Open a terminal with a selection box

terminals.md

Requirements

• Your terminal emulator of choice
• slop

Termite

termite --geometry=$(slop)

Make sure size_hints is set to false.

NOTE: --geometry was removed. Unsure if something will replace it.

st

#!/usr/bin/env bash
read -r X Y W H < <(slop -f "%x %y %w %h" -q)

if [[ -n $W ]] || [[ -n $H ]]
then
    # Width and Height in px need to be converted to columns/rows
    # To get these magic values, make a fullscreen st, and divide your screen width by ${tput cols}, height by ${tput lines}
    (( W /= 6 ))
    (( H /= 10 ))
    g=${W}x${H}+${X}+${Y}
    st -g $g -t "Simple Terminal"
fi

• Credit: https://github.com/f0x52/dots/blob/master/bin/bin/select_st

Script above assumes a 1080p monitor.

---

References

• https://redd.it/3a2plv
• https://redd.it/7snf2z