diff --git a/web/docs/terminals.md b/web/docs/terminals.md index 1196d14f..b5846c07 100644 --- a/web/docs/terminals.md +++ b/web/docs/terminals.md @@ -108,3 +108,21 @@ C:\\msys64\\msys2_shell.cmd -defterm -here -no-start -ucrt64 ``` * Now close and restart Konsole. + +## Alacritty + +[Alacritty](https://alacritty.org/) is a high performance terminal that use +OpenGL for GPU accelaration. MSYS2 provides it as a [mingw package](https://packages.msys2.org/base/mingw-w64-alacritty). +To use it with MSYS2, install the package and change terminal settings with +following steps: + +* Create settings file in `%APPDATA%\alacritty\alacritty.toml`. +* Open it, then put these lines + +```toml +[terminal.shell] +program = "cmd.exe" +args = "["/c", "C:\\msys64\\msys2_shell", "-defterm", "-here", "-no-start", "-ucrt64"] +``` + +* Changes will apply after restart