wezterm cheat sheet

01_wezterm_cheatsheet.txt

# pane splitting cli
https://wezfurlong.org/wezterm/cli/cli/split-pane.html

# default pane movement basic (arrow keys)
shift-control-leftarrow
shift-control-rightarrow
shift-control-uparrow
shift-control-downarrow

# get some help with the command line 
wezterm cli --help

02_.wezterm.lua

-- Pull in the wezterm API
local wezterm = require 'wezterm'

-- This will hold the configuration
local config = wezterm.config_builder()

-- This will hold the actions
local act = wezterm.action

-- config.color_scheme = 'AdventureTime'

font = wezterm.font('JetBrainsMono Nerd Font')

-- Spawn a fish shell in login mode
config.default_prog = { '/usr/bin/fish', '-l' }

-- dim inactive pane
config.inactive_pane_hsb = {
  saturation = 0.9,
  brightness = 0.1,
}

-- Right Mouse Click Copy and Paste
config.mouse_bindings = {
	{
		event = { Down = { streak = 1, button = "Right" } },
		mods = "NONE",
		action = wezterm.action_callback(function(window, pane)
			local has_selection = window:get_selection_text_for_pane(pane) ~= ""
			if has_selection then
				window:perform_action(act.CopyTo("ClipboardAndPrimarySelection"), pane)
				window:perform_action(act.ClearSelection, pane)
			else
				window:perform_action(act({ PasteFrom = "Clipboard" }), pane)
			end
		end),
	},
}

-- keyboard configuration to close current pane
config.keys = {

  -- close pane with confirmation if active process
  {
    key = 'w',
    mods = 'CMD',
    action = wezterm.action.CloseCurrentPane { confirm = true },
  },

  -- name tab
  {
    key = 'R',
    mods = 'CMD|SHIFT',
    action = act.PromptInputLine {
      description = 'Enter new name for tab',
      action = wezterm.action_callback(function(window, _, line)
        -- line will be `nil` if they hit escape without entering anything
        -- An empty string if they just hit enter
        -- Or the actual line of text they wrote
        if line then
          window:active_tab():set_title(line)
        end
      end),
    },
  },

  --open wezterm config file 
  {
    key = ',',
    mods = 'CMD',
    action = act.SpawnCommandInNewTab {
      cwd = os.getenv('WEZTERM_CONFIG_DIR'),
      set_environment_variables = {
        TERM = 'screen-256color',
      },
      args = {
        'nano',
        os.getenv('WEZTERM_CONFIG_FILE'),
      },
    },
  },
}


-- and finally, return the configuration to wezterm
return config