dotfiles/services/.config/systemd/user/dropdown-terminal.service

[Unit]
Description=Alacritty window hidden on i3 scratchpad

[Service]
Type=simple
# workaround to allow relative executable invocation (i.e. current users' home dir)
ExecStart=/bin/bash -c 'alacritty --title "dropdown-terminal" --class Alacritty,scratchpad'
Restart=always
RestartSec=5

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target
services: Add autostarting dropdown-terminal 2020-07-29 07:21:46 +00:00			`[Unit]`
			`Description=Alacritty window hidden on i3 scratchpad`

			`[Service]`
			`Type=simple`
			`# workaround to allow relative executable invocation (i.e. current users' home dir)`
			`ExecStart=/bin/bash -c 'alacritty --title "dropdown-terminal" --class Alacritty,scratchpad'`
			`Restart=always`
services: Increase restart period for X services Dropdown services need an X server to connect to and fail autostarting if there's no available server. HACK Increasing their restart timer will alleviate this problem, but it also means the dropdowns will start more slowly when closed by the user. There should be another way to alleviate one issue (start automatically after X is available) without exacerbating the other (restart when you have been closed). 2020-07-29 07:49:51 +00:00			`RestartSec=5`
services: Add autostarting dropdown-terminal 2020-07-29 07:21:46 +00:00
			`[Install]`
			`WantedBy=default.target`