.TH ALACRITTY "1" "August 2018" "alacritty 0.9.0-rc6" "User Commands" .SH NAME Alacritty \- A fast, cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator .SH "SYNOPSIS" alacritty [FLAGS] [OPTIONS] .SH DESCRIPTION Alacritty is a modern terminal emulator that comes with sensible defaults, but allows for extensive configuration. By integrating with other applications, rather than reimplementing their functionality, it manages to provide a flexible set of features with high performance. .SH "FLAGS" .TP \fB\-h\fR, \fB\-\-help\fR Prints help information .TP \fB\-\-hold\fR Remain open after child process exits .TP \fB\-\-print\-events\fR Print all events to stdout .TP \fB\-q\fR Reduces the level of verbosity (the min level is \fB\-qq\fR) .TP \fB\-\-ref\-test\fR Generates ref test .TP \fB\-v\fR Increases the level of verbosity (the max level is \fB\-vvv\fR) .TP \fB\-V\fR, \fB\-\-version\fR Prints version information .SH "OPTIONS" .TP \fB\-\-class\fR | , Defines the window class hint on Linux [default: Alacritty,Alacritty] On Wayland the instance class sets the `app_id`, while the general class is ignored. .TP \fB\-e\fR, \fB\-\-command\fR ... Command and args to execute (must be last argument) .TP \fB\-\-config\-file\fR Specify alternative configuration file Alacritty looks for the configuration file at the following paths: 1. $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/alacritty/alacritty.yml 2. $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/alacritty.yml 3. $HOME/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml 4. $HOME/.alacritty.yml On Windows, the configuration file is located at %APPDATA%\\alacritty\\alacritty.yml. .TP \fB\-\-embed\fR Defines the X11 window ID (as a decimal integer) to embed Alacritty within .TP \fB\-o\fR, \fB\-\-option\fR