alacritty.md

Alacritty

Description

Alacritty is a modern terminal emulator that comes with sensible defaults, but allows for extensive configuration.

Directory

• Alacritty
  • Description
  • Directory
  • References
  • Set as Default Terminal
    • Description
    • Steps

References

• Alacritty

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Set as Default Terminal

Description

This installs and sets up Alacritty as the default terminal.

Important

This guide assumes that you are using the KDE Plasma desktop environment.

Steps

1. Install alacritty, tmux, and wmctrl using yay.

2. Set Alacritty as the default Terminal emulator.

3. Set a custom shortcut to launch Alacritty:

   [!IMPORTANT]
   This step may not work or be applicable if you are using Wayland instead of X11 as your graphics platform.

   • Open the System Settings app.

   • Click Shortcuts.

   • Click Custom Shortcuts.

   • Right click an empty space and click New > Global Shortcut > Command/URL.

   • Name the shortcut (i.e. Run alacritty).

   • Click Trigger and add a Shortcut (i.e. Ctrl + Alt + T).

   • Under Action, add the Command:

     wmctrl -x -a "alacritty" || alacritty -e tmux

     This will launch Alacritty if it's not running, or switch to it if it is.