ALACRITTY-MSG(1)            General Commands Manual           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
       o   Christian Duerr <contact@christianduerr.com>
       o   Kirill Chibisov <contact@kchibisov.com>

                                  2024-03-31                  ALACRITTY-MSG(1)