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0 pointsjwilm9y ago0 comments

> because of .Xresources format?

Specifically this. Without being above-average proficiency with X, the format and available options are likely to be difficult to figure out.

> "GUI-based configuration is unnecessary", so how exactly is Alacritty easier than urxvt

The config file is well documented and in a human-friendly format. Most flags will also take effect immediately without restarting the program.

> One feature that I really miss in rxvt is an easy/fast way to change the color scheme, or at least reverse colors (like with xterm, which if correctly configured it's just ~3 times slower than urxvt). This is something really important when your screen receives direct sunlight.

You could have two `colors` sections in the config file and just uncomment one or the other. Not quite as convenient I suppose. One thing I'm considering as a key-binding option is to exec a command. This could be anything like `sh swap_config.sh` and then you could bind it to whatever you like.

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saghm9y ago· 2 in thread

> One thing I'm considering as a key-binding option is to exec a command.

This would be pretty awesome. I definitely would love to have that as a feature, assuming it's not excessively difficult to implement.

pdkl959y ago

You don't need to implement this in the terminal. You can bind macros to keys in anything that uses readline. Search for "inputrc" and the READLINE section in bash(1). While this is usually used for binding builtin functions (i.e. editing, history), you can simply provide the literal expansion.

    # in ~/.inputrc
    $if Bash
        # <f12>  -  find this with "<Control-v>{KEY}"
        "\e[24~": "sh \"${HOME}\"/path/to/swap_config.sh
    "
        # (the newline is included, which is
        #  usually bound to accept-line)
    $endif

The string indicating the key to binding to (left of the ":") can change depending on the environment (terminal, os, etc), so use <Control-v> to investigate what is actually being sent by the terminal into readline.

saghm9y ago

Thanks! Unfortunately I use zsh, and from a quick Google, it looks like it doesn't use inputrc.

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