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Make alacritty into a pop-up scratchpad
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#!/usr/bin/env bash | |
set -Eeuf -o pipefail | |
shopt -s inherit_errexit | |
log() { | |
echo "$*" > /dev/stderr | |
} | |
err() { | |
log "$*" | |
exit 1 | |
} | |
main() { | |
PATH=/opt/homebrew/bin:/Applications/Alacritty.app/Contents/MacOS:${PATH} | |
local platform | |
platform=$(uname -s) | |
local clip paste ALACRITTY | |
case "${platform}" in | |
Darwin) | |
clip=(pbcopy) | |
paste=(pbpaste) | |
;; | |
Linux) | |
clip=(xclip -r -selection clipboard) | |
paste=(xclip -selection clipboard -out) | |
;; | |
*) | |
err "Unknown platform: ${platform}" | |
;; | |
esac | |
local tmp_file | |
tmp_file=$(mktemp) | |
"${paste[@]}" > "${tmp_file}" | |
alacritty \ | |
--class="__text_scratchpad" \ | |
-e bash -c "nvim -c startinsert \"${tmp_file}\"" && | |
printf "%s" "$(< "${tmp_file}")" | "${clip[@]}" | |
} | |
main "$@" |
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