TerminalFont (Alacritty): fix font size never being parsed from config - #2501
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CarterLi merged 1 commit intoAug 9, 2026
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The query array gained a third entry in dd30c82 but numQueries stayed at 2, so `size =` was never queried and every Alacritty user silently got the hardcoded 11.25 fallback.
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Summary
detectAlacritty()passesnumQueries = 2toffParsePropFileConfigValues(), butfontQueryTomlhas three entries.{ "size =", &fontSize }sits at index 2 and is never queried, sofontSizestays empty and the hardcoded11.25fallback is used for every Alacritty user.Introduced in dd30c82, which added
{ "family =", &fontFamily }to the middle of the array without bumping the count, and shipped in 2.67.0. It fails silently — the family is still correct and only the size is wrong, so there is no error to notice.Testing
Fedora 43, Alacritty 0.17.0,
~/.config/alacritty/alacritty.toml:size =in config20JetBrainsMono Nerd Font (11.25pt, Regular)JetBrainsMono Nerd Font (20pt, Regular)13.5JetBrainsMono Nerd Font (11.25pt, Regular)JetBrainsMono Nerd Font (13.5pt, Regular)Both sizes were checked against the actual rendered window, not just the reported string.
Related issue (required for new logos for new distros)
N/A — no existing report; found while investigating #2348.
Changes
3instead of2asnumQueriesfor all three Alacritty config paths, sosize =is actually queried.Screenshots
No visual changes — the fix only corrects the reported value.
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