update to use $TERMINAL instead of alacitty (#1648)

* update to use $TERMINAL instead of alacitty

* revert

* move env to hyprconfig

* Only set if we have alacritty

* Add launcher for wifi settings so it can be used in mako config

* Set system terminal in config/uwsm/env to ensure its available everywhere

* Ensure that $TERMINAL is available after update

* Didn't work to have the TERMINAL env in Hyprland

* Configure terminal settings against a full set of options

* Make About usable with any terminal

* One more alacritty-specific setting

* Use the new wifi launcher bin

* Only require the update/relaunch if TERMINAL isn't already set in config/uwsm/env

* More alacritty usage converted to $TERMINAL

* Use new launcher

* Change scrolltouchpad input rule to apply to all terminals

* Its a singular match

* Take current font from waybar, in case we don't have alacritty

* Only set font for alacritty if its being used

* Get ready to be terminal agnostic on the refresh of config too

* Use new launcher

* Note the last reliance we have on alacritty

* Make theme setting for terminals generic and include kitty

* Set font_family for kitty as well

* Quiet grep

---------

Co-authored-by: David Heinemeier Hansson <david@hey.com>

applications/nvim.desktop

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 Name=Neovim
 GenericName=Text Editor
 Comment=Edit text files
-Exec=alacritty --class=nvim --title=nvim -e nvim -- %F
+Exec=$TERMINAL --class=nvim --title=nvim -e nvim -- %F
 Terminal=false
 Type=Application
 Keywords=Text;editor;

bin/omarchy-cmd-screensaver

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ screensaver_in_focus() {
 exit_screensaver() {
   hyprctl keyword cursor:invisible false
   pkill -x tte 2>/dev/null
-  pkill -f "alacritty --class Screensaver" 2>/dev/null
+  pkill -f "$TERMINAL --class Screensaver" 2>/dev/null
   exit 0
 }
 

bin/omarchy-font-current

@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
-grep -oP 'family\s*=\s*"\K[^"]+' ~/.config/alacritty/alacritty.toml | head -n1
+grep -oP 'font-family:\s*["'\'']?\K[^;"'\'']+' ~/.config/waybar/style.css | head -n1

bin/omarchy-font-set

@@ -4,7 +4,15 @@ font_name="$1"
 
 if [[ -n "$font_name" && "$font_name" != "CNCLD" ]]; then
   if fc-list | grep -iq "$font_name"; then
-    sed -i "s/family = \".*\"/family = \"$font_name\"/g" ~/.config/alacritty/alacritty.toml
+    if [[ -f ~/.config/alacritty/alacritty.toml ]]; then
+      sed -i "s/family = \".*\"/family = \"$font_name\"/g" ~/.config/alacritty/alacritty.toml
+    fi
+
+    if [[ -f ~/.config/kitty/kitty.conf ]]; then
+      sed -i "s/^font_family .*/font_family $font_name/g" ~/.config/kitty/kitty.conf
+      pkill -USR1 kitty
+    fi
+
     sed -i "s/font-family: .*/font-family: '$font_name';/g" ~/.config/waybar/style.css
     sed -i "s/font-family: .*/font-family: '$font_name';/g" ~/.config/swayosd/style.css
     xmlstarlet ed -L \

bin/omarchy-launch-about

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+exec setsid uwsm app -- "$TERMINAL" --class=Omarchy -o font.size=9 -e bash -c 'fastfetch; read -n 1 -s'

bin/omarchy-launch-floating-terminal-with-presentation

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 
 cmd="$*"
-setsid alacritty --class Omarchy -e bash -c "omarchy-show-logo; $cmd; omarchy-show-done"
+exec setsid uwsm app -- "$TERMINAL" --class=Omarchy -e bash -c "omarchy-show-logo; $cmd; omarchy-show-done"

bin/omarchy-launch-screensaver

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ if ! command -v tte &>/dev/null; then
 fi
 
 # Exit early if screensave is already running
-pgrep -f "alacritty --class Screensaver" && exit 0
+pgrep -f "$TERMINAL --class Screensaver" && exit 0
 
 # Allow screensaver to be turned off but also force started
 if [[ -f ~/.local/state/omarchy/toggles/screensaver-off ]] && [[ $1 != "force" ]]; then
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ focused=$(hyprctl monitors -j | jq -r '.[] | select(.focused == true).name')
 
 for m in $(hyprctl monitors -j | jq -r '.[] | .name'); do
   hyprctl dispatch focusmonitor $m
+
+  # FIXME: Find a way to make this generic where we it can work for kitty + ghostty
   hyprctl dispatch exec -- \
     alacritty --class Screensaver \
     --config-file ~/.local/share/omarchy/default/alacritty/screensaver.toml \

bin/omarchy-launch-wifi

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+exec setsid uwsm app -- "$TERMINAL" --class=Impala -e impala "$@"

bin/omarchy-lock-screen

@@ -9,4 +9,4 @@ if pgrep -x "1password" >/dev/null; then
 fi
 
 # Avoid running screensaver when locked
-pkill -f "alacritty --class Screensaver"
+pkill -f "$TERMINAL --class Screensaver"

bin/omarchy-menu

@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ menu() {
 }
 
 terminal() {
-  alacritty --class Omarchy -e "$@"
+  $TERMINAL --class Omarchy -e "$@"
 }
 
 present_terminal() {
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ present_terminal() {
 
 edit_in_nvim() {
   notify-send "Editing config file" "$1"
-  alacritty -e nvim "$1"
+  $TERMINAL -e nvim "$1"
 }
 
 install() {
@@ -174,10 +174,10 @@ show_setup_menu() {
   options="$options\n󰱔  DNS\n  Config\n󰈷  Fingerprint\n  Fido2"
 
   case $(menu "Setup" "$options") in
-  *Audio*) alacritty --class=Wiremix -e wiremix ;;
+  *Audio*) $TERMINAL --class=Wiremix -e wiremix ;;
   *Wifi*)
     rfkill unblock wifi
-    alacritty --class=Impala -e impala
+    omarchy-launch-wifi
     ;;
   *Bluetooth*)
     rfkill unblock bluetooth
@@ -445,7 +445,7 @@ go_to_menu() {
   *remove*) show_remove_menu ;;
   *update*) show_update_menu ;;
   *learn*) show_learn_menu ;;
-  *about*) alacritty --class Omarchy -o font.size=9 -e bash -c 'fastfetch; read -n 1 -s' ;;
+  *about*) omarchy-launch-about ;;
   *system*) show_system_menu ;;
   esac
 }

bin/omarchy-theme-set

@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ ln -nsf "$THEME_PATH" "$CURRENT_THEME_DIR"
 omarchy-theme-bg-next
 
 # Restart components to apply new theme
-touch ~/.config/alacritty/alacritty.toml
 omarchy-restart-waybar
 omarchy-restart-swayosd
 hyprctl reload
@@ -32,6 +31,7 @@ pkill -SIGUSR2 btop
 makoctl reload
 
 # Change gnome, browser, vscode themes
+omarchy-theme-set-terminal
 omarchy-theme-set-gnome
 omarchy-theme-set-eza
 omarchy-theme-set-browser

bin/omarchy-theme-set-terminal

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+case "$TERMINAL" in
+"alacritty") touch ~/.config/alacritty/alacritty.toml ;;
+"kitty") pkill -USR1 kitty ;;
+esac

bin/omarchy-tui-install

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ cat >"$DESKTOP_FILE" <<EOF
 Version=1.0
 Name=$APP_NAME
 Comment=$APP_NAME
-Exec=alacritty --class $APP_CLASS -e $APP_EXEC
+Exec=$TERMINAL --class $APP_CLASS -e $APP_EXEC
 Terminal=false
 Type=Application
 Icon=$ICON_PATH

bin/omarchy-tui-remove

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/.local/share/applications/"
 if [ "$#" -eq 0 ]; then
   # Find all TUIs
   while IFS= read -r -d '' file; do
-    if grep -q '^Exec=.*alacritty.*-e' "$file"; then
+    if grep -q '^Exec=.*$TERMINAL.*-e' "$file"; then
       TUIS+=("$(basename "${file%.desktop}")")
     fi
   done < <(find "$DESKTOP_DIR" -name '*.desktop' -print0)

config/hypr/bindings.conf

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # Application bindings
-$terminal = uwsm app -- alacritty
+$terminal = uwsm app -- $TERMINAL
 $browser = omarchy-launch-browser
 
 bindd = SUPER, return, Terminal, exec, $terminal --working-directory="$(omarchy-cmd-terminal-cwd)"

config/hypr/envs.conf

@@ -1,3 +1,2 @@
 # Extra env variables
-# Note: You must relaunch Hyprland after changing envs (use Super+Esc, then Relaunch)
 # env = MY_GLOBAL_ENV,setting

config/hypr/input.conf

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ input {
 }
 
 # Scroll faster in the terminal
-windowrule = scrolltouchpad 1.5, class:Alacritty
+windowrule = scrolltouchpad 1.5, tag:terminal
 
 # Enable touchpad gestures for changing workspaces
 # See https://wiki.hyprland.org/Configuring/Gestures/

config/uwsm/env

@@ -1,7 +1,11 @@
+# Changes require a relaunch of Hyprland to take effect.
+
+# Ensure Omarchy bins are in the path
 export OMARCHY_PATH=$HOME/.local/share/omarchy
 export PATH=$OMARCHY_PATH/bin/:$PATH
+
+# Set terminal used by all default commands
 export TERMINAL=alacritty
 
-if command -v mise &> /dev/null; then
+# Activate mise if present on the system
-  eval "$(mise activate bash)"
+omarchy-cmd-present mise && eval "$(mise activate bash)"
-fi

config/waybar/config.jsonc

@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
   "cpu": {
     "interval": 5,
     "format": "󰍛",
-    "on-click": "alacritty -e btop"
+    "on-click": "$TERMINAL -e btop"
   },
   "clock": {
     "format": "{:L%A %H:%M}",
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
     "tooltip-format-disconnected": "Disconnected",
     "interval": 3,
     "spacing": 1,
-    "on-click": "alacritty --class=Impala -e impala"
+    "on-click": "omarchy-launch-wifi"
   },
   "battery": {
     "format": "{capacity}% {icon}",
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@
   },
   "pulseaudio": {
     "format": "{icon}",
-    "on-click": "alacritty --class=Wiremix -e wiremix",
+    "on-click": "$TERMINAL --class=Wiremix -e wiremix",
     "on-click-right": "pamixer -t",
     "tooltip-format": "Playing at {volume}%",
     "scroll-step": 5,

default/hypr/apps.conf

@@ -4,10 +4,11 @@ source = ~/.local/share/omarchy/default/hypr/apps/bitwarden.conf
 source = ~/.local/share/omarchy/default/hypr/apps/browser.conf
 source = ~/.local/share/omarchy/default/hypr/apps/hyprshot.conf
 source = ~/.local/share/omarchy/default/hypr/apps/jetbrains.conf
+source = ~/.local/share/omarchy/default/hypr/apps/localsend.conf
 source = ~/.local/share/omarchy/default/hypr/apps/pip.conf
 source = ~/.local/share/omarchy/default/hypr/apps/qemu.conf
 source = ~/.local/share/omarchy/default/hypr/apps/retroarch.conf
 source = ~/.local/share/omarchy/default/hypr/apps/steam.conf
 source = ~/.local/share/omarchy/default/hypr/apps/system.conf
+source = ~/.local/share/omarchy/default/hypr/apps/terminals.conf
 source = ~/.local/share/omarchy/default/hypr/apps/walker.conf
-source = ~/.local/share/omarchy/default/hypr/apps/localsend.conf

default/hypr/apps/terminals.conf

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+# Define terminal tag to style them uniformly
+windowrule = tag +terminal, class:(Alacritty|kitty|ghostty)

default/mako/core.ini

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ invisible=false
 default-timeout=0
 
 [summary~="Setup Wi-Fi"]
-on-button-left=exec sh -c 'omarchy-notification-dismiss "Setup Wi-Fi"; alacritty --class=Impala -e impala'
+on-button-left=exec sh -c 'omarchy-notification-dismiss "Setup Wi-Fi"; omarchy-launch-wifi'
 
 [summary~="Update System"]
 on-button-left=exec sh -c 'omarchy-notification-dismiss "Update System"; omarchy-launch-floating-terminal-with-presentation omarchy-update'

migrations/1756494998.sh

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 echo "Remove opacity from alacritty.toml so Hyprland can control fully"
 
-sed -i '/opacity = 0.98/d' ~/.config/alacritty/alacritty.toml
+if [[ -f ~/.config/alacritty/alacritty.toml ]]; then
+  sed -i '/opacity = 0.98/d' ~/.config/alacritty/alacritty.toml
+fi

migrations/1758019332.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+echo "Ensure $TERMINAL is set in uwsm env so entire system can rely on it"
+
+if ! grep -q "export TERMINAL" ~/.config/uwsm/env; then
+  omarchy-refresh-config uwsm/env
+  omarchy-state set relaunch-required
+fi
+
+if grep -q "scrolltouchpad 1.5, class:Alacritty" ~/.config/hypr/input.conf; then
+  sed -i 's/windowrule = scrolltouchpad 1\.5, class:Alacritty/windowrule = scrolltouchpad 1.5, tag:terminal/' ~/.config/hypr/input.conf
+fi

themes/kanagawa/hyprland.conf

@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ general {
 }
 
 # Kanagawa backdrop is too strong for detault opacity
-windowrule = opacity 0.98 0.95, class:Alacritty
+windowrule = opacity 0.98 0.95, tag:terminal