# screen_write_start

- **Language:** C
- **Kind:** function
- **Source:** https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/screen-write.c#L284
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-screen_write_start/

```c
void screen_write_start(struct screen_write_ctx *ctx, struct screen *s)
```

## Parameters

- `ctx` (`struct screen_write_ctx *`)
- `s` (`struct screen *`)

## Called by

- [`format_draw`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-format_draw/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/format-draw.c#L703)
- [`format_draw_centre`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-format-draw-c-format_draw_centre/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/format-draw.c#L360)
- [`format_draw_left`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-format-draw-c-format_draw_left/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/format-draw.c#L257)
- [`format_draw_right`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-format-draw-c-format_draw_right/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/format-draw.c#L468)
- [`input_parse_buffer`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-input_parse_buffer/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/input.c#L972)
- [`input_reset`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-input_reset/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/input.c#L853)
- [`menu_draw_cb`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-menu-c-menu_draw_cb/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/menu.c#L155)
- [`mode_tree_draw`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-mode_tree_draw/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/mode-tree.c#L641)
- [`popup_draw_cb`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-popup-c-popup_draw_cb/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/popup.c#L133)
- [`screen_redraw_make_pane_status`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-screen-redraw-c-screen_redraw_make_pane_status/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/screen-redraw.c#L436)
- [`status_message_redraw`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-status_message_redraw/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/status.c#L524)
- [`status_prompt_redraw`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-status_prompt_redraw/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/status.c#L691)
- [`status_redraw`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-status_redraw/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/status.c#L377)
- [`window_clock_draw_screen`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-window-clock-c-window_clock_draw_screen/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/window-clock.c#L222)
- [`window_copy_init`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-window-copy-c-window_copy_init/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/window-copy.c#L454)
- [`window_copy_search`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-window-copy-c-window_copy_search/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/window-copy.c#L3135)
- [`window_copy_search_marks`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-window-copy-c-window_copy_search_marks/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/window-copy.c#L3287)
- [`window_copy_size_changed`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-window-copy-c-window_copy_size_changed/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/window-copy.c#L787)
- [`window_copy_vadd`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-window_copy_vadd/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/window-copy.c#L525)

## Calls

- [`log_debug`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-log_debug/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/screen-write.c#L289)
- [`log_get_level`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-log_get_level/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/screen-write.c#L288)
- [`screen_write_init`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-screen-write-c-screen_write_init/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/3b929f332aafa7f1080eacc31feb11ffbb1d1841/screen-write.c#L286)

## Referenced by

- [`server_client_push_stderr`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-function-server_client_push_stderr/) (function)

## Referenced declarations

- [`screen_write_ctx.s`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-struct-screen_write_ctx-s/) (attribute)
- [`screen`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-struct-screen/) (struct)
- [`screen_size_x`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-define-tmux-h-screen_size_x/) (constant)
- [`screen_size_y`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-define-tmux-h-screen_size_y/) (constant)
- [`screen_write_ctx`](/en/tmux/3.2a/reference/c-struct-screen_write_ctx/) (struct)