alacritty
Cross-platform, GPU-accelerated terminal emulator.
TLDR
Open a new Alacritty window
Run in a specific directory
Run a command in a new Alacritty window
Specify alternative configuration file (defaults to $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/alacritty/alacritty.yml)
Run with live config reload enabled (can also be enabled by default in alacritty.yml)
SYNOPSIS
alacritty [FLAGS] [OPTIONS]
DESCRIPTION
Alacritty is a modern terminal emulator that comes with sensible defaults, but allows for extensive configuration. By integrating with other applications, rather than reimplementing their functionality, it manages to provide a flexible set of features with high performance.
FLAGS
- -h, --help
Prints help information
- --hold
Remain open after child process exits
- --print-events
Print all events to stdout
- -q
Reduces the level of verbosity (the min level is -qq)
- --ref-test
Generates ref test
- -v
Increases the level of verbosity (the max level is -vvv)
- -V, --version
Prints version information
OPTIONS
- --class <instance> | <instance>,<general>
Defines the window class hint on Linux [default: Alacritty,Alacritty]
On Wayland the instance class sets the `app_id`, while the general class is ignored.
- -e, --command <command>...
Command and args to execute (must be last argument)
- --config-file <config-file>
Specify alternative configuration file
Alacritty looks for the configuration file at the following paths: 1. $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/alacritty/alacritty.yml 2. $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/alacritty.yml 3. $HOME/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml 4. $HOME/.alacritty.yml
On Windows, the configuration file is located at %APPDATA%\alacritty\alacritty.yml.
- --embed <parent>
Defines the X11 window ID (as a decimal integer) to embed Alacritty within
- -o, --option <option>...
Override configuration file options [example: cursor.style=Beam]
- -t, --title <title>
Defines the window title [default: Alacritty]
- --working-directory <working-directory>
Start the shell in the specified working directory
BUGS
Found a bug? Please report it at https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty/issues.
MAINTAINERS
·
Christian Duerr <contact@christianduerr.com>
·
Joe Wilm <joe@jwilm.com>
SEE ALSO
See the alacritty github repository at https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty for the full documentation.
