tmux-python / tmux-python/libtmux
Environment: Add to `new-window`, `split-window`, `respawn-window`, `respawn-pane`
Open
Nobody has claimed this yet.
- Dominant language
- Python
- Stars
- 1.2k
- Forks
- 127
- Avg merge
- 2h 13m
- Merged PRs (30d)
- 1
Description
Works as of tmux 3.0 (changes):
- Add a -e flag to new-window, split-window, respawn-window, respawn-pane to
pass environment variables into the newly created process.
Examples
tmux split-window -e MOO=3 -e BARK=5
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start by locating the libtmux entry points that wrap new-window, split-window, respawn-window, and respawn-pane. Done means those operations accept repeated -e NAME=VALUE arguments and pass them to the newly created process, including the documented example.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- api, cli
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100