From f1cd65ca7a88f35e0065240e0a5384d01f6d0c85 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Heinemeier Hansson <david@hey.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2026 17:13:51 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Ensure that Alacritty is set to take xterm variables out of
 the box

---
 applications/Alacritty.desktop | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 bin/omarchy-install-terminal   | 26 ++------------------------
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 24 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 applications/Alacritty.desktop

diff --git a/applications/Alacritty.desktop b/applications/Alacritty.desktop
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f53c813e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/applications/Alacritty.desktop
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+[Desktop Entry]
+Type=Application
+TryExec=alacritty
+Exec=alacritty
+Icon=Alacritty
+Terminal=false
+Categories=System;TerminalEmulator;
+Name=Alacritty
+GenericName=Terminal
+Comment=A fast, cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator
+StartupNotify=true
+StartupWMClass=Alacritty
+Actions=New;
+X-TerminalArgExec=-e
+X-TerminalArgAppId=--class=
+X-TerminalArgTitle=--title=
+X-TerminalArgDir=--working-directory=
+
+[Desktop Action New]
+Name=New Terminal
+Exec=alacritty
diff --git a/bin/omarchy-install-terminal b/bin/omarchy-install-terminal
index 4b051ae4..f52744f6 100755
--- a/bin/omarchy-install-terminal
+++ b/bin/omarchy-install-terminal
@@ -25,33 +25,11 @@ if omarchy-pkg-add $package; then
   # Copy custom desktop entry for alacritty with X-TerminalArg* keys
   if [[ $package == "alacritty" ]]; then
     mkdir -p ~/.local/share/applications
-    cat > ~/.local/share/applications/Alacritty.desktop << EOF
-[Desktop Entry]
-Type=Application
-TryExec=alacritty
-Exec=alacritty
-Icon=Alacritty
-Terminal=false
-Categories=System;TerminalEmulator;
-Name=Alacritty
-GenericName=Terminal
-Comment=A fast, cross-platform, OpenGL terminal emulator
-StartupNotify=true
-StartupWMClass=Alacritty
-Actions=New;
-X-TerminalArgExec=-e
-X-TerminalArgAppId=--class=
-X-TerminalArgTitle=--title=
-X-TerminalArgDir=--working-directory=
-
-[Desktop Action New]
-Name=New Terminal
-Exec=alacritty
-EOF
+    cp $OMARCHY_PATH/applications/Alacritty.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/
   fi
 
   # Update xdg-terminals.list to prioritize the proper terminal
-  cat > ~/.config/xdg-terminals.list << EOF
+  cat >~/.config/xdg-terminals.list <<EOF
 # Terminal emulator preference order for xdg-terminal-exec
 # The first found and valid terminal will be used
 $desktop_id