Do silly things to allow terminals and thunar to open in cwd in emacs

.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml

@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ key_bindings:
   - { key: Key0,     mods: Control, action: ResetFontSize                }
   - { key: Equals,   mods: Control, action: IncreaseFontSize             }
   - { key: Subtract, mods: Control, action: DecreaseFontSize             }
-  - { key: N,        mods: Control|Shift, action: SpawnNewInstance       }
+  - { key: Return,   mods: Super,   action: SpawnNewInstance             }
   - { key: Backslash, mods: Command, command: "/home/adam/.config/alacritty/swapColors.sh" }
   - { key: Home,                    chars: "\x1bOH",   mode: AppCursor   }
   - { key: Home,                    chars: "\x1b[H",   mode: ~AppCursor  }

.config/i3/config

@@ -29,7 +29,11 @@ set $mon2 LVDS-0
 set $config_dir /home/adam/.config/i3
 
 ## Keybindings! ##
-bindsym $mod+Return exec ~/.config/i3/spawn-alacritty-cwd    # start a terminal
+mode "bypass" {
+    bindsym $mod+Escape mode "default"
+}
+
+bindsym --release $mod+Return exec $config_dir/passthrough "Emacs|Alacritty" "super+Return" alacritty  # start a terminal
 bindsym $mod+e exec emacsclient -c -n                        # start emacs
 bindsym $mod+Shift+e exec emacsclient -ce '(nm)'             # start NeverMore
 
@@ -42,7 +46,7 @@ bindsym $mod+Print exec scrot '/home/adam/scratch/%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S.png'
 mode "launch" {
     bindsym e exec emacsclient -c -n; mode "default"
     bindsym f exec firefox; mode "default"
-    bindsym t exec thunar; mode "default"
+    bindsym --release t exec $config_dir/passthrough "Emacs" "super+t" thunar; mode "default"
     bindsym Escape mode "default"
     bindsym Return mode "default"
 }

.config/i3/passthrough

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+ACTIVE_WINDOW=$(xdotool getactivewindow)
+ACTIVE_WM_CLASS=$(xprop -id $ACTIVE_WINDOW | grep WM_CLASS)
+
+if [[ $ACTIVE_WM_CLASS =~ $1 ]]
+then
+    i3 mode bypass
+    xdotool key --clearmodifiers --window $ACTIVE_WINDOW "$2"
+    i3 mode default
+else
+    $3
+fi

.config/i3/spawn-alacritty-cwd

@@ -1,44 +0,0 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-
-# Spawn a new instance of Alacritty using the CWD of the currently focused
-# Alacritty process.
-#
-# This is useful in environment like i3 where terminals are opened using a
-# key-combination while another terminal is already focused.
-#
-# If the script is run with a non-Alacritty window in focus or a non-compliant
-# version of Alacritty, the script will exit with code 1. This makes it possible
-# to use the script like
-#
-#     spawn-alacritty-cwd || alacritty
-#
-
-ACTIVE_WINDOW=$(xdotool getactivewindow)
-ACTIVE_WM_CLASS=$(xprop -id $ACTIVE_WINDOW | grep WM_CLASS)
-
-if [[ $ACTIVE_WM_CLASS == *"Alacritty"* ]]
-then
-    # Get PID. If _NET_WM_PID isn't set, bail.
-    PID=$(xprop -id $ACTIVE_WINDOW | grep _NET_WM_PID | grep -oP "\d+")
-    if [[ "$PID" == "" ]]
-    then
-        exit 1
-    fi
-
-    # Get first child of terminal
-    CHILD_PID=$(pgrep -P $PID)
-    if [[ "$PID" == "" ]]
-    then
-        exit 1
-    fi
-
-    # Get current directory of child. The first child should be the shell.
-    pushd "/proc/${CHILD_PID}/cwd"
-    SHELL_CWD=$(pwd -P)
-    popd
-
-    # Start alacritty with the working directory
-    alacritty --working-directory $SHELL_CWD
-else
-    alacritty
-fi