ALACRITTY-MSG(1)

NAME

alacritty-msg - Send messages to Alacritty.

SYNOPSIS

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 communication.

MESSAGES

create-window

    Create a new window in the same Alacritty process.

    FLAGS
        --hold

            Remain open after child process exits.

    OPTIONS
        --working-directory <WORKING_DIRECTORY>

            Start the shell in the specified working directory.

        -T, --title <TITLE>

            Defines the window title.

            Default: Alacritty

        --class <GENERAL> | <GENERAL>,<INSTANCE>

            Defines window class/app_id on X11/Wayland.

            Default: Alacritty,Alacritty

        -o, --option <OPTION>...

            Override configuration file options.

            Example: alacritty msg create-window -o 'cursor.style="Beam"'

        -e, --command <COMMAND>...

            Command and args to execute (must be last argument).

config

    Update the Alacritty configuration.

    ARGS
        <CONFIG_OPTIONS>...

            Configuration file options.

            Example: alacritty msg config 'cursor.style="Beam"'

    FLAGS
        -r, --reset

            Clear all runtime configuration changes.

    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

alacritty(1), alacritty(5), alacritty-bindings(5)

BUGS

Found a bug? Please report it at https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty/issues.

MAINTAINERS

    • Christian Duerr <contact@christianduerr.com>
    • Kirill Chibisov <contact@kchibisov.com>