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How are you achieving this in MacOS?

mattbaker 2y ago
I do something similar and I use Hammerspoon (with kitty in my case). It’s a hell of a tool!
kiliankoe 2y ago
I do this using Raycast, no matter which terminal emulator I'm using today (Terminal, Ghostty or Alacritty), I can just setup my global hotkey in Raycast and get the same "quake mode" everywhere.
- yakshaving_jgt 2y ago
  Does the terminal appear instantly, and obscure everything else? By default, the way MacOS does full-screen windows is by moving them to a space. Switching between the terminal and another application, e.g., Chrome, causes a large sliding animation between applications, which I absolutely do not want.
  - kiliankoe 2y ago
    Oh I don't have it fullscreen, sorry, it usually covers the bottom half or bottom-left corner (depending on screen size). There it appears and disappears instantly.
eadmund 2y ago
> How are you achieving this in MacOS? I don’t — I use Linux on my desktop. I stopped using macOS back when it was called System 8 or 9! I think any tiling window manager can be configured to do this, but in my case I use StumpWM. (defcommand terminal () () (run-or-raise "urxvt" '(:instance "urxvt"))) (define-key *top-map* (kbd "s-t") "terminal") With the above, when one types Super t then the terminal either is raised to the top, or starts (and runs on top). From others’ comments, I think that this is probably possible with a modern Mac, too, but I find that Linux is generally easier. StumpWM: https://stumpwm.github.io/ https://stumpwm.github.io/
- yakshaving_jgt 2y ago
  That sounds great, but I'm not changing my entire operating system just so I can have a possibly marginally better terminal emulation experience.
  - eadmund 2y ago
    You would also get a better window manager, better compatibility with server operating systems, a bash updated this decade, XCompose (think the Option key, but way, way, way more powerful) and more freedom, but on the other hand you’d lose macOS-only programs, and from time to time would have to deal with something truly frustrating which would never be an issue on a Mac. It’s certainly not perfect, but I do prefer it. But then, I enjoy yak shaving grin
    - yakshaving_jgt 2y ago
      > I enjoy yak shaving As my username would suggest, so do I. However… > a better window manager The bulk of my workflow involves Chrome and tmux inside my always available full screen terminal. I haven't the need for multiplexing anywhere except the terminal. > better compatibility with server operating systems I run nix-darwin on MacOS, and I have remote NixOS machines configured as build hosts. This is important, as everything I write is Haskell, and it must be compiled for x86_64-linux. > a bash updated this decade I use zsh and the bash available in the latest nixpkgs. --- MacOS does an excellent job of managing all the other quality of life stuff that doesn't immediately concern me as a power user. A number of my current and former colleagues are all in on NixOS, but the number of times over the years I've had to wait at the beginning of a video chat for them to configure their audio settings, which sometimes means installing different drivers and/or turning their machine off and on again… Yeah. Even as a huge nerd, I think MacOS is great.
LoganDark 2y ago
Another option is rcmd. https://lowtechguys.com/rcmd/ https://lowtechguys.com/rcmd/

I do something similar and I use Hammerspoon (with kitty in my case). It’s a hell of a tool!

I do this using Raycast, no matter which terminal emulator I'm using today (Terminal, Ghostty or Alacritty), I can just setup my global hotkey in Raycast and get the same "quake mode" everywhere.

yakshaving_jgt 2y ago
Does the terminal appear instantly, and obscure everything else? By default, the way MacOS does full-screen windows is by moving them to a space. Switching between the terminal and another application, e.g., Chrome, causes a large sliding animation between applications, which I absolutely do not want.
- kiliankoe 2y ago
  Oh I don't have it fullscreen, sorry, it usually covers the bottom half or bottom-left corner (depending on screen size). There it appears and disappears instantly.

eadmund 2y ago

> How are you achieving this in MacOS? I don’t — I use Linux on my desktop. I stopped using macOS back when it was called System 8 or 9! I think any tiling window manager can be configured to do this, but in my case I use StumpWM. (defcommand terminal () () (run-or-raise "urxvt" '(:instance "urxvt"))) (define-key *top-map* (kbd "s-t") "terminal") With the above, when one types Super t then the terminal either is raised to the top, or starts (and runs on top). From others’ comments, I think that this is probably possible with a modern Mac, too, but I find that Linux is generally easier. StumpWM: https://stumpwm.github.io/ https://stumpwm.github.io/

yakshaving_jgt 2y ago
That sounds great, but I'm not changing my entire operating system just so I can have a possibly marginally better terminal emulation experience.
- eadmund 2y ago
  You would also get a better window manager, better compatibility with server operating systems, a bash updated this decade, XCompose (think the Option key, but way, way, way more powerful) and more freedom, but on the other hand you’d lose macOS-only programs, and from time to time would have to deal with something truly frustrating which would never be an issue on a Mac. It’s certainly not perfect, but I do prefer it. But then, I enjoy yak shaving grin
  - yakshaving_jgt 2y ago
    > I enjoy yak shaving As my username would suggest, so do I. However… > a better window manager The bulk of my workflow involves Chrome and tmux inside my always available full screen terminal. I haven't the need for multiplexing anywhere except the terminal. > better compatibility with server operating systems I run nix-darwin on MacOS, and I have remote NixOS machines configured as build hosts. This is important, as everything I write is Haskell, and it must be compiled for x86_64-linux. > a bash updated this decade I use zsh and the bash available in the latest nixpkgs. --- MacOS does an excellent job of managing all the other quality of life stuff that doesn't immediately concern me as a power user. A number of my current and former colleagues are all in on NixOS, but the number of times over the years I've had to wait at the beginning of a video chat for them to configure their audio settings, which sometimes means installing different drivers and/or turning their machine off and on again… Yeah. Even as a huge nerd, I think MacOS is great.

LoganDark 2y ago

Another option is rcmd. https://lowtechguys.com/rcmd/ https://lowtechguys.com/rcmd/