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  1. barrientosvctor created this gist Apr 13, 2025.
    91 changes: 91 additions & 0 deletions alacritty_config_setup.py
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    from os import getenv, path, getcwd
    from platform import system

    available_os = ["windows", "unix"]
    available_shells = [
    ("WSL", "Pwsh", "Powershell", "Command Prompt"), # Windows
    ("bash", "zsh"), # Unix
    ]

    shell_cmd = [
    ("wsl", "pwsh", "powershell", "cmd"), #Windows
    ("/bin/bash", "/bin/zsh"), #Unix
    ]
    wsl_root: str = "~"

    if system() == "Windows":
    win_root = getenv("HOMEPATH")

    if win_root:
    wsl_root = "/mnt/c/{}".format(win_root.replace('\\', '/'))

    alacritty_terminal_args = {
    # Windows
    0: {
    0: ("wsl.exe", "--cd", wsl_root),
    1: ("-NoLogo", "-NoExit", "-Command", "cd ~"),
    2: ("-NoLogo", "-NoExit", "-Command", "cd ~"),
    3: ("/k", "cd %USERPROFILE%"),
    },
    # Unix
    1: {
    # Bash
    0: ("-c", "cd ~"),
    # Zsh
    1: ("-c", "cd ~")
    },
    }

    def list_available_os():
    for num_option in range(0, len(available_os)):
    print(f"{num_option}. {available_os[num_option]}")
    num_option += 1

    def list_available_shell_by_os(num_os):
    for shell_option in range(0, len(available_shells[num_os])):
    print(f"{shell_option}. ${available_shells[num_os][shell_option]}")
    shell_option += 1

    def make_toml_array(tpl: tuple):
    array_literal = '['

    for i in range(0, tpl.__len__()):
    if i+1 >= tpl.__len__():
    array_literal += f'"{tpl[i]}"]'
    else:
    array_literal += f'"{tpl[i]}",'

    return array_literal

    def alacritty(os_num: int, shell_num: int):
    chosen_terminal_args = tuple(alacritty_terminal_args[os_num][shell_num])
    args = make_toml_array(chosen_terminal_args)
    alacritty_config_path = path.join(getcwd(), ".config", "alacritty", "alacritty.toml")

    with open(alacritty_config_path, "a+") as f:
    if f.writable():
    f.write("\n")
    f.write("[shell]\n")
    f.write(f'program = "{shell_cmd[os_num][shell_num]}"\n')
    f.write("args = " + args + '\n')

    if not f.closed:
    f.close()

    list_available_os()

    os_option = int(input("Choose the operative system you are using: "))

    while os_option < 0 or os_option > len(available_os) - 1:
    list_available_os()
    os_option = int(input("That option doesn't exists, choose another: "))

    list_available_shell_by_os(os_option)

    shell_option = int(input("Type the shell you want to use for Alacritty: "))

    while not (shell_option >= 0 and shell_option < len(available_shells[os_option])):
    list_available_shell_by_os(os_option)
    shell_option = int(input("That option doesn't exists, choose another: "))

    alacritty(os_option, shell_option)