{"id":45040,"date":"2023-12-30T13:25:56","date_gmt":"2023-12-30T13:25:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=45040"},"modified":"2023-12-30T13:25:56","modified_gmt":"2023-12-30T13:25:56","slug":"alacritty-released-new-major-0-13-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2023\/12\/alacritty-released-new-major-0-13-0\/","title":{"rendered":"Alacritty Terminal Emulator Released New Major 0.13.0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/alacritty-logo.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-43824\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/alacritty-logo-250x250.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/alacritty-logo-250x250.webp 250w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/alacritty-logo-300x300.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/alacritty-logo-600x600.webp 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/alacritty-logo-768x768.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/alacritty-logo.webp 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alacritty, the popular free open-source GPU-accelerated terminal emulator, release new major 0.13.0 version few days ago.<\/p>\n<p>The release introduced new features, including <code>persist<\/code> config option in <code>hints<\/code> config section, warnings for unused configuration file options, support for keybindings with dead keys, dynamically loading conpty.dll on Windows, as well as:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><code>Back<\/code>\/<code>Forward<\/code> mouse buttons support in bindings<\/li>\n<li>Copy global IPC options (<code>-w -1<\/code>) for new windows<\/li>\n<li>Bindings to create and navigate tabs on macOS<\/li>\n<li>Support startup notify protocol to raise initial window on Wayland\/X11<\/li>\n<li>Debug option <code>prefer_egl<\/code> to prioritize EGL over other display APIs<\/li>\n<li>Inline vi-mode search using f\/F\/t\/T<\/li>\n<li><code>window.blur<\/code> config option to request blur for transparent windows<\/li>\n<li><code>--option<\/code> argument for alacritty msg create-window<\/li>\n<li>Support for <code>DECRQM\/DECRPM<\/code> escape sequences<\/li>\n<li>Support for kitty&#8217;s keyboard protocol<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The release now uses TOML instead of YAML for configuration files. Run <code>alacritty migrate<\/code> command will automatically convert all the configuration files.<\/p>\n<p>Other changes include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bundle mode-specific bindings in any mode.<\/li>\n<li>Disable OSC 52 paste ability by default.<\/li>\n<li>Deprecated <code>draw_bold_text_with_bright_colors<\/code>, <code>key_bindings<\/code>, and <code>mouse_bindings<\/code>.<\/li>\n<li>Removed <code>background_opacity<\/code>, <code>colors.search.bar<\/code>, <code>mouse.url<\/code>, <code>mouse.double_click<\/code>.<\/li>\n<li>See the <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/alacritty\/alacritty\/releases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">github releases<\/a> page for more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/alacritty-013-about.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/alacritty-013-about-700x430.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"375\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-45041\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/alacritty-013-about-700x430.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/alacritty-013-about-300x184.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/alacritty-013-about-768x472.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/alacritty-013-about.webp 843w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>How to Get Alacritty:<\/h3>\n<p>The Github releases page, provides official packages for Windows, MacOS, and Linux.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons aligncenter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-vivid-cyan-blue-to-vivid-purple-gradient-background has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/alacritty\/alacritty\/releases\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Download Alacritty (under &#8216;Assets&#8217;)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>For Ubuntu users who are new to this terminal emulator, I&#8217;ve a tutorial teaching <a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2023\/12\/install-alacritty-gpu-terminal-ubuntu\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">how to install Alacritty<\/a> step by step.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alacritty, the popular free open-source GPU-accelerated terminal emulator, release new major 0.13.0 version few days ago. 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