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add window:set_config_overrides lua method This commit expands on the prior commits to introduce the concept of per-window configuration overrides. Each TermWindow maintains json compatible object value holding a map of config key -> config value overrides. When the window notices that the config has changed, the config file is loaded, the CLI overrides (if any) are applied, and then finally the per-window overrides, before attempting to coerce the resultant lua value into a Config object. This mechanism has some important constraints: * Only data can be assigned to the overrides. Closures or special lua userdata object handles are not permitted. This is because the lifetime of those objects is tied to the lua context in which they were parsed, which doesn't really exist in the context of the window. * Only simple keys are supported for the per-window overrides. That means that trying to override a very specific field of a deeply structured value (eg: something like `font_rules[1].italic = false` isn't able to be expressed in this scheme. Instead, you would need to assign the entire `font_rules` key. I don't anticipate this being a common desire at this time; if more advance manipulations are required, then I have some thoughts on an event where arbitrary lua modifications can be applied. The implementation details are fairly straight-forward, but in testing the two examplary use cases I noticed that some hangovers from supporting overrides for a couple of font related options meant that the window-specific config wasn't being honored. I've removed the code that handled those overrides in favor of the newer more general CLI option override support, and threaded the config through to the font code. closes: #469 closes: #329
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# `window:set_config_overrides(overrides)`
*Since: nightly*
Changes the set of configuration overrides for the window.
The config file is re-evaluated and any CLI overrides are
applied, followed by the keys and values from the `overrides`
parameter.
This can be used to override configuration on a per-window basis;
this is only useful for options that apply to the GUI window, such
as rendering the GUI.
In this example, a key assignment (`CTRL-SHIFT-E`) is used to toggle the use of
ligatures in the current window:
```lua
local wezterm = require 'wezterm'
wezterm.on("toggle-ligature", function(window, pane)
local overrides = window:get_config_overrides() or {}
if not overrides.harfbuzz_features then
-- If we haven't overriden it yet, then override with ligatures disabled
overrides.harfbuzz_features = {"calt=0", "clig=0", "liga=0"}
else
-- else we did already, and we should disable out override now
overrides.harfbuzz_features = nil
end
window:set_config_overrides(overrides)
end)
return {
keys = {
{key="E", mods="CTRL", action=wezterm.action{EmitEvent="toggle-ligature"}},
},
}
```
In this example, a key assignment (`CTRL-SHIFT-B`) is used to toggle opacity
for the window:
```lua
local wezterm = require 'wezterm'
wezterm.on("toggle-opacity", function(window, pane)
local overrides = window:get_config_overrides() or {}
if not overrides.window_background_opacity then
overrides.window_background_opacity = 0.5;
else
overrides.window_background_opacity = nil
end
window:set_config_overrides(overrides)
end)
return {
keys = {
{key="B", mods="CTRL", action=wezterm.action{EmitEvent="toggle-opacity"}},
},
}
```