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authorVincent Ambo <mail@tazj.in>2018-10-31T09·29+0100
committerVincent Ambo <github@tazj.in>2019-02-10T20·43+0100
commit5b5f051b13633cec58e7daa0399085ffcdb1e430 (patch)
tree88c6ae48a8aeae1cd844caf4eea909cee7850d5a /init
parent2c5946163c03dfa9b12f9bc83697c593965d08cd (diff)
refactor: Reutilise multi-term commands for Alacritty buffers
In practice I never use multi-term, but it's nice to have the same
buffer selection functionality for Alacritty buffers.
Diffstat (limited to 'init')
-rw-r--r--init/functions.el18
-rw-r--r--init/nixos.el3
-rw-r--r--init/term-setup.el37
3 files changed, 35 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/init/functions.el b/init/functions.el
index 640957f109e1..8b96a0e737df 100644
--- a/init/functions.el
+++ b/init/functions.el
@@ -158,6 +158,16 @@ Including indent-buffer, which should not be called automatically on save."
    append lsdir into completions
    finally return (sort completions 'string-lessp)))
 
+(defun run-external-command (cmd)
+    "Execute the specified command and notify the user when it
+  finishes."
+    (message "Starting %s..." cmd)
+    (set-process-sentinel
+     (start-process-shell-command cmd nil cmd)
+     (lambda (process event)
+       (when (string= event "finished\n")
+         (message "%s process finished." process)))))
+
 (defun ivy-run-external-command ()
   "Prompts the user with a list of all installed applications and
   lets them select one to launch."
@@ -167,13 +177,7 @@ Including indent-buffer, which should not be called automatically on save."
     (ivy-read "Command:" external-commands-list
               :require-match t
               :history 'external-commands-history
-              :action (lambda (cmd)
-                        (message "Starting %s..." cmd)
-                        (set-process-sentinel
-                         (start-process-shell-command cmd nil cmd)
-                         (lambda (process event)
-                           (when (string= event "finished\n")
-                             (message "%s process finished." process))))))))
+              :action #'run-external-command)))
 
 (defun ivy-password-store (&optional password-store-dir)
   "Custom version of password-store integration with ivy that
diff --git a/init/nixos.el b/init/nixos.el
index f3cefea7f391..e0e832ce1584 100644
--- a/init/nixos.el
+++ b/init/nixos.el
@@ -63,6 +63,9 @@
                                          (interactive)
                                          (ivy-password-store "~/.aprila-secrets")))
 
+    ;; Add Alacritty selector to a key
+    (exwm-input-set-key (kbd "C-x t") #'counsel-switch-to-alacritty)
+
     ;; Toggle between line-mode / char-mode
     (exwm-input-set-key (kbd "C-c C-t C-t") #'exwm-input-toggle-keyboard)
 
diff --git a/init/term-setup.el b/init/term-setup.el
index ea58a53bbf04..a2a71be9eeba 100644
--- a/init/term-setup.el
+++ b/init/term-setup.el
@@ -1,32 +1,37 @@
-;; Utilities for term-mode
+;; Utilities for Alacritty buffers.
 
-(defun open-or-create-term-buffer (buffer-name)
+(defun open-or-create-alacritty-buffer (buffer-name)
   "Switch to the buffer with BUFFER-NAME or create a
-  new (multi-)term-mode buffer."
+  new buffer running Alacritty."
   (let ((buffer (get-buffer buffer-name)))
     (if (not buffer)
-        (multi-term)
+        (run-external-command "alacritty")
       (switch-to-buffer buffer))))
 
-(defun counsel-switch-to-term ()
+(defun is-alacritty-buffer (buffer)
+  "Determine whether BUFFER runs Alacritty."
+  (and (equal 'exwm-mode (buffer-local-value 'major-mode buffer))
+       (s-starts-with? "Alacritty" (buffer-name buffer))))
+
+(defun counsel-switch-to-alacritty ()
   "Switch to a (multi-)term buffer or create one."
   (interactive)
-  (let ((terms (counsel-list-buffers-with-mode 'term-mode)))
+  (let ((terms (-map #'buffer-name
+                     (-filter #'is-alacritty-buffer (buffer-list)))))
     (if terms
-        (ivy-read "Switch to term buffer: "
+        (ivy-read "Switch to Alacritty buffer: "
                   (cons "New terminal" terms)
-                  :caller 'counsel-switch-to-term
+                  :caller 'counsel-switch-to-alacritty
                   :require-match t
-                  :action #'open-or-create-term-buffer)
-      (multi-term))))
+                  :action #'open-or-create-alacritty-buffer)
+      (run-external-command "alacritty"))))
 
-(defun term-rename ()
+(defun alacritty-rename ()
   "Rename the current terminal buffer."
   (interactive)
-  (let* ((buffer (get-buffer (buffer-name)))
-         (mode (buffer-local-value 'major-mode buffer)))
-    (if (equal 'term-mode mode)
-        (rename-buffer (format "*terminal<%s>*" (read-string "New terminal name: ")))
-      (error "This function is only intended to rename terminal buffers."))))
+  (let* ((buffer (get-buffer (buffer-name))))
+    (if (is-alacritty-buffer buffer)
+        (rename-buffer (format "Alacritty<%s>" (read-string "New terminal name: ")))
+      (error "This function is only intended to rename Alacritty buffers."))))
 
 (provide 'term-setup)