Slack-Term

A Slack client for your terminal.

Getting started

1. Download a compatible version for your system, and place where you can access it from the command line like, ~/bin, /usr/local/bin, or /usr/local/sbin. Or get it via Go:

   $ go get -u github.com/erroneousboat/slack-term
   

2. Get a slack token, click here

3. Create a slack-term.json file, place it in your home directory. The file should resemble the following structure (don't forget to remove the comments):

   {
       "slack_token": "yourslacktokenhere",
   
       // OPTIONAL: add the following to use light theme, default is dark
       "theme": "light",
   
       // OPTIONAL: set the width of the sidebar (between 1 and 11), default is 1
       "sidebar_width": 3,
   
       // OPTIONAL: define custom key mappings, defaults are:
       "key_map": {
           "command": {
               "i":          "mode-insert",
               "k":          "channel-up",
               "j":          "channel-down",
               "g":          "channel-top",
               "G":          "channel-bottom",
               "<previous>": "chat-up",
               "C-b":        "chat-up",
               "C-u":        "chat-up",
               "<next>":     "chat-down",
               "C-f":        "chat-down",
               "C-d":        "chat-down",
               "q":          "quit",
               "<f1>":       "help"
           },
           "insert": {
               "<left>":      "cursor-left",
               "<right>":     "cursor-right",
               "<enter>":     "send",
               "<escape>":    "mode-command",
               "<backspace>": "backspace",
               "C-8":         "backspace",
               "<delete>":    "delete",
               "<space>":     "space"
           }
       }
   }
   

4. Run slack-term:

   $ slack-term
   
   // or specify the location of the config file
   $ slack-term -config [path-to-config-file]
   

Default Key Mapping

mode	key	action
command	i	insert mode
command	k	move channel cursor up
command	j	move channel cursor down
command	g	move channel cursor top
command	G	move channel cursor bottom
command	pg-up	scroll chat pane up
command	ctrl-b	scroll chat pane up
command	ctrl-u	scroll chat pane up
command	pg-down	scroll chat pane down
command	ctrl-f	scroll chat pane down
command	ctrl-d	scroll chat pane down
command	q	quit
command	f1	help
insert	left	move input cursor left
insert	right	move input cursor right
insert	enter	send message
insert	esc	command mode