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.TH "ALACRITTY-MSG" "1" "2024-03-31"
.PP
.SH NAME
.PP
alacritty-msg - Send messages to Alacritty.\&
.PP
.SH SYNOPSIS
.PP
This command communicates with running Alacritty instances through a socket,
making it possible to control Alacritty without directly accessing it.\&
.PP
.SH OPTIONS
.PP
\fB-s, --socket\fR \fI<SOCKET>\fR
.PP
.RS 4
Path for IPC socket communication.\&
.PP
.RE
.SH MESSAGES
.PP
\fBcreate-window\fR
.PP
.RS 4
Create a new window in the same Alacritty process.\&
.PP
\fBFLAGS\fR
.RS 4
\fB--hold\fR
.PP
.RS 4
Remain open after child process exits.\&
.PP
.RE
.RE
\fBOPTIONS\fR
.RS 4
\fB--working-directory\fR \fI<WORKING_DIRECTORY>\fR
.PP
.RS 4
Start the shell in the specified working directory.\&
.PP
.RE
\fB-T, --title\fR \fI<TITLE>\fR
.PP
.RS 4
Defines the window title.\&
.PP
Default: \fIAlacritty\fR
.PP
.RE
\fB--class\fR \fI<GENERAL>\fR | \fI<GENERAL>\fR,\fI<INSTANCE>\fR
.PP
.RS 4
Defines window class/app_id on X11/Wayland.\&
.PP
Default: \fIAlacritty,Alacritty\fR
.PP
.RE
\fB-o, --option\fR \fI<OPTION>.\&.\&.\&\fR
.PP
.RS 4
Override configuration file options.\&
.PP
Example: \fIalacritty msg create-window -o '\&cursor.\&style="Beam"'\&\fR
.PP
.RE
\fB-e, --command\fR \fI<COMMAND>.\&.\&.\&\fR
.PP
.RS 4
Command and args to execute (must be last argument).\&
.PP
.RE
.RE
.RE
\fBconfig\fR
.PP
.RS 4
Update the Alacritty configuration.\&
.PP
\fBARGS\fR
.RS 4
\fB<CONFIG_OPTIONS>.\&.\&.\&\fR
.PP
.RS 4
Configuration file options.\&
.PP
Example: \fIalacritty msg config '\&cursor.\&style="Beam"'\&\fR
.PP
.RE
.RE
\fBFLAGS\fR
.RS 4
\fB-r, --reset\fR
.PP
.RS 4
Clear all runtime configuration changes.\&
.PP
.RE
.RE
\fBOPTIONS\fR
.RS 4
\fB-w, --window-id\fR \fI<WINDOW_ID>\fR
.PP
.RS 4
Window ID for the new config.\&
.PP
Use \fI-1\fR to apply this change to all windows.\&
.PP
Default: \fI$ALACRITTY_WINDOW_ID\fR
.PP
.RE
.RE
.RE
.SH SEE ALSO
.PP
\fBalacritty\fR(1), \fBalacritty\fR(5), \fBalacritty-bindings\fR(5)
.PP
.SH BUGS
.PP
Found a bug?\& Please report it at \fIhttps://github.\&com/alacritty/alacritty/issues\fR.\&
.PP
.SH MAINTAINERS
.PP
.PD 0
.IP \(bu 4
Christian Duerr <contact@christianduerr.\&com>
.IP \(bu 4
Kirill Chibisov <contact@kchibisov.\&com>