new window patch for https://github.com/jwilm/alacritty

new_win.patch

diff --git a/src/config.rs b/src/config.rs
index 5142b9b..80fe5a2 100644
--- a/src/config.rs
+++ b/src/config.rs
@@ -369,6 +369,7 @@ impl de::Deserialize for ActionWrapper {
                     "Paste" => Action::Paste,
                     "Copy" => Action::Copy,
                     "PasteSelection" => Action::PasteSelection,
+                    "OpenNewWindow" => Action::OpenNewWindow,
                     "Quit" => Action::Quit,
                     _ => return Err(E::invalid_value(Unexpected::Str(value), &self)),
                 }))
diff --git a/src/input.rs b/src/input.rs
index de8bca4..9fdaa2f 100644
--- a/src/input.rs
+++ b/src/input.rs
@@ -148,6 +148,9 @@ pub enum Action {
     /// Run given command
     Command(String, Vec<String>),
 
+    /// Opens a new window
+    OpenNewWindow,
+
     /// Quits Alacritty.
     Quit,
 }
@@ -189,6 +192,14 @@ impl Action {
                     },
                 }
             },
+            Action::OpenNewWindow => {
+                ::std::process::Command::new("/usr/local/bin/alacritty")
+                    .spawn()
+                    .map(|child| { println!("subproces pid: {}", child.id()) })
+                    .unwrap_or_else(|err| {
+                        warn!("Error spawning subprocess. {}", Red(err));
+                    });
+            }
             Action::Quit => {
                 // FIXME should do a more graceful shutdown
                 ::std::process::exit(0);

Doesn't seem to work for me. (Just doesn't do anything.) macOS 10.12.5, alacritty at 9b13e344f0be068982845694442489e4932ccd5d, Rust at latest stable. I've added this to my ~/.config/alacritty/alacritty.yml:

- { key: N,        mods: Command, action: OpenNewWindow                }

Is there something I might be doing wrong? I applied the patch with git apply before compiling.

Actually, running it on the command line instead of through Alacritty.app, I'm getting this:

Error spawning subprocess. No such file or directory (os error 2)

Nevermind, I see the issue was that I did not have the binary installed at /usr/local/bin/alacritty

This is workable without a patch using the 'command' mechanism (though this particular example is mac-specific):

- { key: N,        mods: Command, command: { program: "open", args: ["-nb", "io.alacritty"] } }

Thank you, @kergoth. Very useful.

For Linux, if alacritty is in your path, Alt+n
- { key: N, mods: Alt, command: { program: "alacritty", args: [] } }