alacritty-config
A simple Python script to simplify configuring my alacritty. Also comes with a GUI.
Installation
You can install alacritty-config by cloning this repository and running make install. By default, it will be installed in /usr/local/bin, but you can set a
different INSTALL_DIR if you like. If you want the GUI as well, run make gui.
Uninstall it using make uninstall.
Usage
Depending on your sensibilities, you might want to configure your terminal using the CLI or the GUI.
CLI
alacritty-config has three different modes: show, add, and delete.
Calling the program without any arguments will dump your entire config: you’re in show
mode, but you haven’t selected anything. If you want to know the value of the tabspaces
property, call alacritty-config with just that argument. If you want to know the action
of your third key binding, call it with key_bindings.2.action—we’re 0-indexed.
$ alacritty-config
<your entire config>
$ alacritty-config tabspaces
8 # or whatever you set it to
$ alacritty-config key_bindings.2.action
Paste # or whatever you set it to
If you want to delete a property, simply add --delete.
$ alacritty-config tabspaces --delete
# Poof! It’s gone!
If you want to add or edit a property, simply add a different YAML-parseable property.
If you want to set something to --delete, simply quote it.
$ alacritty-config tabspaces 4
# Set tabspaces to 4
$ alacritty-config tabspaces '"--delete"'
# Set tabspaces to "--delete", which won’t work
GUI
The GUI is somewhat more self-explanatory. You start it by running alacritty-config-gui.
The basic unit of order is the tab, and there are expandable sections for you convenience.
Have fun!