termtoggle

If the terminal is running, this program will toggle its visibility. If the terminal is not running, it will be started with start_cmd. This is designed to be bound to a key (I use the backtick/tilde key) for ease of use. This probably only works for X11 on Linux.

This works just like tilde or guake/yakuake, except for any arbitrary terminal. You need the window title to be unique, ideally something you can set with command-line arguments.

main.c:

const char *target_name = "dropdown";

if you use st:

const char *start_cmd   = "st -t dropdown &";

or if you use alacritty:

const char *start_cmd   = "alacritty -t dropdown &";

TODO:

• make it work properly with GNOME
• optionally take target_name and start_cmd through command-line arguments
• does this still work on Wayland??