const std = @import("std"); const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator; const ArenaAllocator = std.heap.ArenaAllocator; const Action = @import("../cli.zig").ghostty.Action; const apprt = @import("../apprt.zig"); const args = @import("args.zig"); const diagnostics = @import("diagnostics.zig"); const lib = @import("../lib/main.zig"); const homedir = @import("../os/homedir.zig"); pub const Options = struct { /// This is set by the CLI parser for deinit. _arena: ?ArenaAllocator = null, /// If set, open up a new window in a custom instance of Ghostty. class: ?[:0]const u8 = null, /// Did the user specify a `--working-directory` argument on the command line? _working_directory_seen: bool = false, /// All of the arguments after `+new-window`. They will be sent to Ghosttty /// for processing. _arguments: std.ArrayList([:0]const u8) = .empty, /// Enable arg parsing diagnostics so that we don't get an error if /// there is a "normal" config setting on the cli. _diagnostics: diagnostics.DiagnosticList = .{}, /// Manual parse hook, collect all of the arguments after `+new-window`. pub fn parseManuallyHook(self: *Options, alloc: Allocator, arg: []const u8, iter: anytype) (error{InvalidValue} || homedir.ExpandError || std.fs.Dir.RealPathAllocError || Allocator.Error)!bool { var e_seen: bool = std.mem.eql(u8, arg, "-e"); // Include the argument that triggered the manual parse hook. if (try self.checkArg(alloc, arg)) |a| try self._arguments.append(alloc, a); // Gather up the rest of the arguments to use as the command. while (iter.next()) |param| { if (e_seen) { try self._arguments.append(alloc, try alloc.dupeZ(u8, param)); continue; } if (std.mem.eql(u8, param, "-e")) { e_seen = true; try self._arguments.append(alloc, try alloc.dupeZ(u8, param)); continue; } if (try self.checkArg(alloc, param)) |a| try self._arguments.append(alloc, a); } return false; } fn checkArg(self: *Options, alloc: Allocator, arg: []const u8) (error{InvalidValue} || homedir.ExpandError || std.fs.Dir.RealPathAllocError || Allocator.Error)!?[:0]const u8 { if (lib.cutPrefix(u8, arg, "--class=")) |rest| { self.class = try alloc.dupeZ(u8, std.mem.trim(u8, rest, &std.ascii.whitespace)); return null; } if (lib.cutPrefix(u8, arg, "--working-directory=")) |rest| { const stripped = std.mem.trim(u8, rest, &std.ascii.whitespace); if (std.mem.eql(u8, stripped, "home")) return try alloc.dupeZ(u8, arg); if (std.mem.eql(u8, stripped, "inherit")) return try alloc.dupeZ(u8, arg); const cwd: std.fs.Dir = std.fs.cwd(); var expandhome_buf: [std.fs.max_path_bytes]u8 = undefined; const expanded = try homedir.expandHome(stripped, &expandhome_buf); var realpath_buf: [std.fs.max_path_bytes]u8 = undefined; const realpath = try cwd.realpath(expanded, &realpath_buf); self._working_directory_seen = true; return try std.fmt.allocPrintSentinel(alloc, "--working-directory={s}", .{realpath}, 0); } return try alloc.dupeZ(u8, arg); } pub fn deinit(self: *Options) void { if (self._arena) |arena| arena.deinit(); self.* = undefined; } /// Enables "-h" and "--help" to work. pub fn help(self: Options) !void { _ = self; return Action.help_error; } }; /// The `new-window` will use native platform IPC to open up a new window in a /// running instance of Ghostty. /// /// If the `--class` flag is not set, the `new-window` command will try and /// connect to a running instance of Ghostty based on what optimizations the /// Ghostty CLI was compiled with. Otherwise the `new-window` command will try /// and contact a running Ghostty instance that was configured with the same /// `class` as was given on the command line. /// /// All of the arguments after the `+new-window` argument (except for the /// `--class` flag) will be sent to the remote Ghostty instance and will be /// parsed as command line flags. These flags will override certain settings /// when creating the first surface in the new window. Currently, only /// `--working-directory`, `--command`, and `--title` are supported. `-e` will /// also work as an alias for `--command`, except that if `-e` is found on the /// command line all following arguments will become part of the command and no /// more arguments will be parsed for configuration settings. /// /// If `--working-directory` is found on the command line and is a relative /// path (i.e. doesn't start with `/`) it will be resolved to an absolute path /// relative to the current working directory that the `ghostty +new-window` /// command is run from. `~/` prefixes will also be expanded to the user's home /// directory. /// /// If `--working-directory` is _not_ found on the command line, the working /// directory that `ghostty +new-window` is run from will be passed to Ghostty. /// /// GTK uses an application ID to identify instances of applications. If Ghostty /// is compiled with release optimizations, the default application ID will be /// `com.mitchellh.ghostty`. If Ghostty is compiled with debug optimizations, /// the default application ID will be `com.mitchellh.ghostty-debug`. The /// `class` configuration entry can be used to set up a custom application /// ID. The class name must follow the requirements defined [in the GTK /// documentation](https://docs.gtk.org/gio/type_func.Application.id_is_valid.html) /// or it will be ignored and Ghostty will use the default as defined above. /// /// On GTK, D-Bus activation must be properly configured. Ghostty does not need /// to be running for this to open a new window, making it suitable for binding /// to keys in your window manager (if other methods for configuring global /// shortcuts are unavailable). D-Bus will handle launching a new instance /// of Ghostty if it is not already running. See the Ghostty website for /// information on properly configuring D-Bus activation. /// /// Only supported on GTK. /// /// Flags: /// /// * `--class=`: If set, open up a new window in a custom instance of /// Ghostty. The class must be a valid GTK application ID. /// /// * `--command`: The command to be executed in the first surface of the new window. /// /// * `--working-directory=`: The working directory to pass to Ghostty. /// /// * `--title`: A title that will override the title of the first surface in /// the new window. The title override may be edited or removed later. /// /// * `-e`: Any arguments after this will be interpreted as a command to /// execute inside the first surface of the new window instead of the /// default command. /// /// Available since: 1.2.0 pub fn run(alloc: Allocator) !u8 { var iter = try args.argsIterator(alloc); defer iter.deinit(); var buffer: [1024]u8 = undefined; var stderr_writer = std.fs.File.stderr().writer(&buffer); const stderr = &stderr_writer.interface; const result = runArgs(alloc, &iter, stderr); stderr.flush() catch {}; return result; } fn runArgs( alloc_gpa: Allocator, argsIter: anytype, stderr: *std.Io.Writer, ) !u8 { var opts: Options = .{}; defer opts.deinit(); args.parse(Options, alloc_gpa, &opts, argsIter) catch |err| switch (err) { error.ActionHelpRequested => return err, else => { try stderr.print("Error parsing args: {}\n", .{err}); return 1; }, }; // Print out any diagnostics, unless it's likely that the diagnostic was // generated trying to parse a "normal" configuration setting. Exit with an // error code if any diagnostics were printed. if (!opts._diagnostics.empty()) { var exit: bool = false; outer: for (opts._diagnostics.items()) |diagnostic| { if (diagnostic.location != .cli) continue :outer; inner: inline for (@typeInfo(Options).@"struct".fields) |field| { if (field.name[0] == '_') continue :inner; if (std.mem.eql(u8, field.name, diagnostic.key)) { try stderr.print("config error: {f}\n", .{diagnostic}); exit = true; } } } if (exit) return 1; } if (!opts._working_directory_seen) { const alloc = opts._arena.?.allocator(); const cwd: std.fs.Dir = std.fs.cwd(); var buf: [std.fs.max_path_bytes]u8 = undefined; const wd = try cwd.realpath(".", &buf); // This should be inserted at the beginning of the list, just in case `-e` was used. try opts._arguments.insert(alloc, 0, try std.fmt.allocPrintSentinel(alloc, "--working-directory={s}", .{wd}, 0)); } var arena = ArenaAllocator.init(alloc_gpa); defer arena.deinit(); const alloc = arena.allocator(); if (apprt.App.performIpc( alloc, if (opts.class) |class| .{ .class = class } else .detect, .new_window, .{ .arguments = if (opts._arguments.items.len == 0) null else opts._arguments.items, }, ) catch |err| switch (err) { error.IPCFailed => { // The apprt should have printed a more specific error message // already. return 1; }, else => { try stderr.print("Sending the IPC failed: {}", .{err}); return 1; }, }) return 0; // If we get here, the platform is not supported. try stderr.print("+new-window is not supported on this platform.\n", .{}); return 1; }