let's try alacritty out

sway/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+font:
+  size: 9 # whatever this number actually means...
+  normal:
+    family: JuliaMono
+    style: Regular
+  bold:
+    family: JuliaMono
+    style: Bold
+  italic:
+    family: JuliaMono
+    style: Italic
+  bold_italic:
+    family: JuliaMono
+    style: BoldItalic
+  
+
+#draw_bold_text_with_bright_colors: true
+
+# Colors
+colors:
+  # Default colors
+  primary:
+    background:        '#080808'
+    foreground:        '#b2b2b2'
+    bright_foreground: '#eeeeee'
+
+  # Cursor colors
+  cursor:
+    text:   '#000000'
+    cursor: '#ffff00'
+
+  # Selection colors
+  selection:
+    text:       '#080808'
+    background: '#b2ceee'
+
+  # Normal colors
+  normal:
+    black:   '#323437'
+    red:     '#ff5454'
+    green:   '#8cc85f'
+    yellow:  '#e3c78a'
+    blue:    '#80a0ff'
+    magenta: '#cf87e8'
+    cyan:    '#79dac8'
+    white:   '#c6c6c6'
+
+  # Bright colors
+  bright:
+    black:   '#949494'
+    red:     '#ff5189'
+    green:   '#36c692'
+    yellow:  '#c2c292'
+    blue:    '#74b2ff'
+    magenta: '#ae81ff'
+    cyan:    '#85dc85'
+    white:   '#e4e4e4'

sway/.config/i3status-rust/config.toml

@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ interval = 60
 inboxes = ["/home/grue/mail/dump@dvb.solutions/INBOX", "/home/grue/mail/grigory@tlm.solutions/INBOX" ]
 threshold_critical = 1
 display_type = "new"
-on_click = "foot --app-id floating-foot --window-size-chars=150x50 -- zsh -c neomutt"
+on_click = "alacritty --class floating-foot -o \"window.dimensions.columns=150\" -o \"window.dimensions.rows=50\" -e zsh -c neomutt"
 
 [[block]]
 block = "maildir"
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ inboxes = ["/home/grue/mail/mail@oxapentane.com/INBOX", "/home/grue/mail/mail@ox
 threshold_warning = 1
 threshold_critical = 10
 display_type = "new"
-on_click = "foot --app-id floating-foot --window-size-chars=150x50 -- zsh -c neomutt"
+on_click = "alacritty --class floating-foot -o \"window.dimensions.columns=150\" -o \"window.dimensions.rows=50\" -e zsh -c neomutt"
 
 [[block]]
 block = "backlight"
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ format = "{1m} {5m} {15m}"
 
 [[block]]
 block = "sound"
-on_click = "foot --app-id floating-foot -- zsh -c pulsemixer"
+on_click = "alacritty --class floating-foot -e zsh -c pulsemixer"
 headphones_indicator = true
 
 [[block]]

sway/.config/sway/config

@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ set $down j
 set $up k
 set $right l
 # Your preferred terminal emulator
-set $term foot
+set $term alacritty
-set $floatterm foot --app-id floating-foot
+set $floatterm alacritty --class floating-foot
 set $lock $HOME/.config/sway/lock.sh
 
 # Your preferred application launcher