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diff --git a/internal/tmuxedit/capture.go b/internal/tmuxedit/capture.go
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+package tmuxedit
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+)
+
+// capturePane retrieves the visible content of a tmux pane via
+// `tmux capture-pane -p -t <paneID>`. The -p flag prints to stdout
+// instead of to a paste buffer.
+var capturePane = func(paneID string) (string, error) {
+	out, err := runCommand("tmux", "capture-pane", "-p", "-t", paneID)
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("capture-pane failed for %s: %w", paneID, err)
+	}
+	return strings.TrimRight(string(out), "\n"), nil
+}