pull down from top alacritty (like iTerm2)

alacritty.yml

window:
  # Window dimensions (changes require restart)
  #
  # Number of lines/columns (not pixels) in the terminal. The number of columns
  # must be at least `2`, while using a value of `0` for columns and lines will
  # fall back to the window manager's recommended size.
  dimensions:
    columns: 500
    lines: 30

  # Window position (changes require restart)
  #
  # Specified in number of pixels.
  # If the position is not set, the window manager will handle the placement.
  position:
    x: 0
    y: 0

  # Window padding (changes require restart)
  #
  # Blank space added around the window in pixels. This padding is scaled
  # by DPI and the specified value is always added at both opposing sides.
  #padding:
  #  x: 0
  #  y: 0

  # Spread additional padding evenly around the terminal content.
  #dynamic_padding: false

  # Window decorations
  #
  # Values for `decorations`:
  #     - full: Borders and title bar
  #     - none: Neither borders nor title bar
  #
  # Values for `decorations` (macOS only):
  #     - transparent: Title bar, transparent background and title bar buttons
  #     - buttonless: Title bar, transparent background and no title bar buttons
  decorations: none
  
key_bindings:
  - { key: Return,          mods: Command,                    action: ToggleSimpleFullscreen }

init.lua

local spaces = require("hs.spaces") -- https://github.com/asmagill/hs._asm.spaces

-- Switch alacritty
hs.hotkey.bind({'command'}, 'escape', function ()
  local BUNDLE_ID = 'org.alacritty' -- more accurate to avoid mismatching on browser titles
  function moveWindow(alacritty, space, mainScreen)
    -- move to main space
    local win = nil
    while win == nil do
      win = alacritty:mainWindow()
    end
    print("win="..tostring(win))
    print("space="..tostring(space))
    print("screen="..tostring(win:screen()))
    print("mainScr="..tostring(mainScreen))
    if win:isFullScreen() then
      hs.eventtap.keyStroke('cmd', 'return', 0, alacritty)
    end
    winFrame = win:frame()
    scrFrame = mainScreen:fullFrame()
    winFrame.w = scrFrame.w
    winFrame.y = scrFrame.y
    winFrame.x = scrFrame.x
    print("winFrame="..tostring(winFrame))
    win:setFrame(winFrame, 0)
    print("win:frame=" .. tostring(win:frame()))
    spaces.moveWindowToSpace(win, space)
    if win:isFullScreen() then
      hs.eventtap.keyStroke('cmd', 'return', 0, alacritty)
    end
    win:focus()
  end
  local alacritty = hs.application.get(BUNDLE_ID)
  if alacritty ~= nil and alacritty:isFrontmost() then
    alacritty:hide()
  else
    local space = spaces.activeSpaceOnScreen()
    local mainScreen = hs.screen.mainScreen()
    if alacritty == nil and hs.application.launchOrFocusByBundleID(BUNDLE_ID) then
      local appWatcher = nil
      print('create app watcher')
      appWatcher = hs.application.watcher.new(function(name, event, app)
        print('name='..name)
        print('event='..event)
        if event == hs.application.watcher.launched and app:bundleID() == BUNDLE_ID then
          app:hide()
          moveWindow(app, space, mainScreen)
          print("stop watcher")
          appWatcher:stop()
        end
      end)
      print('start watcher')
      appWatcher:start()
    end
    if alacritty ~= nil then
      moveWindow(alacritty, space, mainScreen)
    end
  end
end)

• supports latest Hammerspoon Version 0.9.100(6815) with built-in hs.spaces modules;
• replace application locating method from 'app name' to 'bundle id', as hs.application.find function would also return true when browser titles containing "alacritty" word

What key combinations should I press to enable quake mode?

What key combinations should I press to enable quake mode?

This snippet is only tested and intended for Mac OS X, not Linux.

What key combinations should I press to enable quake mode?

This snippet is only tested and intended for Mac OS X, not Linux.

I am talking about macOS. What's the key combination?

@sksundram the key combination is command + escape, you can find it on the fourth line hs.hotkey.bind({'command'}, 'escape', function ().

@truebit do you happen know how I could get this to come out of the right side rather than the top? I'm digging into Hammerspoon's docs but there's a lot to go through and it's all new to me, so a point in the right direction would be very appreciated.

After remembering that Spaces are Workspaces/Desktop this was much less confusing :-) I needed to be looking at setFrame.

In case anyone interested comes across this, I did this:

    local screen = win:screen();
    local max = screen:frame();

    winFrame.x = max.x + (max.w / 3 * 2)
    winFrame.y = max.y
    winFrame.w = max.w / 3
    winFrame.h = max.h

    print("winFrame="..tostring(winFrame))
    win:setFrame(winFrame, 0)

Thanks for the script!

Do you happen to know if it is possible to apply this rule only to a specific alacritty window? I bascially want to have one window that acts as a drop-down and have the script ignore all other windows. Could we maybe mark one specific window with a certain title and then filter for that title?