Server.start

Examples#

Start a private server and create a session. Request a creation receipt to read the session, window, and pane IDs returned by that creation command. Use Ruby 3.3 or newer with Bundler, and tmux 3.3a or newer, on Unix with /bin/cat and /bin/sh available. In an empty directory, save this Gemfile:

source "https://rubygems.org"

gem "libtmux", "0.1.1"

Save this complete program as new_session.rb. Its Server.start() block owns a private tmux server and stops it on exit, including after an error. View source

# frozen_string_literal: true

begin
  # docs:begin main
  require "libtmux"

  LibTmux::Server.start do |server|
    created = server.new_session(
      name: "work", window_name: "main", command: ["/bin/cat"], receipt: true
    )
    puts "session: #{created.entity.id}"
    puts "window: #{created.window.id}"
    puts "pane: #{created.pane.id}"
  end
  # docs:end main
rescue StandardError => error
  warn "#{error.class}: #{error.message}"
  exit 1
end

Install the gem and run the program. An operation or cleanup error makes it exit unsuccessfully:

$ bundle install && \
  bundle exec ruby new_session.rb

Expected output:

session: $0
window: @0
pane: %0