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Home Guides Topics Concepts Examples API Reference

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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.

TypeScript API

method libtmux-ts latest

Server.setEnvironment

Set a variable in the server's global environment.

Source and package

Qualified name: Server.setEnvironment
Module: server
Declared in: Server
Package: libtmux
Source: packages/libtmux/src/server.ts
Other languages: PowerShell Julia Elixir PythonRubyLuaRustGo Java C# C++ Swift Kotlin Scala F#

setEnvironment( name: string, value: string, options?: SetEnvironmentOptions, ): Promise<void> method [source] ¶

Examples#

await server.setEnvironment("EDITOR", "vim");

Parameters

name (string) #
value (string) #
options? (SetEnvironmentOptions) #

tmux command#

The tmux commands behind setEnvironment.

set-environment

tmux C API#

The C declarations in tmux that implement these commands.

cmd_set_environment_entry cmd_set_environment_exec

Guides#

Pages that discuss setEnvironment.

Environment

In other ports#

Set a variable in the server's environment

Equivalents of Set a variable in the server's environment in other languages
Language	Equivalent
Python	`libtmux.Server.set_environment`
Ruby	`LibTmux::Server#set_environment`
Lua	`libtmux.Server:set_environment`
Rust	`server.Server.set_environment`
Go	`tmux.Server.SetEnvironment`
Java	no equivalent on `Server`
C#	no equivalent on `Server`
C++	no equivalent on `Server`
Swift	`Server.setEnvironment(_:to:in:)`

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

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