1ALACRITTY(1) User Commands ALACRITTY(1)
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6 Alacritty - A fast, cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator
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9 alacritty [FLAGS] [OPTIONS]
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12 Alacritty is a modern terminal emulator that comes with sensible
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14 other applications, rather than reimplementing their functionality, it
15 manages to provide a flexible set of features with high performance.
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18 -h, --help
19 Prints help information
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21 --hold Remain open after child process exits
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23 --print-events
24 Print all events to stdout
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26 -q Reduces the level of verbosity (the min level is -qq)
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28 --ref-test
29 Generates ref test
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31 -v Increases the level of verbosity (the max level is -vvv)
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33 -V, --version
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37 --class <instance> | <instance>,<general>
38 Defines the window class hint on Linux [default:
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44 -e, --command <command>...
45 Command and args to execute (must be last argument)
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47 --config-file <config-file>
48 Specify alternative configuration file
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50 Alacritty looks for the configuration file at the following
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52 1. $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/alacritty/alacritty.yml
53 2. $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/alacritty.yml
54 3. $HOME/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml
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60 --embed <parent>
61 Defines the X11 window ID (as a decimal integer) to embed
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64 -o, --option <option>...
65 Override configuration file options [example: cursor.style=Beam]
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67 -t, --title <title>
68 Defines the window title [default: Alacritty]
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70 --working-directory <working-directory>
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74 See the alacritty github repository at
75 https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty for the full documentation.
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78 Found a bug? Please report it at
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82 · Christian Duerr <contact@christianduerr.com>
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84 · Joe Wilm <joe@jwilm.com>
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88alacritty 0.7.2 August 2018 ALACRITTY(1)