From 21e4c5b10dff260c1e5daceb8f78d09e344ec86f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Simon Gardling <titaniumtown@proton.me>
Date: Mon, 7 Jul 2025 04:15:28 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] switch back to alacritty

---
 README.md                        |   2 +-
 home-manager/gui.nix             |   3 +-
 home-manager/progs/alacritty.nix | 131 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 134 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 home-manager/progs/alacritty.nix

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 933dc87..64cc642 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Browser: Firefox 🦊 (actually [Zen Browser](https://github.com/zen-browser/des
 
 Text Editor: [Doom Emacs](https://github.com/doomemacs/doomemacs)
 
-Terminal: [ghostty](https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty)
+Terminal: [alacritty](https://github.com/alacritty/alacritty)
 
 Shell: [fish](https://fishshell.com/) with the [pure](https://github.com/pure-fish/pure) prompt
 
diff --git a/home-manager/gui.nix b/home-manager/gui.nix
index 5b4d321..0dce8d1 100644
--- a/home-manager/gui.nix
+++ b/home-manager/gui.nix
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
 {
   imports = [
     ./no-gui.nix
-    ./progs/ghostty.nix
+    # ./progs/ghostty.nix
+    ./progs/alacritty.nix
     ./progs/emacs.nix
     # ./progs/trezor.nix # - broken
   ];
diff --git a/home-manager/progs/alacritty.nix b/home-manager/progs/alacritty.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..63484a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/home-manager/progs/alacritty.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+{ pkgs, ... }:
+{
+  home.sessionVariables = {
+    TERMINAL = "alacritty";
+  };
+
+  programs.alacritty = {
+    enable = true;
+    package = pkgs.alacritty;
+    settings = {
+      # some programs can't handle alacritty
+      env.TERM = "xterm-256color";
+
+      window = {
+        # using a window manager, no decorations needed
+        decorations = "none";
+
+        # semi-transparent
+        opacity = 0.90;
+
+        # padding between the content of the terminal and the edge
+        padding = {
+          x = 10;
+          y = 10;
+        };
+
+        dimensions = {
+          columns = 80;
+          lines = 40;
+        };
+      };
+
+      scrolling = {
+        history = 1000;
+        multiplier = 3;
+      };
+
+      font =
+        let
+          baseFont = {
+            family = "JetBrains Mono Nerd Font";
+            style = "Regular";
+          };
+        in
+        {
+          size = 12;
+
+          normal = baseFont;
+
+          bold = baseFont // {
+            style = "Bold";
+          };
+
+          italic = baseFont // {
+            style = "Italic";
+          };
+
+          offset.y = 0;
+          glyph_offset.y = 0;
+        };
+
+      # color scheme
+      colors =
+        let
+          normal = {
+            black = "0x1b1e28";
+            red = "0xd0679d";
+            green = "0x5de4c7";
+            yellow = "0xfffac2";
+            blue = "#435c89";
+            magenta = "0xfcc5e9";
+            cyan = "0xadd7ff";
+            white = "0xffffff";
+          };
+
+          bright = {
+            black = "0xa6accd";
+            red = normal.red;
+            green = normal.green;
+            yellow = normal.yellow;
+            blue = normal.cyan;
+            magenta = "0xfae4fc";
+            cyan = "0x89ddff";
+            white = normal.white;
+          };
+        in
+        {
+          inherit normal bright;
+          primary = {
+            background = "0x131621";
+            foreground = bright.black;
+          };
+
+          cursor = {
+            text = "CellBackground";
+            cursor = "CellForeground";
+          };
+
+          search =
+            let
+              foreground = normal.black;
+              background = normal.cyan;
+            in
+            {
+              matches = {
+                inherit foreground background;
+              };
+
+              focused_match = {
+                inherit foreground background;
+              };
+            };
+
+          selection = {
+            text = "CellForeground";
+            background = "0x303340";
+          };
+
+          vi_mode_cursor = {
+            text = "CellBackground";
+            cursor = "CellForeground";
+          };
+        };
+
+      cursor = {
+        style = "Underline";
+        vi_mode_style = "Underline";
+      };
+    };
+  };
+}