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"
           },
           "search": {
               "<left>":      "cursor-left",
               "<right>":     "cursor-right",
               "<escape>":    "clear-input",
               "<enter>":     "clear-input",
               "<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	/	search 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
search	esc	command mode
search	enter	command mode