Hyper Launch Menu

Adds the ability to select (at runtime) the shell to launch on Hyper

Installation

Run

hyper i hyper-launch-menu

Or add 'hyper-launch-menu' to the list of plugins in .hyper.js

Configuration

Usage:

Add the shells key to the config object in your .hyper.js with a list of shells, e.g.:

module.exports = {
  config: {
    // ...

    shells: [
      {
        name: "CMD",
        shell: 'cmd.exe',
        args: ['--login'],
      },
      {
        name: "Bash",
        group: [
          {
            name: "WSL",
            shell: 'C:\\Windows\\System32\\wsl.exe',
            args: ['--login'],
          },
          {
            name: "Git",
            shell: "C:\\Program Files\\Git\\bin\\bash.exe",
            args: ["--login"],
          },
        ],
      },
      {
        name: "Powershell",
        shell: "powershell.exe",
        default: true,
      },
      {
        name: "Cygwin",
        shell: "C:\\cygwin64\\bin\\bash.exe",
        args: ["--login"],
      },
    ],

    // ...
  }
  // ...
}

Shell parameters:

• name: The name displayed for this shell in the menu
• shell: A path to a custom shell to run when Hyper starts a new session
• args: An array of shell arguments [Optional]
• env: An object of environment variables to set before launching shell [Optional]
• shortcut: Combined with the global parameter selectShellKeymap, binds a keymap to select the shell. This is used to add the last key for your keymap [Optional]

Global parameters:

• shellName: Name for the config (vanilla) default shell [Default: "Default"]
• showShellInfo: If the menu should show info about each shell [Default: false]
• showShellNotifications: If a notification should popup each time you select a shell [Default: true]
• openOnSelect: If true, a new tab will be opened whenever you select a shell [Default: false]
• setOnSelect: If false, the selected shell will only be used the next time you open a shell [Default: true]
• detectShells: If true, a shells list will be automatically created according to your operating system. [Default: false]
• selectShellKeymap: Combined with the shell parameter shortcut, binds a keymap to select the shell. This is used to add the modifiers of any shell's keymap (i.e: 'ctrl+shift') [Default: undefined]

Features

Shell groups

Since version 4.0.0, you can group related shells together. This allows you to organize your shells list, specially useful if it is a long one.

You can do this by wrapping multiple shells in a "shell group", like this:

{
  name: "Bash",
  group: [
    {
      name: "WSL",
      shell: 'C:\\Windows\\System32\\bash.exe',
      args: ['--login']
    },
    {
      name: "Git",
      shell: "C:\\Program Files\\Git\\bin\\bash.exe",
      args: ["--login"]
    },
  ],
},

Default shell

You can now have your default shell alongside the others inside the shells key.

By adding a default flag inside the shell object marked as true, the plugin will automatically select it, overriding any shell provided the vanilla way.

(Its name is always defined by its name attribute, and not the shellName parameter, as that only works for the vanilla one)

Example:

{name: "Powershell", shell: "powershell.exe", default: true}

Selecting the default shell directly from your shells list lets you more flexibility when changing things.

Auto-detect shells

If you dont specify a shells list, but set the detectShells flag to true, it will automatically create a shells list according to your operating system.

Side note: When this is true, the config vanilla shell attributes wont be taken into account.

Import/Export shells list

This feature is mainly thought to be used alongside the auto-detection.

You can export your current shells configuration to a JSON file (or your clipboard), and also import them, in order to try out a configuration without the need of modifying Hyper's config file.

Exporting is useful as JSON format is supported in the hyper.js file, so you can directly copy and paste the object into the file (setting the shells property to that object), and have it persistently.