ALACRITTY-MSG
Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: October 2021
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NAME
alacritty-msg - 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
>
Index
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
OPTIONS
MESSAGES
OPTIONS
ARGS
OPTIONS
SEE ALSO
BUGS
MAINTAINERS
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