Use late evaluation of $term variable for bindsym $mod+Return

[mcepl]

So that an user can set different terminal application (or use different options for alacritty).

[denisok]

oh, cool - how it works ?

[mcepl]

oh, cool - how it works ?

Lovely, with

set $term alacritty --config-file ~/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml

in ~/.config/sway/config.d/10-variables.conf I use my personal configuration for alacritty.

[denisok]

cool, could you please point me to the double $$ definition ?

[mcepl]

cool, could you please point me to the double $$ definition ?

sway(5):

set $<name> <value>
           Sets variable $name to value. You can use the new variable in the arguments of future commands.
When the variable is used, it can be escaped with an additional $ (ie $$name) to have the replacement happen
at run time instead of when reading the config. However, it does not always make sense for the variable to be
replaced at run time since some arguments do need to be known at config time.

[denisok]

Thanks for educating me! :)