Allow args to be passed to the selected terminal

[pombadev]

Hi @diegodario88, thanks for the awesome piece of software, it's the only thing that works on gnome wayland without any issue.

I want to be able to pass args to the current terminal, to specify which profiles or behavior.

Eg: flatpak run org.wezfurlong.wezterm --config='tab_bar_at_bottom=true' --config='pane_focus_follows_mouse=true'

Thank you!

[diegodario88]

I've been contemplating this proposal, and one straightforward method for its implementation involves adding a new action in the .desktop file. Instead of merely requesting the opening of a new window for the terminal application, we would initiate a custom action that users can register along with custom arguments.

For instance:

[Desktop Action QuakeTerminal]
Name=QuakeTerminal
Exec=flatpak run org.wezfurlong.wezterm --config='tab_bar_at_bottom=true' --config='pane_focus_follows_mouse=true'

then instead of this._terminal.open_new_window(-1); we would this._terminal.launch_action('QuakeTerminal', 0, -1)

To enable this functionality, we need to:

• [ ] add a new gschema key to store user action
• [ ] in the prefs.js, provide a way for users to assign their action name
• [ ] validate if the action name is valid. Maybe calling this._terminal.get_app_info().list_actions()
• [ ] refac _launchTerminalWindow() method