Pane.capture
This pane's visible content, one element per line.
Source and package
- Module
- io.github.libtmux.scaladsl
- Declared in
- Pane
- Package
- io.github.libtmux:libtmux-scala_3
- Source
- libtmux-scala/build/generated/sources/catalog/scala/operations/GeneratedOperations.scala
- Other languages
- PythonRubyLuaTypeScriptRustGoJavaC#C++SwiftKotlinF#
- Scala extension methods Adds methods callable on the receiver type without changing its definition. Language documentation (self: Pane) Scala method declarations Declares a method, with its name, parameter lists and return type. Language documentation capture(): Vector[String] Scala extension methods Adds methods callable on the receiver type without changing its definition. Language documentation (self: Pane) Scala method declarations Declares a method, with its name, parameter lists and return type. Language documentation capture(configure: io
.github => Unit): Vector[String] Scala extension methods Adds methods callable on the receiver type without changing its definition. Language documentation (self: Pane) Scala method declarations Declares a method, with its name, parameter lists and return type. Language documentation capture(spec: io.libtmux .Capture Spec .Builder .github ): Vector[String].libtmux .Capture Spec -
Examples#
Send input and wait for output before capturing the pane. Use JDK 25, Git, and tmux 3.2a through 3.7c on Linux, with /bin/cat and /bin/sh available. In an empty directory, fetch the documented library revision:
Terminal window $ git clone https://github.com/libtmux/libtmux-java.git libtmux-source && \git -C libtmux-source checkout f56392b5d9bc7f1f9c1631842333fb90f3d82d40Save this consumer setup as settings.gradle.kts: View source
rootProject.name = "api-example"includeBuild("libtmux-source") {dependencySubstitution {substitute(module("io.github.libtmux:libtmux-scala_3")).using(project(":libtmux-scala"))}}Save this consumer setup as build.gradle.kts: View source
plugins {scalaapplication}repositories { mavenCentral() }dependencies {implementation("io.github.libtmux:libtmux-scala_3:0.0.1-alpha.17-SNAPSHOT")implementation("org.scala-lang:scala3-library_3:3.9.0")}java { toolchain { languageVersion.set(JavaLanguageVersion.of(25)) } }application { mainClass.set(providers.gradleProperty("exampleMain")) }Save this consumer setup as gradle.properties: View source
org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2g -XX:MaxMetaspaceSize=768m -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8kotlin.daemon.jvmargs=-Xmx2gorg.gradle.workers.max=2Save this launcher as run.sh. It creates and stops a private tmux server, including after program failure. A shutdown failure retains its socket directory and exits unsuccessfully. View source
#!/bin/shset -euif [ "$#" -eq 0 ]; thenprintf 'Usage: sh run.sh program [arguments...]\n' >&2exit 2fibinary=$(command -v "${TMUX_BIN:-tmux}")mkdir -p /tmp/libtmux-java-devdirectory=$(mktemp -d /tmp/libtmux-java-dev/api.XXXXXX)socket="$directory/tmux.sock"config="$directory/tmux.conf"alive() {"$binary" -S "$socket" display-message -p '#{pid}' >/dev/null 2>&1}cleanup() {status=$?trap - 0 HUP INT TERMif alive; thenif ! "$binary" -S "$socket" kill-server; thenprintf 'Cannot stop tmux; kept %s\n' "$directory" >&2exit 1fiattempts=0while alive && [ "$attempts" -lt 100 ]; dosleep 0.05attempts=$((attempts + 1))doneif alive; thenprintf 'tmux is still responding; kept %s\n' "$directory" >&2exit 1fifirm -rf "$directory" || exit 1exit "$status"}trap cleanup 0trap 'exit 1' HUP INT TERMunset TMUX TMUX_PANEprintf 'set-option -g default-shell /bin/sh\n' > "$config""$binary" -S "$socket" -f "$config" new-session -d -s work-one -n editor /bin/cat"$binary" -S "$socket" split-window -h -t '=work-one:editor' /bin/cat"$binary" -S "$socket" new-window -d -t '=work-one' -n logs /bin/cat"$binary" -S "$socket" new-session -d -s work-two -n editor /bin/cat"$@" "$binary" "$socket" "$config""$binary" -S "$socket" has-session -t '=work-one'"$binary" -S "$socket" has-session -t '=work-two'Save this complete program as src/main/scala/Capture.scala. It opens an ordinary client for the launcher's server; closing the client releases its transport. View source
package io.github.libtmux.examples.api.scaladirectimport io.github.libtmux.{ServerConfig,ServerEndpoint,SessionSpec,TextOutcome}import java.nio.file.Pathimport io.github.libtmux.scaladsl.*import scala.concurrent.duration.*import scala.util.Usingimport scala.util.control.NonFatal/** Send input and wait for output before capturing the pane. */object Capture {def main(args: Array[String]): Unit = {try {require(args.length == 3, "expected: tmux-binary socket-path config-file")val config = ServerConfig.builder().binary(args(0)).endpoint(ServerEndpoint.socketPath(Path.of(args(1)))).configFile(Path.of(args(2))).build()Using.resource(Server.open(config)) { server =>val session = server.newSession(SessionSpec.builder().named("api-capture").running("/bin/sh").build())val pane = session.windows.head.panes.headpane.sendKeys(Vector("printf 'api-%s\\n' keys", "Enter"))require(!pane.awaitText("api-keys", 5.seconds).equals(TextOutcome.TIMED_OUT),"timed out waiting for keys output")pane.sendLine("printf 'api-%s\\n' line")require(!pane.awaitText("api-line", 5.seconds).equals(TextOutcome.TIMED_OUT),"timed out waiting for line output")val lines = pane.capture()Vector("api-keys", "api-line").foreach { expected =>require(lines.exists(_.trim.equals(expected)),"capture is missing " + expected)println(expected)}}} catch {case NonFatal(error) =>System.err.println("Example failed: " + error.getMessage)sys.exit(1)}}}Build the minimal consumer and run the saved program with the private fixture. An operation or cleanup error makes the command exit unsuccessfully:
Terminal window $ ./libtmux-source/gradlew --project-dir . --console=plain --quiet \installDist -PexampleMain=io.github.libtmux.examples.api.scaladirect.Capture && \sh run.sh build/install/api-example/bin/api-exampleExpected output:
api-keysapi-line- Parameters
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configure ( io
.github => Unit ) (for.libtmux .Capture Spec .Builder capture(configure)) -
spec ( io
.github ) (for.libtmux .Capture Spec capture(spec))
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tmux command
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