Quickly hide and call out the terminal in the Wayland environment. It is very convenient and easy to use. Click on it to have a look.

For Linux users, the terminal is a frequently used application, and using shortcut keys to quickly access it is essential. The default shortcut key Ctrl+Alt+T in the Ubuntu Gnome environment launches gnome-terminal. Since Alacritty is more popular, it is necessary to change the default terminal software.

Alacritty cannot switch to the Chinese input method under Ubuntu wayland, and the title bar also displays abnormally. It can be solved by configuring env WINIT_UNIX_BACKEND=x11 environment variables. Alacritty relies on Winit. Winit is a rust window processing library. The default Using the Wayland backend, this setting means to switch to Xwayland, as shown below, add environment variables when starting

Using Linux for daily work requires a light and fast terminal. Terminator feels a bit stuck. Alacritty + tmux is light enough to meet most usage scenarios. tmux plus tmux-resurrect plug-in can be used quickly after power failure or computer restart. Entering the basic working environment, it feels very convenient and saves time