuffer`
Rust	`server.Server.buffer`
Go	`tmux.Server.ShowBuffer`
Java	no equivalent on `Server`
C#	`LibTmux.TmuxBuffers.GetAsync`
C++	no equivalent on `Server`
Swift	`Server.buffer(named:)`

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

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