# cmd_display_message_exec

- **Language:** C
- **Kind:** function
- **Source:** https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/cmd-display-message.c#L61
- **Page:** https://libtmux.org/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-function-cmd-display-message-c-cmd_display_message_exec/

tmux command: [`display-message`](/en/tmux/3.7c/manual/display-message/)

```c
static enum cmd_retval cmd_display_message_exec(struct cmd *, struct cmdq_item *)
```

## Parameters

- `self` (`struct cmd *`)
- `item` (`struct cmdq_item *`)

## Calls

- [`args_count`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-function-args_count/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/cmd-display-message.c#L74)
- [`args_get`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-function-args_get/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/cmd-display-message.c#L109)
- [`args_has`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-function-args_has/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/cmd-display-message.c#L71)
- [`args_string`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-function-args_string/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/cmd-display-message.c#L107)
- [`args_strtonum`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-function-args_strtonum/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/cmd-display-message.c#L98)
- [`cmd_find_best_client`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-function-cmd_find_best_client/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/cmd-display-message.c#L122)
- [`cmd_get_args`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-function-cmd_get_args/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/cmd-display-message.c#L63)
- [`cmdq_error`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-function-cmdq_error/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/cmd-display-message.c#L82)
- [`cmdq_get_client`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-function-cmdq_get_client/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/cmd-display-message.c#L143)
- [`cmdq_get_target`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-function-cmdq_get_target/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/cmd-display-message.c#L64)
- [`cmdq_get_target_client`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-function-cmdq_get_target_client/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/cmd-display-message.c#L65)
- [`cmdq_print`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-function-cmdq_print/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/cmd-display-message.c#L146)
- [`fatalx`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-function-fatalx/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/cmd-display-message.c#L150)
- [`format_defaults`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-function-format_defaults/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/cmd-display-message.c#L130)
- [`format_each`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-function-format_each/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/cmd-display-message.c#L133)
- [`format_expand_time`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-function-format_expand_time/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/cmd-display-message.c#L141)
- [`format_free`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-function-format_free/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/cmd-display-message.c#L134)
- [`server_client_print`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-function-server_client_print/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/cmd-display-message.c#L152)
- [`status_message_set`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-function-status_message_set/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/cmd-display-message.c#L155)
- [`window_pane_start_input`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-function-window_pane_start_input/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/cmd-display-message.c#L80)
- [`xstrdup`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-function-xstrdup/) (function) [Call site](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/blob/e476c1230b958df0cb12977517d24b3dc931375b/cmd-display-message.c#L139)

## Other function references

- [`cmd_display_message_each`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-function-cmd-display-message-c-cmd_display_message_each/) (function)
- [`format_create`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-function-format_create/) (function)

## Referenced by

- [`cmd_display_message_entry`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-variable-cmd_display_message_entry/) (attribute)

## Referenced declarations

- [`CLIENT_CONTROL`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-define-tmux-h-client_control/) (constant)
- [`cmd`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-struct-cmd/) (struct)
- [`CMD_RETURN_ERROR`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-enum-cmd_retval-cmd_return_error/) (constant)
- [`CMD_RETURN_NORMAL`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-enum-cmd_retval-cmd_return_normal/) (constant)
- [`CMD_RETURN_WAIT`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-enum-cmd_retval-cmd_return_wait/) (constant)
- [`cmd_retval`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-enum-cmd_retval/) (enum)
- [`cmdq_item`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-struct-cmdq_item/) (struct)
- [`DISPLAY_MESSAGE_TEMPLATE`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-define-cmd-display-message-c-display_message_template/) (constant)
- [`client.flags`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-struct-client-flags/) (attribute)
- [`window_pane.flags`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-struct-window_pane-flags/) (attribute)
- [`FORMAT_NONE`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-define-tmux-h-format_none/) (constant)
- [`FORMAT_VERBOSE`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-define-tmux-h-format_verbose/) (constant)
- [`cmd_find_state.s`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-struct-cmd_find_state-s/) (attribute)
- [`client.session`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-struct-client-session/) (attribute)
- [`cmd_find_state.wl`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-struct-cmd_find_state-wl/) (attribute)
- [`cmd_find_state.wp`](/en/tmux/3.7c/reference/c-struct-cmd_find_state-wp/) (attribute)