foot.kak

Foot integration for Kakoune.

Installation

Add foot.kak to your autoload or source it manually.

Commands

• foot-terminal: creates a new foot window
  • alias: terminal
• foot-terminal-popup: creates a new foot window as popup (see below)
  • aliases: terminal-popup, popup
• foot-terminal-panel: creates a new foot window as panel (see below)
  • aliases: terminal-panel, panel

Configuration

Options

• foot_normal_cmd (string): shell command to run for foot-terminal

  • default: footclient

• foot_popup_cmd (string): shell command to run for foot-terminal-popup

  • default: footclient

• foot_panel_cmd (string): shell command to run for foot-terminal-panel

  • default: footclient

• foot_normal_flags (str-list): additional foot flags for foot_normal_cmd

  • default: ''

• foot_popup_flags (str-list): additional foot flags for foot_popup_cmd

  • default: '--app-id=popup'

• foot_panel_flags (str-list): additional foot flags for foot_panel_cmd

  • default: '--app-id=panel'

The default configuration assumes that foot is running in server mode and spawns new windows by running footclient.

Default terminal-popup and terminal-panel commands add specific app-id's to the foot window (popup and panel), which can be used by a window manager for further adjustments.

For example, in Sway the following configuration can work:

exec foot --server  # autostart foot server
for_window [app_id="popup"] floating enable # float popup windows

Customizing commands and flags

It's possible to override the default options to use custom commands and/or flags for spawning new windows.

Configuration examples

To use a new foot process instead of a server client, add the following in your kakrc:

set-option global foot_normal_cmd 'foot'
set-option global foot_popup_cmd 'foot'
set-option global foot_panel_cmd 'foot'

To pass custom flags to foot popup windows:

set-option global foot_popup_flags '--app-id=popup' '-o colors.alpha=0.8' # use transparent background for popup

To use a completely different command:

set-option global foot_panel_cmd 'sway-panel-term' # use custom command for panel
set-option -remove global foot_panel_flags # remove default flags