alacritty-msg - Man Page
Send messages to Alacritty
Synopsis
alacritty msg [Options] <MESSAGE> [MESSAGE_OPTIONS]
Description
This command communicates with running Alacritty instances through a socket, making it possible to control Alacritty without directly accessing it.
Options
-s, --socket <socket> Path for IPC socket creation
Messages
- create-window
Create a new window in the same Alacritty process
Options
- --hold
Remain open after child process exits
- --working-directory <working-directory>
Start the shell in the specified working directory
- -e, --command <command>...
Command and args to execute (must be last argument)
- config
Update the Alacritty configuration
Args
- <CONFIG_OPTIONS>...
Configuration file options [example: cursor.style=Beam]
Options
- -w, --window-id <WINDOW_ID>
Window ID for the new config.
Use `-1` to apply this change to all windows.
[default: $ALACRITTY_WINDOW_ID]
See Also
See the alacritty github repository at https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty for the full documentation.
Bugs
Found a bug? Please report it at https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty/issues.
Maintainers
- Christian Duerr <contact@christianduerr.com>