Terminal sequences

The foot terminal does not support live config reload, you need terminal sequences to achieve that. You can also use the sequences in any terminal (Kitty, Wezterm, Foot, Alacritty, Gnome terminal, Konsole, etc…).

Setup

You can either run this script :

#!/usr/bin/env bash

CONFIG_PATH=~/.config/noctalia
TEMPLATE_PATH=$CONFIG_PATH/templates/terminal-sequences

mkdir -p $CONFIG_PATH/templates

cat >> $CONFIG_PATH/config.toml <<'EOF'
[theme.templates.user.terminal-sequences]
input_path = '~/.config/noctalia/templates/terminal-sequences'
output_path = '~/.cache/terminal-sequences'
post_hook = 'tee /dev/pts/[0-9]* < ~/.cache/terminal-sequences'
EOF

{
    printf '\033]10;{{colors.terminal_foreground.default.hex}}\007'
    printf '\033]11;{{colors.terminal_background.default.hex}}\007'

    printf '\033]4;0;{{colors.terminal_normal_black.default.hex}}\007'
    printf '\033]4;1;{{colors.terminal_normal_red.default.hex}}\007'
    printf '\033]4;2;{{colors.terminal_normal_green.default.hex}}\007'
    printf '\033]4;3;{{colors.terminal_normal_yellow.default.hex}}\007'
    printf '\033]4;4;{{colors.terminal_normal_blue.default.hex}}\007'
    printf '\033]4;5;{{colors.terminal_normal_magenta.default.hex}}\007'
    printf '\033]4;6;{{colors.terminal_normal_cyan.default.hex}}\007'
    printf '\033]4;7;{{colors.terminal_normal_white.default.hex}}\007'

    printf '\033]4;8;{{colors.terminal_bright_black.default.hex}}\007'
    printf '\033]4;9;{{colors.terminal_bright_red.default.hex}}\007'
    printf '\033]4;10;{{colors.terminal_bright_green.default.hex}}\007'
    printf '\033]4;11;{{colors.terminal_bright_yellow.default.hex}}\007'
    printf '\033]4;12;{{colors.terminal_bright_blue.default.hex}}\007'
    printf '\033]4;13;{{colors.terminal_bright_magenta.default.hex}}\007'
    printf '\033]4;14;{{colors.terminal_bright_cyan.default.hex}}\007'
    printf '\033]4;15;{{colors.terminal_bright_white.default.hex}}\007'

    printf '\033]19;{{colors.terminal_selection_fg.default.hex}}\007'
    printf '\033]17;{{colors.terminal_selection_bg.default.hex}}\007'
    printf '\033]12;{{colors.terminal_cursor.default.hex}}\007'
} > "$TEMPLATE_PATH"

or step by step :

1. Add this to your ~/.config/noctalia/config.toml (create it if you don’t have one) :

   [theme.templates.user.terminal-sequences]
   input_path = '~/.config/noctalia/templates/terminal-sequences'
   output_path = '~/.cache/terminal-sequences'
   post_hook = 'tee /dev/pts/[0-9]* < ~/.cache/terminal-sequences'

2. Generate the template with this script:

   #!/usr/bin/env bash
   
   TEMPLATE_PATH=~/.config/noctalia/templates/terminal-sequences
   
   mkdir -p ~/.config/noctalia/templates
   
   {
       printf '\033]10;{{colors.terminal_foreground.default.hex}}\007'
       printf '\033]11;{{colors.terminal_background.default.hex}}\007'
   
       printf '\033]4;0;{{colors.terminal_normal_black.default.hex}}\007'
       printf '\033]4;1;{{colors.terminal_normal_red.default.hex}}\007'
       printf '\033]4;2;{{colors.terminal_normal_green.default.hex}}\007'
       printf '\033]4;3;{{colors.terminal_normal_yellow.default.hex}}\007'
       printf '\033]4;4;{{colors.terminal_normal_blue.default.hex}}\007'
       printf '\033]4;5;{{colors.terminal_normal_magenta.default.hex}}\007'
       printf '\033]4;6;{{colors.terminal_normal_cyan.default.hex}}\007'
       printf '\033]4;7;{{colors.terminal_normal_white.default.hex}}\007'
   
       printf '\033]4;8;{{colors.terminal_bright_black.default.hex}}\007'
       printf '\033]4;9;{{colors.terminal_bright_red.default.hex}}\007'
       printf '\033]4;10;{{colors.terminal_bright_green.default.hex}}\007'
       printf '\033]4;11;{{colors.terminal_bright_yellow.default.hex}}\007'
       printf '\033]4;12;{{colors.terminal_bright_blue.default.hex}}\007'
       printf '\033]4;13;{{colors.terminal_bright_magenta.default.hex}}\007'
       printf '\033]4;14;{{colors.terminal_bright_cyan.default.hex}}\007'
       printf '\033]4;15;{{colors.terminal_bright_white.default.hex}}\007'
   
       printf '\033]19;{{colors.terminal_selection_fg.default.hex}}\007'
       printf '\033]17;{{colors.terminal_selection_bg.default.hex}}\007'
       printf '\033]12;{{colors.terminal_cursor.default.hex}}\007'
   } > "$TEMPLATE_PATH"

Troobleshooting

This is meant to be used with the built-in foot template, if you don’t want to you can add [[ -f ~/.cache/terminal-sequences ]] && cat ~/.cache/terminal-sequences in your ~/.bashrc. This will load the theme at terminal startup.

Notes

The template is based on the built-in foot one so if you use both you will have the same colors.