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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  ac-
       cessing 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	 'cur-
		   sor.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
          Christian Duerr <contact@christianduerr.com>
          Kirill Chibisov <contact@kchibisov.com>

				  2025-04-13		      ALACRITTY-MSG(1)

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