lios 0.1.0

A customizable GTK/VTE Linux terminal emulator written in Rust.
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# Lios

Customizable Rust GTK/VTE terminal emulator scaffolded from the initial Xfce Terminal-style reference in `../KnottTerminalRef`.

## Current Scope

- GTK4 window with a VTE terminal widget.
- Spawns the user's `$SHELL`, with common Unix shell fallbacks.
- Optional `-- COMMAND ...` and `--command "..."` launch modes.
- Reference-aligned defaults: black background, white foreground, Xfce palette, `Monospace 12`, block cursor, 1,000 lines of scrollback.
- Built-in themes: `xfce`, `xterm`, `solarized-dark`, `solarized-light`, `dark-pastels`, `green-on-black`, `black-on-white`, `white-on-black`.
- Background image support with image opacity, terminal background opacity, fixed color tint, or per-launch random accent tint.
- Optional window decoration/topbar removal.
- Topbar `Preferences` button for common live theme/background changes.
- Terminal-driven config commands for theming from a shell or script.
- Clipboard/context actions for copy, copy as HTML, paste, select all.
- Keyboard shortcuts for `Ctrl+Shift+C`, `Ctrl+Shift+V`, `Ctrl+Shift+A`, `Ctrl++`, `Ctrl+-`, and `Ctrl+0`.

## System Dependencies

Install Rust plus GTK4/VTE development packages.

Debian/Ubuntu names:

```sh
sudo apt install pkg-config libgtk-4-dev libvte-2.91-gtk4-dev
```

Arch names:

```sh
sudo pacman -S rust pkgconf gtk4 vte4
```

## Run

```sh
cargo run
cargo run -- --working-directory "$HOME"
cargo run -- -- htop
cargo run -- --command "ls -la"
cargo run -- --theme solarized-dark
cargo run -- --background-image ~/Pictures/wallpaper.jpg --background-opacity 0.72 --random-overlay
cargo run -- --hide-titlebar
cargo run -- config init
cargo run -- config set theme solarized-dark
cargo run -- config set background.image ~/Pictures/wallpaper.jpg
cargo run -- config set topbar false
```

## Configuration

Lios reads `~/.config/lios/config.toml` by default when it exists. Use `--config path/to/config.toml` to load another file.

```toml
[window]
title = "Lios"
width = 960
height = 640
decorated = true # set false to remove the topbar/window decorations

[terminal]
font = "Monospace 12"
scrollback_lines = 1000

[theme]
name = "dark-pastels"
# Optional custom overrides:
# foreground = "#f8fafc"
# background = "#020617"
# cursor = "#a78bfa"
# palette = ["#000000", "#aa0000", "#00aa00", "#aa5500", "#0000aa", "#aa00aa", "#00aaaa", "#aaaaaa", "#555555", "#ff5555", "#55ff55", "#ffff55", "#5555ff", "#ff55ff", "#55ffff", "#ffffff"]

[background]
image = "/home/you/Pictures/wallpaper.jpg"
image_opacity = 0.70
terminal_opacity = 0.78
overlay_color = "#7c3aed"
overlay_opacity = 0.18
random_overlay = false
```

CLI flags override the config file for one run.

The default topbar includes a `Preferences` button when `decorated = true`. The preferences panel can change theme, background image path, image opacity, terminal opacity, overlay color, overlay opacity, random overlay, and topbar visibility. Changes are applied live and written back to `~/.config/lios/config.toml` when a config path is available.

Terminal config commands:

```sh
lios config path
lios config sample
lios config init
lios config init --force
lios config show
lios config set theme solarized-dark
lios config set background_opacity 0.80
lios config set overlay_color '#7c3aed'
lios config set overlay_opacity 0.18
lios config set random_overlay true
lios config set topbar false
```

Useful keys include `theme`, `font`, `background.image`, `background_opacity`, `background_image_opacity`, `overlay_color`, `overlay_opacity`, `random_overlay`, and `topbar`.

## Publish

The Cargo package is currently named `lios` and has crates.io metadata. Before the first real publish, confirm the name is available on crates.io and decide whether to keep the current `MIT OR Apache-2.0` license.

```sh
cargo publish --dry-run
cargo publish
```