Use st as terminal

Switch from gnome-terminal to st (see fork on github).
Open new terminal by default in the same working-dir as current window.
Modify scratchpad-terminal to work with every terminal.

.config/i3/config

@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ floating_modifier $mod
 # set $TERMINAL kitty
 # bindsym $mod+Return exec i3-sensible-terminal
 # bindsym $mod+Return exec kitty
-bindsym $mod+Return exec gnome-terminal --hide-menubar
+# bindsym $mod+Return exec gnome-terminal --hide-menubar
+bindsym $mod+Return exec st -d "$(xcwd)"
+bindsym $mod+Shift+Return exec st
 
 # kill focused window
 bindsym $mod+Shift+q kill
@@ -206,19 +208,22 @@ bindsym XF86RFKill exec --no-startup-id ~/.config/i3/airplane-mode-notify.sh
 exec --no-startup-id compton -b
 
 # scratchpad-terminal
-for_window [class="Gnome-terminal" title="^scratchpad-terminal$"] \
+for_window [class="st-256color" title="^scratchpad-terminal$"] \
 	move scratchpad,       \
 	sticky enable,         \
 	scratchpad show,       \
 	resize set 1600 900,   \
 	border none,           \
 	move position center
+# hide scratchpad-terminal again when restarting i3
+exec_always i3-msg '[class="St" title="^scratchpad-terminal$"] scratchpad show'
 # show scratchpad-terminal or create one if none exists
-bindsym $mod+comma exec ~/.config/i3/scratchpad-terminal.sh -s
+bindsym $mod+comma exec ~/.config/i3/scratchpad-terminal.sh -s -c st-256color -n scratchpad-terminal -e st
 # hide scratchpad-terminal indepedent of where the focus sits
-bindsym $mod+Shift+comma exec ~/.config/i3/scratchpad-terminal.sh -h
+bindsym $mod+Shift+comma exec ~/.config/i3/scratchpad-terminal.sh -h -c st-256color -n scratchpad-terminal
 
 bindsym $mod+Shift+m move scratchpad
+bindsym $mod+Shift+o scratchpad show
 bindsym $mod+Shift+s [class="^Spotify$"] scratchpad show
 bindsym $mod+Shift+t [class="^TelegramDesktop$"] scratchpad show
 

.config/i3/scratchpad-terminal.sh

@@ -2,50 +2,55 @@
 
 exec >/dev/null
 
-CLASS="Gnome-terminal"
+while getopts "c:e:hn:s" FLAGS; do
-NAME="scratchpad-terminal"
-
-while getopts "hn:s" FLAGS; do
     case "$FLAGS" in
+        c)  W_CLASS="$OPTARG";;
+        e)  COMMAND="$OPTARG";;
         h)  HIDE=1;;
-        n)  NAME="$OPTARG";;
+        n)  W_NAME="$OPTARG";;
         s)  SHOW=1;;
         *)  exit 1;;
     esac
 done
 shift $(($OPTIND - 1 ))
 
+[ -n "$W_CLASS" ] || return 1
+[ -n "$W_NAME" ] || return 1
+[ -z "$SHOW" ] || [ -n "$COMMAND" ] || return 1
+
 TREE="$(i3-msg -t get_tree)"
-if ! (echo "$TREE"  | grep -Po "\"name\":\"${NAME}\".*?floating\":\"[^\"]*\"" \
+if ! (echo "$TREE"  | grep -Po "\"name\":\"${W_NAME}\".*?class\":\"$W_CLASS\".*?floating\":\"[^\"]*\"" \
                     | grep -q '"floating":"user_on"')
 then
     EXIST_NOT=1
 elif (echo "$TREE"  | grep -Po '"focused":true.*?name":"[^"]*"' \
-                    | grep -q "\"name\":\"${NAME}\"")
+                    | grep -q "\"name\":\"${W_NAME}\"")
 then
     FOCUS_ON_PAD=1
 elif [ ! $EXIST_NOT ] && (echo "$TREE"  | grep -Po '"output":"__i3".*?"name":"[^"]*"' \
-                                        | grep -q "\"name\":\"${NAME}\"")
+                                        | grep -q "\"name\":\"${W_NAME}\"")
 then
     HIDDEN=1
 fi
 
 if [ $HIDE ] && [ ! $EXIST_NOT ] && [ ! $HIDDEN ]; then
     # There is a visible scratchpad-terminal that shall be hidden
-    i3-msg "[class=\"$CLASS\" title=\"^${NAME}$\"] scratchpad show"
+    i3-msg "[class=\"$W_CLASS\" title=\"^${W_NAME}$\"] scratchpad show"
     exit 0
 fi
 
 if [ $SHOW ]; then
     if [ $EXIST_NOT ]; then
         # terminal does not exist yet
-        gnome-terminal --window-with-profile="$NAME" --hide-menubar
+        # WORKSPACE="$(i3-msg -t get_workspaces | jq '.[] | select(.focused==true).name' | tr -d '"')"
+        # i3-msg "workspace $W_NAME, exec env SCRATCHPAD_TERMINAL=1 $COMMAND, workspace $WORKSPACE"
+        env SCRATCHPAD_TERMINAL=1 $COMMAND
     elif [ $HIDDEN ]; then
         # terminal is "hidden" in scratchpad
-        i3-msg "[class=\"$CLASS\" title=\"^${NAME}$\"] scratchpad show"
+        i3-msg "[class=\"$W_CLASS\" title=\"^${W_NAME}$\"] scratchpad show"
     elif [ ! $FOCUS_ON_PAD ]; then
         # terminal is visible but focus lays somewhere else
-        i3-msg "[class=\"$CLASS\" title=\"^${NAME}$\"] scratchpad show, scratchpad show"
+        i3-msg "[class=\"$W_CLASS\" title=\"^${W_NAME}$\"] scratchpad show, scratchpad show"
     fi
     exit 0
 fi

.config/zsh/.zshrc

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 ## Author:  druckdev
 ## Created  2018-11-23
 
-# echo ${(pl.$LINES..\n.)}
+# Set terminals title if this is a scratchpad-terminal
+[ -z "$SCRATCHPAD_TERMINAL" ] || printf "\x1b\x5d\x30\x3bscratchpad-terminal\x07"
 
 # Enable Powerlevel10k instant prompt. Should stay at the top of ~/.config/zsh/.zshrc.
 if [[ -r "${XDG_CACHE_HOME:-$HOME/.cache}/p10k-instant-prompt-${(%):-%n}.zsh" ]]; then