| # vim:fileencoding=utf-8:foldmethod=marker
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| #: Fonts {{{
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| #: kitty has very powerful font management. You can configure
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| #: individual font faces and even specify special fonts for particular
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| #: characters.
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| font_family JetBrains Mono
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| # bold_font auto
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| # italic_font auto
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| # bold_italic_font auto
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| #: You can specify different fonts for the bold/italic/bold-italic
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| #: variants. To get a full list of supported fonts use the `kitty
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| #: +list-fonts` command. By default they are derived automatically, by
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| #: the OSes font system. When bold_font or bold_italic_font is set to
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| #: auto on macOS, the priority of bold fonts is semi-bold, bold,
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| #: heavy. Setting them manually is useful for font families that have
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| #: many weight variants like Book, Medium, Thick, etc. For example::
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| #: font_family Operator Mono Book
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| #: bold_font Operator Mono Medium
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| #: italic_font Operator Mono Book Italic
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| #: bold_italic_font Operator Mono Medium Italic
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| font_size 14.0
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| #: Font size (in pts)
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|
|
| # force_ltr no
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| #: kitty does not support BIDI (bidirectional text), however, for RTL
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| #: scripts, words are automatically displayed in RTL. That is to say,
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| #: in an RTL script, the words "HELLO WORLD" display in kitty as
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| #: "WORLD HELLO", and if you try to select a substring of an RTL-
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| #: shaped string, you will get the character that would be there had
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| #: the the string been LTR. For example, assuming the Hebrew word
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| #: ירושלים, selecting the character that on the screen appears to be ם
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| #: actually writes into the selection buffer the character י. kitty's
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| #: default behavior is useful in conjunction with a filter to reverse
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| #: the word order, however, if you wish to manipulate RTL glyphs, it
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| #: can be very challenging to work with, so this option is provided to
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| #: turn it off. Furthermore, this option can be used with the command
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| #: line program GNU FriBidi
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| #: <https://github.com/fribidi/fribidi#executable> to get BIDI
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| #: support, because it will force kitty to always treat the text as
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| #: LTR, which FriBidi expects for terminals.
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| # symbol_map
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| #: E.g. symbol_map U+E0A0-U+E0A3,U+E0C0-U+E0C7 PowerlineSymbols
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| #: Map the specified Unicode codepoints to a particular font. Useful
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| #: if you need special rendering for some symbols, such as for
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| #: Powerline. Avoids the need for patched fonts. Each Unicode code
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| #: point is specified in the form `U+<code point in hexadecimal>`. You
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| #: can specify multiple code points, separated by commas and ranges
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| #: separated by hyphens. This option can be specified multiple times.
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| #: The syntax is::
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| #: symbol_map codepoints Font Family Name
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| # narrow_symbols
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| #: E.g. narrow_symbols U+E0A0-U+E0A3,U+E0C0-U+E0C7 1
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| #: Usually, for Private Use Unicode characters and some symbol/dingbat
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| #: characters, if the character is followed by one or more spaces,
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| #: kitty will use those extra cells to render the character larger, if
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| #: the character in the font has a wide aspect ratio. Using this
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| #: option you can force kitty to restrict the specified code points to
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| #: render in the specified number of cells (defaulting to one cell).
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| #: This option can be specified multiple times. The syntax is::
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| #: narrow_symbols codepoints [optionally the number of cells]
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| # disable_ligatures never
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| #: Choose how you want to handle multi-character ligatures. The
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| #: default is to always render them. You can tell kitty to not render
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| #: them when the cursor is over them by using cursor to make editing
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| #: easier, or have kitty never render them at all by using always, if
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| #: you don't like them. The ligature strategy can be set per-window
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| #: either using the kitty remote control facility or by defining
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| #: shortcuts for it in kitty.conf, for example::
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| #: map alt+1 disable_ligatures_in active always
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| #: map alt+2 disable_ligatures_in all never
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| #: map alt+3 disable_ligatures_in tab cursor
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| #: Note that this refers to programming ligatures, typically
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| #: implemented using the calt OpenType feature. For disabling general
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| #: ligatures, use the font_features option.
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| # font_features
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| #: E.g. font_features none
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| #: Choose exactly which OpenType features to enable or disable. This
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| #: is useful as some fonts might have features worthwhile in a
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| #: terminal. For example, Fira Code includes a discretionary feature,
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| #: zero, which in that font changes the appearance of the zero (0), to
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| #: make it more easily distinguishable from Ø. Fira Code also includes
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| #: other discretionary features known as Stylistic Sets which have the
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| #: tags ss01 through ss20.
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| #: For the exact syntax to use for individual features, see the
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| #: HarfBuzz documentation <https://harfbuzz.github.io/harfbuzz-hb-
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| #: common.html#hb-feature-from-string>.
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| #: Note that this code is indexed by PostScript name, and not the font
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| #: family. This allows you to define very precise feature settings;
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| #: e.g. you can disable a feature in the italic font but not in the
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| #: regular font.
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| #: On Linux, font features are first read from the FontConfig database
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| #: and then this option is applied, so they can be configured in a
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| #: single, central place.
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| #: To get the PostScript name for a font, use `kitty +list-fonts
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| #: --psnames`:
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| #: .. code-block:: sh
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| #: $ kitty +list-fonts --psnames | grep Fira
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| #: Fira Code
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| #: Fira Code Bold (FiraCode-Bold)
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| #: Fira Code Light (FiraCode-Light)
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| #: Fira Code Medium (FiraCode-Medium)
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| #: Fira Code Regular (FiraCode-Regular)
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| #: Fira Code Retina (FiraCode-Retina)
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| #: The part in brackets is the PostScript name.
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| #: Enable alternate zero and oldstyle numerals::
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| #: font_features FiraCode-Retina +zero +onum
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| #: Enable only alternate zero in the bold font::
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| #: font_features FiraCode-Bold +zero
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| #: Disable the normal ligatures, but keep the calt feature which (in
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| #: this font) breaks up monotony::
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| #: font_features TT2020StyleB-Regular -liga +calt
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| #: In conjunction with force_ltr, you may want to disable Arabic
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| #: shaping entirely, and only look at their isolated forms if they
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| #: show up in a document. You can do this with e.g.::
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| #: font_features UnifontMedium +isol -medi -fina -init
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| # modify_font
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| #: Modify font characteristics such as the position or thickness of
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| #: the underline and strikethrough. The modifications can have the
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| #: suffix px for pixels or % for percentage of original value. No
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| #: suffix means use pts. For example::
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| #: modify_font underline_position -2
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| #: modify_font underline_thickness 150%
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| #: modify_font strikethrough_position 2px
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|
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| #: Additionally, you can modify the size of the cell in which each
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| #: font glyph is rendered and the baseline at which the glyph is
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| #: placed in the cell. For example::
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| #: modify_font cell_width 80%
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| #: modify_font cell_height -2px
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| #: modify_font baseline 3
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| #: Note that modifying the baseline will automatically adjust the
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| #: underline and strikethrough positions by the same amount.
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| #: Increasing the baseline raises glyphs inside the cell and
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| #: decreasing it lowers them. Decreasing the cell size might cause
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| #: rendering artifacts, so use with care.
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| # box_drawing_scale 0.001, 1, 1.5, 2
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| #: The sizes of the lines used for the box drawing Unicode characters.
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| #: These values are in pts. They will be scaled by the monitor DPI to
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| #: arrive at a pixel value. There must be four values corresponding to
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| #: thin, normal, thick, and very thick lines.
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| # undercurl_style thin-sparse
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| #: The style with which undercurls are rendered. This option takes the
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| #: form (thin|thick)-(sparse|dense). Thin and thick control the
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| #: thickness of the undercurl. Sparse and dense control how often the
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| #: curl oscillates. With sparse the curl will peak once per character,
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| #: with dense twice.
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| #: }}}
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| #: Cursor customization {{{
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| # cursor #cccccc
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| #: Default cursor color. If set to the special value none the cursor
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| #: will be rendered with a "reverse video" effect. It's color will be
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| #: the color of the text in the cell it is over and the text will be
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| #: rendered with the background color of the cell. Note that if the
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| #: program running in the terminal sets a cursor color, this takes
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| #: precedence. Also, the cursor colors are modified if the cell
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| #: background and foreground colors have very low contrast.
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| # cursor_text_color #111111
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| #: The color of text under the cursor. If you want it rendered with
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| #: the background color of the cell underneath instead, use the
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| #: special keyword: background. Note that if cursor is set to none
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| #: then this option is ignored.
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| # cursor #abb2bf
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| # cursor_shape block
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| #: The cursor shape can be one of block, beam, underline. Note that
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| #: when reloading the config this will be changed only if the cursor
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| #: shape has not been set by the program running in the terminal. This
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| #: sets the default cursor shape, applications running in the terminal
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| #: can override it. In particular, shell integration
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| #: <https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/shell-integration/> in kitty sets
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| #: the cursor shape to beam at shell prompts. You can avoid this by
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| #: setting shell_integration to no-cursor.
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| # cursor_beam_thickness 1.5
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| #: The thickness of the beam cursor (in pts).
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| # cursor_underline_thickness 2.0
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| #: The thickness of the underline cursor (in pts).
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| # cursor_blink_interval -1
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| #: The interval to blink the cursor (in seconds). Set to zero to
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| #: disable blinking. Negative values mean use system default. Note
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| #: that the minimum interval will be limited to repaint_delay.
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| # cursor_stop_blinking_after 15.0
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| #: Stop blinking cursor after the specified number of seconds of
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| #: keyboard inactivity. Set to zero to never stop blinking.
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| #: }}}
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| #: Scrollback {{{
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| # scrollback_lines 2000
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| #: Number of lines of history to keep in memory for scrolling back.
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| #: Memory is allocated on demand. Negative numbers are (effectively)
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| #: infinite scrollback. Note that using very large scrollback is not
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| #: recommended as it can slow down performance of the terminal and
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| #: also use large amounts of RAM. Instead, consider using
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| #: scrollback_pager_history_size. Note that on config reload if this
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| #: is changed it will only affect newly created windows, not existing
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| #: ones.
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| # scrollback_pager less --chop-long-lines --RAW-CONTROL-CHARS +INPUT_LINE_NUMBER
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| #: Program with which to view scrollback in a new window. The
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| #: scrollback buffer is passed as STDIN to this program. If you change
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| #: it, make sure the program you use can handle ANSI escape sequences
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| #: for colors and text formatting. INPUT_LINE_NUMBER in the command
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| #: line above will be replaced by an integer representing which line
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| #: should be at the top of the screen. Similarly CURSOR_LINE and
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| #: CURSOR_COLUMN will be replaced by the current cursor position or
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| #: set to 0 if there is no cursor, for example, when showing the last
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| #: command output.
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| # scrollback_pager_history_size 0
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| #: Separate scrollback history size (in MB), used only for browsing
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| #: the scrollback buffer with pager. This separate buffer is not
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| #: available for interactive scrolling but will be piped to the pager
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| #: program when viewing scrollback buffer in a separate window. The
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| #: current implementation stores the data in UTF-8, so approximatively
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| #: 10000 lines per megabyte at 100 chars per line, for pure ASCII,
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| #: unformatted text. A value of zero or less disables this feature.
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| #: The maximum allowed size is 4GB. Note that on config reload if this
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| #: is changed it will only affect newly created windows, not existing
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| #: ones.
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| # scrollback_fill_enlarged_window no
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| #: Fill new space with lines from the scrollback buffer after
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| #: enlarging a window.
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| # wheel_scroll_multiplier 5.0
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| #: Multiplier for the number of lines scrolled by the mouse wheel.
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| #: Note that this is only used for low precision scrolling devices,
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| #: not for high precision scrolling devices on platforms such as macOS
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| #: and Wayland. Use negative numbers to change scroll direction. See
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| #: also wheel_scroll_min_lines.
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| # wheel_scroll_min_lines 1
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| #: The minimum number of lines scrolled by the mouse wheel. The scroll
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| #: multiplier wheel_scroll_multiplier only takes effect after it
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| #: reaches this number. Note that this is only used for low precision
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| #: scrolling devices like wheel mice that scroll by very small amounts
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| #: when using the wheel. With a negative number, the minimum number of
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| #: lines will always be added.
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| # touch_scroll_multiplier 1.0
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| #: Multiplier for the number of lines scrolled by a touchpad. Note
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| #: that this is only used for high precision scrolling devices on
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| #: platforms such as macOS and Wayland. Use negative numbers to change
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| #: scroll direction.
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| #: }}}
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|
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| #: Mouse {{{
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| # mouse_hide_wait 3.0
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| #: Hide mouse cursor after the specified number of seconds of the
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| #: mouse not being used. Set to zero to disable mouse cursor hiding.
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| #: Set to a negative value to hide the mouse cursor immediately when
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| #: typing text. Disabled by default on macOS as getting it to work
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| #: robustly with the ever-changing sea of bugs that is Cocoa is too
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| #: much effort.
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| # url_color #0087bd
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| # url_style curly
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| #: The color and style for highlighting URLs on mouse-over. url_style
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| #: can be one of: none, straight, double, curly, dotted, dashed.
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| # open_url_with default
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| #: The program to open clicked URLs. The special value default with
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| #: first look for any URL handlers defined via the open_actions
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| #: <https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/open_actions/> facility and if non
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| #: are found, it will use the Operating System's default URL handler
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| #: (open on macOS and xdg-open on Linux).
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| # url_prefixes file ftp ftps gemini git gopher http https irc ircs kitty mailto news sftp ssh
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| #: The set of URL prefixes to look for when detecting a URL under the
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| #: mouse cursor.
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| # detect_urls yes
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| #: Detect URLs under the mouse. Detected URLs are highlighted with an
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| #: underline and the mouse cursor becomes a hand over them. Even if
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| #: this option is disabled, URLs are still clickable.
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| # url_excluded_characters
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| #: Additional characters to be disallowed from URLs, when detecting
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| #: URLs under the mouse cursor. By default, all characters that are
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| #: legal in URLs are allowed.
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| # show_hyperlink_targets no
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| #: When the mouse hovers over a terminal hyperlink, show the actual
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| #: URL that will be activated when the hyperlink is clicked.
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| # copy_on_select no
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| #: Copy to clipboard or a private buffer on select. With this set to
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| #: clipboard, selecting text with the mouse will cause the text to be
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| #: copied to clipboard. Useful on platforms such as macOS that do not
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| #: have the concept of primary selection. You can instead specify a
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| #: name such as a1 to copy to a private kitty buffer. Map a shortcut
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| #: with the paste_from_buffer action to paste from this private
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| #: buffer. For example::
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| #: copy_on_select a1
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| #: map shift+cmd+v paste_from_buffer a1
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| #: Note that copying to the clipboard is a security risk, as all
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| #: programs, including websites open in your browser can read the
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| #: contents of the system clipboard.
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| # paste_actions quote-urls-at-prompt
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| #: A comma separated list of actions to take when pasting text into
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| #: the terminal. The supported paste actions are:
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| #: quote-urls-at-prompt:
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| #: If the text being pasted is a URL and the cursor is at a shell prompt,
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| #: automatically quote the URL (needs shell_integration).
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| #: confirm:
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| #: Confirm the paste if bracketed paste mode is not active or there is more
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| #: a large amount of text being pasted.
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| #: filter:
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| #: Run the filter_paste() function from the file paste-actions.py in
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| #: the kitty config directory on the pasted text. The text returned by the
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| #: function will be actually pasted.
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| # strip_trailing_spaces never
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| #: Remove spaces at the end of lines when copying to clipboard. A
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| #: value of smart will do it when using normal selections, but not
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| #: rectangle selections. A value of always will always do it.
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| # select_by_word_characters @-./_~?&=%+#
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| #: Characters considered part of a word when double clicking. In
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| #: addition to these characters any character that is marked as an
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| #: alphanumeric character in the Unicode database will be matched.
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| # select_by_word_characters_forward
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| #: Characters considered part of a word when extending the selection
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| #: forward on double clicking. In addition to these characters any
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| #: character that is marked as an alphanumeric character in the
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| #: Unicode database will be matched.
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| #: If empty (default) select_by_word_characters will be used for both
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| #: directions.
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| # click_interval -1.0
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| #: The interval between successive clicks to detect double/triple
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| #: clicks (in seconds). Negative numbers will use the system default
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| #: instead, if available, or fallback to 0.5.
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| # focus_follows_mouse no
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| #: Set the active window to the window under the mouse when moving the
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| #: mouse around.
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| # pointer_shape_when_grabbed arrow
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| #: The shape of the mouse pointer when the program running in the
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| #: terminal grabs the mouse. Valid values are: arrow, beam and hand.
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| # default_pointer_shape beam
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| #: The default shape of the mouse pointer. Valid values are: arrow,
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| #: beam and hand.
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| # pointer_shape_when_dragging beam
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| #: The default shape of the mouse pointer when dragging across text.
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| #: Valid values are: arrow, beam and hand.
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| #: Mouse actions {{{
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| #: Mouse buttons can be mapped to perform arbitrary actions. The
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| #: syntax is:
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| #: .. code-block:: none
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| #: mouse_map button-name event-type modes action
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| #: Where button-name is one of left, middle, right, b1 ... b8 with
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| #: added keyboard modifiers. For example: ctrl+shift+left refers to
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| #: holding the Ctrl+Shift keys while clicking with the left mouse
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| #: button. The value b1 ... b8 can be used to refer to up to eight
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| #: buttons on a mouse.
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| #: event-type is one of press, release, doublepress, triplepress,
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| #: click, doubleclick. modes indicates whether the action is performed
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| #: when the mouse is grabbed by the program running in the terminal,
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| #: or not. The values are grabbed or ungrabbed or a comma separated
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| #: combination of them. grabbed refers to when the program running in
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| #: the terminal has requested mouse events. Note that the click and
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| #: double click events have a delay of click_interval to disambiguate
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| #: from double and triple presses.
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| #: You can run kitty with the kitty --debug-input command line option
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| #: to see mouse events. See the builtin actions below to get a sense
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| #: of what is possible.
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|
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| #: If you want to unmap an action, map it to no_op. For example, to
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| #: disable opening of URLs with a plain click::
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| #: mouse_map left click ungrabbed no_op
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|
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| #: See all the mappable actions including mouse actions here
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| #: <https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/actions/>.
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|
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| #: .. note::
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| #: Once a selection is started, releasing the button that started it will
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| #: automatically end it and no release event will be dispatched.
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|
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| # clear_all_mouse_actions no
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|
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| #: Remove all mouse action definitions up to this point. Useful, for
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| #: instance, to remove the default mouse actions.
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|
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| #: Click the link under the mouse or move the cursor
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|
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| # mouse_map left click ungrabbed mouse_handle_click selection link prompt
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|
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| #:: First check for a selection and if one exists do nothing. Then
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| #:: check for a link under the mouse cursor and if one exists, click
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| #:: it. Finally check if the click happened at the current shell
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| #:: prompt and if so, move the cursor to the click location. Note
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| #:: that this requires shell integration
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| #:: <https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/shell-integration/> to work.
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|
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| #: Click the link under the mouse or move the cursor even when grabbed
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|
|
| # mouse_map shift+left click grabbed,ungrabbed mouse_handle_click selection link prompt
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|
|
| #:: Same as above, except that the action is performed even when the
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| #:: mouse is grabbed by the program running in the terminal.
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|
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| #: Click the link under the mouse cursor
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|
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| # mouse_map ctrl+shift+left release grabbed,ungrabbed mouse_handle_click link
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|
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| #:: Variant with Ctrl+Shift is present because the simple click based
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| #:: version has an unavoidable delay of click_interval, to
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| #:: disambiguate clicks from double clicks.
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| #: Discard press event for link click
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|
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| # mouse_map ctrl+shift+left press grabbed discard_event
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|
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| #:: Prevent this press event from being sent to the program that has
|
| #:: grabbed the mouse, as the corresponding release event is used to
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| #:: open a URL.
|
|
|
| #: Paste from the primary selection
|
|
|
| # mouse_map middle release ungrabbed paste_from_selection
|
|
|
| #: Start selecting text
|
|
|
| # mouse_map left press ungrabbed mouse_selection normal
|
|
|
| #: Start selecting text in a rectangle
|
|
|
| # mouse_map ctrl+alt+left press ungrabbed mouse_selection rectangle
|
|
|
| #: Select a word
|
|
|
| # mouse_map left doublepress ungrabbed mouse_selection word
|
|
|
| #: Select a line
|
|
|
| # mouse_map left triplepress ungrabbed mouse_selection line
|
|
|
| #: Select line from point
|
|
|
| # mouse_map ctrl+alt+left triplepress ungrabbed mouse_selection line_from_point
|
|
|
| #:: Select from the clicked point to the end of the line.
|
|
|
| #: Extend the current selection
|
|
|
| # mouse_map right press ungrabbed mouse_selection extend
|
|
|
| #:: If you want only the end of the selection to be moved instead of
|
| #:: the nearest boundary, use move-end instead of extend.
|
|
|
| #: Paste from the primary selection even when grabbed
|
|
|
| # mouse_map shift+middle release ungrabbed,grabbed paste_selection
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| # mouse_map shift+middle press grabbed discard_event
|
|
|
| #: Start selecting text even when grabbed
|
|
|
| # mouse_map shift+left press ungrabbed,grabbed mouse_selection normal
|
|
|
| #: Start selecting text in a rectangle even when grabbed
|
|
|
| # mouse_map ctrl+shift+alt+left press ungrabbed,grabbed mouse_selection rectangle
|
|
|
| #: Select a word even when grabbed
|
|
|
| # mouse_map shift+left doublepress ungrabbed,grabbed mouse_selection word
|
|
|
| #: Select a line even when grabbed
|
|
|
| # mouse_map shift+left triplepress ungrabbed,grabbed mouse_selection line
|
|
|
| #: Select line from point even when grabbed
|
|
|
| # mouse_map ctrl+shift+alt+left triplepress ungrabbed,grabbed mouse_selection line_from_point
|
|
|
| #:: Select from the clicked point to the end of the line even when
|
| #:: grabbed.
|
|
|
| #: Extend the current selection even when grabbed
|
|
|
| # mouse_map shift+right press ungrabbed,grabbed mouse_selection extend
|
|
|
| #: Show clicked command output in pager
|
|
|
| # mouse_map ctrl+shift+right press ungrabbed mouse_show_command_output
|
|
|
| #:: Requires shell integration
|
| #:: <https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/shell-integration/> to work.
|
|
|
| #: }}}
|
|
|
| #: }}}
|
|
|
| #: Performance tuning {{{
|
|
|
| # repaint_delay 10
|
|
|
| #: Delay between screen updates (in milliseconds). Decreasing it,
|
| #: increases frames-per-second (FPS) at the cost of more CPU usage.
|
| #: The default value yields ~100 FPS which is more than sufficient for
|
| #: most uses. Note that to actually achieve 100 FPS, you have to
|
| #: either set sync_to_monitor to no or use a monitor with a high
|
| #: refresh rate. Also, to minimize latency when there is pending input
|
| #: to be processed, this option is ignored.
|
|
|
| # input_delay 3
|
|
|
| #: Delay before input from the program running in the terminal is
|
| #: processed (in milliseconds). Note that decreasing it will increase
|
| #: responsiveness, but also increase CPU usage and might cause flicker
|
| #: in full screen programs that redraw the entire screen on each loop,
|
| #: because kitty is so fast that partial screen updates will be drawn.
|
|
|
| # sync_to_monitor yes
|
|
|
| #: Sync screen updates to the refresh rate of the monitor. This
|
| #: prevents screen tearing
|
| #: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_tearing> when scrolling.
|
| #: However, it limits the rendering speed to the refresh rate of your
|
| #: monitor. With a very high speed mouse/high keyboard repeat rate,
|
| #: you may notice some slight input latency. If so, set this to no.
|
|
|
| #: }}}
|
|
|
| #: Terminal bell {{{
|
|
|
| # enable_audio_bell yes
|
|
|
| #: The audio bell. Useful to disable it in environments that require
|
| #: silence.
|
|
|
| # visual_bell_duration 0.0
|
|
|
| #: The visual bell duration (in seconds). Flash the screen when a bell
|
| #: occurs for the specified number of seconds. Set to zero to disable.
|
|
|
| # visual_bell_color none
|
|
|
| #: The color used by visual bell. Set to none will fall back to
|
| #: selection background color. If you feel that the visual bell is too
|
| #: bright, you can set it to a darker color.
|
|
|
| # window_alert_on_bell yes
|
|
|
| #: Request window attention on bell. Makes the dock icon bounce on
|
| #: macOS or the taskbar flash on linux.
|
|
|
| # bell_on_tab "🔔 "
|
|
|
| #: Some text or a Unicode symbol to show on the tab if a window in the
|
| #: tab that does not have focus has a bell. If you want to use leading
|
| #: or trailing spaces, surround the text with quotes. See
|
| #: tab_title_template for how this is rendered.
|
|
|
| #: For backwards compatibility, values of yes, y and true are
|
| #: converted to the default bell symbol and no, n, false and none are
|
| #: converted to the empty string.
|
|
|
| # command_on_bell none
|
|
|
| #: Program to run when a bell occurs. The environment variable
|
| #: KITTY_CHILD_CMDLINE can be used to get the program running in the
|
| #: window in which the bell occurred.
|
|
|
| # bell_path none
|
|
|
| #: Path to a sound file to play as the bell sound. If set to none, the
|
| #: system default bell sound is used. Must be in a format supported by
|
| #: the operating systems sound API, such as WAV or OGA on Linux
|
| #: (libcanberra) or AIFF, MP3 or WAV on macOS (NSSound)
|
|
|
| #: }}}
|
|
|
| #: Window layout {{{
|
|
|
| # remember_window_size yes
|
| # initial_window_width 640
|
| # initial_window_height 400
|
|
|
| #: If enabled, the OS Window size will be remembered so that new
|
| #: instances of kitty will have the same size as the previous
|
| #: instance. If disabled, the OS Window will initially have size
|
| #: configured by initial_window_width/height, in pixels. You can use a
|
| #: suffix of "c" on the width/height values to have them interpreted
|
| #: as number of cells instead of pixels.
|
|
|
| # enabled_layouts *
|
|
|
| #: The enabled window layouts. A comma separated list of layout names.
|
| #: The special value all means all layouts. The first listed layout
|
| #: will be used as the startup layout. Default configuration is all
|
| #: layouts in alphabetical order. For a list of available layouts, see
|
| #: the layouts <https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/overview/#layouts>.
|
|
|
| # window_resize_step_cells 2
|
| # window_resize_step_lines 2
|
|
|
| #: The step size (in units of cell width/cell height) to use when
|
| #: resizing kitty windows in a layout with the shortcut
|
| #: start_resizing_window. The cells value is used for horizontal
|
| #: resizing, and the lines value is used for vertical resizing.
|
|
|
| window_border_width 2.5pt
|
|
|
| #: The width of window borders. Can be either in pixels (px) or pts
|
| #: (pt). Values in pts will be rounded to the nearest number of pixels
|
| #: based on screen resolution. If not specified, the unit is assumed
|
| #: to be pts. Note that borders are displayed only when more than one
|
| #: window is visible. They are meant to separate multiple windows.
|
|
|
| # draw_minimal_borders yes
|
|
|
| #: Draw only the minimum borders needed. This means that only the
|
| #: borders that separate the window from a neighbor are drawn. Note
|
| #: that setting a non-zero window_margin_width overrides this and
|
| #: causes all borders to be drawn.
|
|
|
| window_margin_width 6
|
|
|
| #: The window margin (in pts) (blank area outside the border). A
|
| #: single value sets all four sides. Two values set the vertical and
|
| #: horizontal sides. Three values set top, horizontal and bottom. Four
|
| #: values set top, right, bottom and left.
|
|
|
| single_window_margin_width 0
|
|
|
| #: The window margin to use when only a single window is visible (in
|
| #: pts). Negative values will cause the value of window_margin_width
|
| #: to be used instead. A single value sets all four sides. Two values
|
| #: set the vertical and horizontal sides. Three values set top,
|
| #: horizontal and bottom. Four values set top, right, bottom and left.
|
|
|
| # window_padding_width 0
|
|
|
| #: The window padding (in pts) (blank area between the text and the
|
| #: window border). A single value sets all four sides. Two values set
|
| #: the vertical and horizontal sides. Three values set top, horizontal
|
| #: and bottom. Four values set top, right, bottom and left.
|
|
|
| # placement_strategy center
|
|
|
| #: When the window size is not an exact multiple of the cell size, the
|
| #: cell area of the terminal window will have some extra padding on
|
| #: the sides. You can control how that padding is distributed with
|
| #: this option. Using a value of center means the cell area will be
|
| #: placed centrally. A value of top-left means the padding will be
|
| #: only at the bottom and right edges.
|
|
|
| active_border_color #61afef
|
|
|
| #: The color for the border of the active window. Set this to none to
|
| #: not draw borders around the active window.
|
|
|
| # inactive_border_color #cccccc
|
|
|
| #: The color for the border of inactive windows.
|
|
|
| # bell_border_color #ff5a00
|
|
|
| #: The color for the border of inactive windows in which a bell has
|
| #: occurred.
|
|
|
| # inactive_text_alpha 1.0
|
|
|
| #: Fade the text in inactive windows by the specified amount (a number
|
| #: between zero and one, with zero being fully faded).
|
|
|
| # hide_window_decorations no
|
|
|
| #: Hide the window decorations (title-bar and window borders) with
|
| #: yes. On macOS, titlebar-only can be used to only hide the titlebar.
|
| #: Whether this works and exactly what effect it has depends on the
|
| #: window manager/operating system. Note that the effects of changing
|
| #: this option when reloading config are undefined.
|
|
|
| # window_logo_path none
|
|
|
| #: Path to a logo image. Must be in PNG format. Relative paths are
|
| #: interpreted relative to the kitty config directory. The logo is
|
| #: displayed in a corner of every kitty window. The position is
|
| #: controlled by window_logo_position. Individual windows can be
|
| #: configured to have different logos either using the launch action
|
| #: or the remote control <https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/remote-
|
| #: control/> facility.
|
|
|
| # window_logo_position bottom-right
|
|
|
| #: Where to position the window logo in the window. The value can be
|
| #: one of: top-left, top, top-right, left, center, right, bottom-left,
|
| #: bottom, bottom-right.
|
|
|
| # window_logo_alpha 0.5
|
|
|
| #: The amount the logo should be faded into the background. With zero
|
| #: being fully faded and one being fully opaque.
|
|
|
| # resize_debounce_time 0.1
|
|
|
| #: The time to wait before redrawing the screen when a resize event is
|
| #: received (in seconds). On platforms such as macOS, where the
|
| #: operating system sends events corresponding to the start and end of
|
| #: a resize, this number is ignored.
|
|
|
| # resize_draw_strategy static
|
|
|
| #: Choose how kitty draws a window while a resize is in progress. A
|
| #: value of static means draw the current window contents, mostly
|
| #: unchanged. A value of scale means draw the current window contents
|
| #: scaled. A value of blank means draw a blank window. A value of size
|
| #: means show the window size in cells.
|
|
|
| # resize_in_steps no
|
|
|
| #: Resize the OS window in steps as large as the cells, instead of
|
| #: with the usual pixel accuracy. Combined with initial_window_width
|
| #: and initial_window_height in number of cells, this option can be
|
| #: used to keep the margins as small as possible when resizing the OS
|
| #: window. Note that this does not currently work on Wayland.
|
|
|
| # visual_window_select_characters 1234567890ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
|
|
|
| #: The list of characters for visual window selection. For example,
|
| #: for selecting a window to focus on with focus_visible_window. The
|
| #: value should be a series of unique numbers or alphabets, case
|
| #: insensitive, from the set [0-9A-Z]. Specify your preference as a
|
| #: string of characters.
|
|
|
| confirm_os_window_close -1
|
|
|
| #: Ask for confirmation when closing an OS window or a tab with at
|
| #: least this number of kitty windows in it by window manager (e.g.
|
| #: clicking the window close button or pressing the operating system
|
| #: shortcut to close windows) or by the close_tab action. A value of
|
| #: zero disables confirmation. This confirmation also applies to
|
| #: requests to quit the entire application (all OS windows, via the
|
| #: quit action). Negative values are converted to positive ones,
|
| #: however, with shell_integration enabled, using negative values
|
| #: means windows sitting at a shell prompt are not counted, only
|
| #: windows where some command is currently running. Note that if you
|
| #: want confirmation when closing individual windows, you can map the
|
| #: close_window_with_confirmation action.
|
|
|
| #: }}}
|
|
|
| #: Tab bar {{{
|
|
|
| # tab_bar_edge bottom
|
|
|
| #: The edge to show the tab bar on, top or bottom.
|
|
|
| # tab_bar_margin_width 0.0
|
|
|
| #: The margin to the left and right of the tab bar (in pts).
|
|
|
| # tab_bar_margin_height 0.0 0.0
|
|
|
| #: The margin above and below the tab bar (in pts). The first number
|
| #: is the margin between the edge of the OS Window and the tab bar.
|
| #: The second number is the margin between the tab bar and the
|
| #: contents of the current tab.
|
|
|
| tab_bar_style powerline
|
|
|
| #: The tab bar style, can be one of:
|
|
|
| #: fade
|
| #: Each tab's edges fade into the background color. (See also tab_fade)
|
| #: slant
|
| #: Tabs look like the tabs in a physical file.
|
| #: separator
|
| #: Tabs are separated by a configurable separator. (See also
|
| #: tab_separator)
|
| #: powerline
|
| #: Tabs are shown as a continuous line with "fancy" separators.
|
| #: (See also tab_powerline_style)
|
| #: custom
|
| #: A user-supplied Python function called draw_tab is loaded from the file
|
| #: tab_bar.py in the kitty config directory. For examples of how to
|
| #: write such a function, see the functions named draw_tab_with_* in
|
| #: kitty's source code: kitty/tab_bar.py. See also
|
| #: this discussion <https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/discussions/4447>
|
| #: for examples from kitty users.
|
| #: hidden
|
| #: The tab bar is hidden. If you use this, you might want to create a mapping
|
| #: for the select_tab action which presents you with a list of tabs and
|
| #: allows for easy switching to a tab.
|
|
|
| # tab_bar_align left
|
|
|
| #: The horizontal alignment of the tab bar, can be one of: left,
|
| #: center, right.
|
|
|
| tab_bar_min_tabs 2
|
|
|
| #: The minimum number of tabs that must exist before the tab bar is
|
| #: shown.
|
|
|
| # tab_switch_strategy previous
|
|
|
| #: The algorithm to use when switching to a tab when the current tab
|
| #: is closed. The default of previous will switch to the last used
|
| #: tab. A value of left will switch to the tab to the left of the
|
| #: closed tab. A value of right will switch to the tab to the right of
|
| #: the closed tab. A value of last will switch to the right-most tab.
|
|
|
| # tab_fade 0.25 0.5 0.75 1
|
|
|
| #: Control how each tab fades into the background when using fade for
|
| #: the tab_bar_style. Each number is an alpha (between zero and one)
|
| #: that controls how much the corresponding cell fades into the
|
| #: background, with zero being no fade and one being full fade. You
|
| #: can change the number of cells used by adding/removing entries to
|
| #: this list.
|
|
|
| # tab_separator " ┇"
|
|
|
| #: The separator between tabs in the tab bar when using separator as
|
| #: the tab_bar_style.
|
|
|
| tab_powerline_style round
|
|
|
| #: The powerline separator style between tabs in the tab bar when
|
| #: using powerline as the tab_bar_style, can be one of: angled,
|
| #: slanted, round.
|
|
|
| # tab_activity_symbol none
|
|
|
| #: Some text or a Unicode symbol to show on the tab if a window in the
|
| #: tab that does not have focus has some activity. If you want to use
|
| #: leading or trailing spaces, surround the text with quotes. See
|
| #: tab_title_template for how this is rendered.
|
|
|
| # tab_title_max_length 0
|
|
|
| #: The maximum number of cells that can be used to render the text in
|
| #: a tab. A value of zero means that no limit is applied.
|
|
|
| # tab_title_template "{fmt.fg.red}{bell_symbol}{activity_symbol}{fmt.fg.tab}{title}"
|
|
|
| #: A template to render the tab title. The default just renders the
|
| #: title with optional symbols for bell and activity. If you wish to
|
| #: include the tab-index as well, use something like: {index}:{title}.
|
| #: Useful if you have shortcuts mapped for goto_tab N. If you prefer
|
| #: to see the index as a superscript, use {sup.index}. All data
|
| #: available is:
|
|
|
| #: title
|
| #: The current tab title.
|
| #: index
|
| #: The tab index useable with goto_tab N goto_tab shortcuts.
|
| #: layout_name
|
| #: The current layout name.
|
| #: num_windows
|
| #: The number of windows in the tab.
|
| #: num_window_groups
|
| #: The number of window groups (not counting overlay windows) in the tab.
|
| #: tab.active_wd
|
| #: The working directory of the currently active window in the tab (expensive,
|
| #: requires syscall). Use active_oldest_wd to get the directory of the oldest foreground process rather than the newest.
|
| #: tab.active_exe
|
| #: The name of the executable running in the foreground of the currently active window in the tab (expensive,
|
| #: requires syscall). Use active_oldest_exe for the oldest foreground process.
|
| #: max_title_length
|
| #: The maximum title length available.
|
|
|
| #: Note that formatting is done by Python's string formatting
|
| #: machinery, so you can use, for instance, {layout_name[:2].upper()}
|
| #: to show only the first two letters of the layout name, upper-cased.
|
| #: If you want to style the text, you can use styling directives, for
|
| #: example:
|
| #: `{fmt.fg.red}red{fmt.fg.tab}normal{fmt.bg._00FF00}greenbg{fmt.bg.tab}`.
|
| #: Similarly, for bold and italic:
|
| #: `{fmt.bold}bold{fmt.nobold}normal{fmt.italic}italic{fmt.noitalic}`.
|
| #: Note that for backward compatibility, if {bell_symbol} or
|
| #: {activity_symbol} are not present in the template, they are
|
| #: prepended to it.
|
|
|
| # active_tab_title_template none
|
|
|
| #: Template to use for active tabs. If not specified falls back to
|
| #: tab_title_template.
|
|
|
| # active_tab_foreground #000
|
| # active_tab_background #eee
|
| # active_tab_font_style bold-italic
|
| # inactive_tab_foreground #444
|
| # inactive_tab_background #999
|
| # inactive_tab_font_style normal
|
|
|
| #: Tab bar colors and styles.
|
|
|
| # tab_bar_background none
|
|
|
| #: Background color for the tab bar. Defaults to using the terminal
|
| #: background color.
|
|
|
| # tab_bar_margin_color none
|
|
|
| #: Color for the tab bar margin area. Defaults to using the terminal
|
| #: background color for margins above and below the tab bar. For side
|
| #: margins the default color is chosen to match the background color
|
| #: of the neighboring tab.
|
|
|
| #: }}}
|
|
|
| #: Color scheme {{{
|
|
|
| # foreground #dddddd
|
| # background #000000
|
|
|
| #: The foreground and background colors.
|
|
|
| background_opacity 0.7
|
|
|
| #: The opacity of the background. A number between zero and one, where
|
| #: one is opaque and zero is fully transparent. This will only work if
|
| #: supported by the OS (for instance, when using a compositor under
|
| #: X11). Note that it only sets the background color's opacity in
|
| #: cells that have the same background color as the default terminal
|
| #: background, so that things like the status bar in vim, powerline
|
| #: prompts, etc. still look good. But it means that if you use a color
|
| #: theme with a background color in your editor, it will not be
|
| #: rendered as transparent. Instead you should change the default
|
| #: background color in your kitty config and not use a background
|
| #: color in the editor color scheme. Or use the escape codes to set
|
| #: the terminals default colors in a shell script to launch your
|
| #: editor. Be aware that using a value less than 1.0 is a (possibly
|
| #: significant) performance hit. If you want to dynamically change
|
| #: transparency of windows, set dynamic_background_opacity to yes
|
| #: (this is off by default as it has a performance cost). Changing
|
| #: this option when reloading the config will only work if
|
| #: dynamic_background_opacity was enabled in the original config.
|
|
|
| # background_image none
|
|
|
| #: Path to a background image. Must be in PNG format.
|
|
|
| # background_image_layout tiled
|
|
|
| #: Whether to tile, scale or clamp the background image. The value can
|
| #: be one of tiled, mirror-tiled, scaled, clamped or centered.
|
|
|
| # background_image_linear no
|
|
|
| #: When background image is scaled, whether linear interpolation
|
| #: should be used.
|
|
|
| dynamic_background_opacity yes
|
|
|
| #: Allow changing of the background_opacity dynamically, using either
|
| #: keyboard shortcuts (increase_background_opacity and
|
| #: decrease_background_opacity) or the remote control facility.
|
| #: Changing this option by reloading the config is not supported.
|
|
|
| # background_tint 0.0
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|
|
| #: How much to tint the background image by the background color. This
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| #: option makes it easier to read the text. Tinting is done using the
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| #: current background color for each window. This option applies only
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| #: if background_opacity is set and transparent windows are supported
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| #: or background_image is set.
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|
|
| # background_tint_gaps 1.0
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|
|
| #: How much to tint the background image at the window gaps by the
|
| #: background color, after applying background_tint. Since this is
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| #: multiplicative with background_tint, it can be used to lighten the
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| #: tint over the window gaps for a *separated* look.
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|
|
| # dim_opacity 0.75
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|
|
| #: How much to dim text that has the DIM/FAINT attribute set. One
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| #: means no dimming and zero means fully dimmed (i.e. invisible).
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|
|
| # selection_foreground #000000
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| # selection_background #fffacd
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|
|
| #: The foreground and background colors for text selected with the
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| #: mouse. Setting both of these to none will cause a "reverse video"
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| #: effect for selections, where the selection will be the cell text
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| #: color and the text will become the cell background color. Setting
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| #: only selection_foreground to none will cause the foreground color
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| #: to be used unchanged. Note that these colors can be overridden by
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| #: the program running in the terminal.
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|
|
| #: The color table {{{
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|
|
| #: The 256 terminal colors. There are 8 basic colors, each color has a
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| #: dull and bright version, for the first 16 colors. You can set the
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| #: remaining 240 colors as color16 to color255.
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|
|
| # color0 #000000
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| # color8 #767676
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|
|
| #: black
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|
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| # color1 #cc0403
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| # color9 #f2201f
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|
|
| #: red
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| # color2 #19cb00
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| # color10 #23fd00
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|
|
| #: green
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| # color3 #cecb00
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| # color11 #fffd00
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|
|
| #: yellow
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| # color4 #0d73cc
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| # color12 #1a8fff
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|
|
| #: blue
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|
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| # color5 #cb1ed1
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| # color13 #fd28ff
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|
|
| #: magenta
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|
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| # color6 #0dcdcd
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| # color14 #14ffff
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|
|
| #: cyan
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|
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| # color7 #dddddd
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| # color15 #ffffff
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|
|
| #: white
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|
|
| # mark1_foreground black
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|
|
| #: Color for marks of type 1
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|
|
| # mark1_background #98d3cb
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|
|
| #: Color for marks of type 1 (light steel blue)
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|
|
| # mark2_foreground black
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|
|
| #: Color for marks of type 2
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|
|
| # mark2_background #f2dcd3
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|
|
| #: Color for marks of type 1 (beige)
|
|
|
| # mark3_foreground black
|
|
|
| #: Color for marks of type 3
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|
|
| # mark3_background #f274bc
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|
|
| #: Color for marks of type 3 (violet)
|
|
|
| #: }}}
|
|
|
| #: }}}
|
|
|
| #: Advanced {{{
|
|
|
| # shell .
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|
|
| #: The shell program to execute. The default value of . means to use
|
| #: whatever shell is set as the default shell for the current user.
|
| #: Note that on macOS if you change this, you might need to add
|
| #: --login and --interactive to ensure that the shell starts in
|
| #: interactive mode and reads its startup rc files.
|
|
|
| # editor .
|
|
|
| #: The terminal based text editor (such as vim or nano) to use when
|
| #: editing the kitty config file or similar tasks.
|
|
|
| #: The default value of . means to use the environment variables
|
| #: VISUAL and EDITOR in that order. If these variables aren't set,
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| #: kitty will run your shell ($SHELL -l -i -c env) to see if your
|
| #: shell startup rc files set VISUAL or EDITOR. If that doesn't work,
|
| #: kitty will cycle through various known editors (vim, emacs, etc.)
|
| #: and take the first one that exists on your system.
|
|
|
| # close_on_child_death no
|
|
|
| #: Close the window when the child process (shell) exits. With the
|
| #: default value no, the terminal will remain open when the child
|
| #: exits as long as there are still processes outputting to the
|
| #: terminal (for example disowned or backgrounded processes). When
|
| #: enabled with yes, the window will close as soon as the child
|
| #: process exits. Note that setting it to yes means that any
|
| #: background processes still using the terminal can fail silently
|
| #: because their stdout/stderr/stdin no longer work.
|
|
|
| # remote_control_password
|
|
|
| #: Allow other programs to control kitty using passwords. This option
|
| #: can be specified multiple times to add multiple passwords. If no
|
| #: passwords are present kitty will ask the user for permission if a
|
| #: program tries to use remote control with a password. A password can
|
| #: also *optionally* be associated with a set of allowed remote
|
| #: control actions. For example::
|
|
|
| #: remote_control_password "my passphrase" get-colors set-colors focus-window focus-tab
|
|
|
| #: Only the specified actions will be allowed when using this
|
| #: password. Glob patterns can be used too, for example::
|
|
|
| #: remote_control_password "my passphrase" set-tab-* resize-*
|
|
|
| #: To get a list of available actions, run::
|
|
|
| #: kitty @ --help
|
|
|
| #: A set of actions to be allowed when no password is sent can be
|
| #: specified by using an empty password, for example::
|
|
|
| #: remote_control_password "" *-colors
|
|
|
| #: Finally, the path to a python module can be specified that provides
|
| #: a function is_cmd_allowed that is used to check every remote
|
| #: control command. See rc_custom_auth
|
| #: <https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/remote-control/#rc-custom-auth>
|
| #: for details. For example::
|
|
|
| #: remote_control_password "my passphrase" my_rc_command_checker.py
|
|
|
| #: Relative paths are resolved from the kitty configuration directory.
|
|
|
| allow_remote_control yes
|
|
|
| #: Allow other programs to control kitty. If you turn this on, other
|
| #: programs can control all aspects of kitty, including sending text
|
| #: to kitty windows, opening new windows, closing windows, reading the
|
| #: content of windows, etc. Note that this even works over SSH
|
| #: connections. The default setting of no prevents any form of remote
|
| #: control. The meaning of the various values are:
|
|
|
| #: password
|
| #: Remote control requests received over both the TTY device and the socket are
|
| #: confirmed based on passwords, see remote_control_password.
|
|
|
| #: socket-only
|
| #: Remote control requests received over a socket are accepted unconditionally.
|
| #: Requests received over the TTY are denied. See listen_on.
|
|
|
| #: socket
|
| #: Remote control requests received over a socket are accepted unconditionally.
|
| #: Requests received over the TTY are confirmed based on password.
|
|
|
| #: no
|
| #: Remote control is completely disabled.
|
|
|
| #: yes
|
| #: Remote control requests are always accepted.
|
|
|
| # listen_on none
|
|
|
| #: Listen to the specified UNIX socket for remote control connections.
|
| #: Note that this will apply to all kitty instances. It can be
|
| #: overridden by the kitty --listen-on command line option, which also
|
| #: supports listening on a TCP socket. This option accepts only UNIX
|
| #: sockets, such as unix:${TEMP}/mykitty or unix:@mykitty (on Linux).
|
| #: Environment variables are expanded and relative paths are resolved
|
| #: with respect to the temporary directory. If {kitty_pid} is present,
|
| #: then it is replaced by the PID of the kitty process, otherwise the
|
| #: PID of the kitty process is appended to the value, with a hyphen.
|
| #: See the help for kitty --listen-on for more details. Note that this
|
| #: will be ignored unless allow_remote_control is set to either: yes,
|
| #: socket or socket-only. Changing this option by reloading the config
|
| #: is not supported.
|
|
|
| # env
|
|
|
| #: Specify the environment variables to be set in all child processes.
|
| #: Using the name with an equal sign (e.g. env VAR=) will set it to
|
| #: the empty string. Specifying only the name (e.g. env VAR) will
|
| #: remove the variable from the child process' environment. Note that
|
| #: environment variables are expanded recursively, for example::
|
|
|
| #: env VAR1=a
|
| #: env VAR2=${HOME}/${VAR1}/b
|
|
|
| #: The value of VAR2 will be <path to home directory>/a/b.
|
|
|
| # watcher
|
|
|
| #: Path to python file which will be loaded for watchers
|
| #: <https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/launch/#watchers>. Can be
|
| #: specified more than once to load multiple watchers. The watchers
|
| #: will be added to every kitty window. Relative paths are resolved
|
| #: relative to the kitty config directory. Note that reloading the
|
| #: config will only affect windows created after the reload.
|
|
|
| # exe_search_path
|
|
|
| #: Control where kitty finds the programs to run. The default search
|
| #: order is: First search the system wide PATH, then ~/.local/bin and
|
| #: ~/bin. If still not found, the PATH defined in the login shell
|
| #: after sourcing all its startup files is tried. Finally, if present,
|
| #: the PATH specified by the env option is tried.
|
|
|
| #: This option allows you to prepend, append, or remove paths from
|
| #: this search order. It can be specified multiple times for multiple
|
| #: paths. A simple path will be prepended to the search order. A path
|
| #: that starts with the + sign will be append to the search order,
|
| #: after ~/bin above. A path that starts with the - sign will be
|
| #: removed from the entire search order. For example::
|
|
|
| #: exe_search_path /some/prepended/path
|
| #: exe_search_path +/some/appended/path
|
| #: exe_search_path -/some/excluded/path
|
|
|
| # update_check_interval 24
|
|
|
| #: The interval to periodically check if an update to kitty is
|
| #: available (in hours). If an update is found, a system notification
|
| #: is displayed informing you of the available update. The default is
|
| #: to check every 24 hours, set to zero to disable. Update checking is
|
| #: only done by the official binary builds. Distro packages or source
|
| #: builds do not do update checking. Changing this option by reloading
|
| #: the config is not supported.
|
|
|
| # startup_session none
|
|
|
| #: Path to a session file to use for all kitty instances. Can be
|
| #: overridden by using the kitty --session command line option for
|
| #: individual instances. See sessions
|
| #: <https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/overview/#sessions> in the kitty
|
| #: documentation for details. Note that relative paths are interpreted
|
| #: with respect to the kitty config directory. Environment variables
|
| #: in the path are expanded. Changing this option by reloading the
|
| #: config is not supported.
|
|
|
| # clipboard_control write-clipboard write-primary read-clipboard-ask read-primary-ask
|
|
|
| #: Allow programs running in kitty to read and write from the
|
| #: clipboard. You can control exactly which actions are allowed. The
|
| #: possible actions are: write-clipboard, read-clipboard, write-
|
| #: primary, read-primary, read-clipboard-ask, read-primary-ask. The
|
| #: default is to allow writing to the clipboard and primary selection
|
| #: and to ask for permission when a program tries to read from the
|
| #: clipboard. Note that disabling the read confirmation is a security
|
| #: risk as it means that any program, even the ones running on a
|
| #: remote server via SSH can read your clipboard. See also
|
| #: clipboard_max_size.
|
|
|
| # clipboard_max_size 512
|
|
|
| #: The maximum size (in MB) of data from programs running in kitty
|
| #: that will be stored for writing to the system clipboard. A value of
|
| #: zero means no size limit is applied. See also clipboard_control.
|
|
|
| # file_transfer_confirmation_bypass
|
|
|
| #: The password that can be supplied to the file transfer kitten
|
| #: <https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/kittens/transfer/> to skip the
|
| #: transfer confirmation prompt. This should only be used when
|
| #: initiating transfers from trusted computers, over trusted networks
|
| #: or encrypted transports, as it allows any programs running on the
|
| #: remote machine to read/write to the local filesystem, without
|
| #: permission.
|
|
|
| # allow_hyperlinks yes
|
|
|
| #: Process hyperlink escape sequences (OSC 8). If disabled OSC 8
|
| #: escape sequences are ignored. Otherwise they become clickable
|
| #: links, that you can click with the mouse or by using the hints
|
| #: kitten <https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/kittens/hints/>. The
|
| #: special value of ask means that kitty will ask before opening the
|
| #: link when clicked.
|
|
|
| # shell_integration enabled
|
|
|
| #: Enable shell integration on supported shells. This enables features
|
| #: such as jumping to previous prompts, browsing the output of the
|
| #: previous command in a pager, etc. on supported shells. Set to
|
| #: disabled to turn off shell integration, completely. It is also
|
| #: possible to disable individual features, set to a space separated
|
| #: list of these values: no-rc, no-cursor, no-title, no-cwd, no-
|
| #: prompt-mark, no-complete. See Shell integration
|
| #: <https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/shell-integration/> for details.
|
|
|
| # allow_cloning ask
|
|
|
| #: Control whether programs running in the terminal can request new
|
| #: windows to be created. The canonical example is clone-in-kitty
|
| #: <https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/shell-integration/#clone-shell>.
|
| #: By default, kitty will ask for permission for each clone request.
|
| #: Allowing cloning unconditionally gives programs running in the
|
| #: terminal (including over SSH) permission to execute arbitrary code,
|
| #: as the user who is running the terminal, on the computer that the
|
| #: terminal is running on.
|
|
|
| # clone_source_strategies venv,conda,env_var,path
|
|
|
| #: Control what shell code is sourced when running clone-in-kitty in
|
| #: the newly cloned window. The supported strategies are:
|
|
|
| #: venv
|
| #: Source the file $VIRTUAL_ENV/bin/activate. This is used by the
|
| #: Python stdlib venv module and allows cloning venvs automatically.
|
| #: conda
|
| #: Run conda activate $CONDA_DEFAULT_ENV. This supports the virtual
|
| #: environments created by conda.
|
| #: env_var
|
| #: Execute the contents of the environment variable
|
| #: KITTY_CLONE_SOURCE_CODE with eval.
|
| #: path
|
| #: Source the file pointed to by the environment variable
|
| #: KITTY_CLONE_SOURCE_PATH.
|
|
|
| #: This option must be a comma separated list of the above values.
|
| #: This only source the first valid one in the above order.
|
|
|
| # term xterm-kitty
|
|
|
| #: The value of the TERM environment variable to set. Changing this
|
| #: can break many terminal programs, only change it if you know what
|
| #: you are doing, not because you read some advice on "Stack Overflow"
|
| #: to change it. The TERM variable is used by various programs to get
|
| #: information about the capabilities and behavior of the terminal. If
|
| #: you change it, depending on what programs you run, and how
|
| #: different the terminal you are changing it to is, various things
|
| #: from key-presses, to colors, to various advanced features may not
|
| #: work. Changing this option by reloading the config will only affect
|
| #: newly created windows.
|
|
|
| #: }}}
|
|
|
| #: OS specific tweaks {{{
|
|
|
| # wayland_titlebar_color system
|
|
|
| #: The color of the kitty window's titlebar on Wayland systems with
|
| #: client side window decorations such as GNOME. A value of system
|
| #: means to use the default system color, a value of background means
|
| #: to use the background color of the currently active window and
|
| #: finally you can use an arbitrary color, such as #12af59 or red.
|
|
|
| # macos_titlebar_color system
|
|
|
| #: The color of the kitty window's titlebar on macOS. A value of
|
| #: system means to use the default system color, light or dark can
|
| #: also be used to set it explicitly. A value of background means to
|
| #: use the background color of the currently active window and finally
|
| #: you can use an arbitrary color, such as #12af59 or red. WARNING:
|
| #: This option works by using a hack when arbitrary color (or
|
| #: background) is configured, as there is no proper Cocoa API for it.
|
| #: It sets the background color of the entire window and makes the
|
| #: titlebar transparent. As such it is incompatible with
|
| #: background_opacity. If you want to use both, you are probably
|
| #: better off just hiding the titlebar with hide_window_decorations.
|
|
|
| # macos_option_as_alt no
|
|
|
| #: Use the Option key as an Alt key on macOS. With this set to no,
|
| #: kitty will use the macOS native Option+Key to enter Unicode
|
| #: character behavior. This will break any Alt+Key keyboard shortcuts
|
| #: in your terminal programs, but you can use the macOS Unicode input
|
| #: technique. You can use the values: left, right or both to use only
|
| #: the left, right or both Option keys as Alt, instead. Note that
|
| #: kitty itself always treats Option the same as Alt. This means you
|
| #: cannot use this option to configure different kitty shortcuts for
|
| #: Option+Key vs. Alt+Key. Also, any kitty shortcuts using
|
| #: Option/Alt+Key will take priority, so that any such key presses
|
| #: will not be passed to terminal programs running inside kitty.
|
| #: Changing this option by reloading the config is not supported.
|
|
|
| # macos_hide_from_tasks no
|
|
|
| #: Hide the kitty window from running tasks on macOS (⌘+Tab and the
|
| #: Dock). Changing this option by reloading the config is not
|
| #: supported.
|
|
|
| # macos_quit_when_last_window_closed no
|
|
|
| #: Have kitty quit when all the top-level windows are closed on macOS.
|
| #: By default, kitty will stay running, even with no open windows, as
|
| #: is the expected behavior on macOS.
|
|
|
| # macos_window_resizable yes
|
|
|
| #: Disable this if you want kitty top-level OS windows to not be
|
| #: resizable on macOS. Changing this option by reloading the config
|
| #: will only affect newly created OS windows.
|
|
|
| # macos_thicken_font 0
|
|
|
| #: Draw an extra border around the font with the given width, to
|
| #: increase legibility at small font sizes on macOS. For example, a
|
| #: value of 0.75 will result in rendering that looks similar to sub-
|
| #: pixel antialiasing at common font sizes.
|
|
|
| # macos_traditional_fullscreen no
|
|
|
| #: Use the macOS traditional full-screen transition, that is faster,
|
| #: but less pretty.
|
|
|
| # macos_show_window_title_in all
|
|
|
| #: Control where the window title is displayed on macOS. A value of
|
| #: window will show the title of the currently active window at the
|
| #: top of the macOS window. A value of menubar will show the title of
|
| #: the currently active window in the macOS global menu bar, making
|
| #: use of otherwise wasted space. A value of all will show the title
|
| #: in both places, and none hides the title. See
|
| #: macos_menubar_title_max_length for how to control the length of the
|
| #: title in the menu bar.
|
|
|
| # macos_menubar_title_max_length 0
|
|
|
| #: The maximum number of characters from the window title to show in
|
| #: the macOS global menu bar. Values less than one means that there is
|
| #: no maximum limit.
|
|
|
| # macos_custom_beam_cursor no
|
|
|
| #: Use a custom mouse cursor for macOS that is easier to see on both
|
| #: light and dark backgrounds. Nowadays, the default macOS cursor
|
| #: already comes with a white border. WARNING: this might make your
|
| #: mouse cursor invisible on dual GPU machines. Changing this option
|
| #: by reloading the config is not supported.
|
|
|
| # macos_colorspace srgb
|
|
|
| #: The colorspace in which to interpret terminal colors. The default
|
| #: of srgb will cause colors to match those seen in web browsers. The
|
| #: value of default will use whatever the native colorspace of the
|
| #: display is. The value of displayp3 will use Apple's special
|
| #: snowflake display P3 color space, which will result in over
|
| #: saturated (brighter) colors with some color shift. Reloading
|
| #: configuration will change this value only for newly created OS
|
| #: windows.
|
|
|
| # linux_display_server auto
|
|
|
| #: Choose between Wayland and X11 backends. By default, an appropriate
|
| #: backend based on the system state is chosen automatically. Set it
|
| #: to x11 or wayland to force the choice. Changing this option by
|
| #: reloading the config is not supported.
|
|
|
| #: }}}
|
|
|
| #: Keyboard shortcuts {{{
|
|
|
| #: Keys are identified simply by their lowercase Unicode characters.
|
| #: For example: a for the A key, [ for the left square bracket key,
|
| #: etc. For functional keys, such as Enter or Escape, the names are
|
| #: present at Functional key definitions
|
| #: <https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/keyboard-protocol/#functional>.
|
| #: For modifier keys, the names are ctrl (control, ⌃), shift (⇧), alt
|
| #: (opt, option, ⌥), super (cmd, command, ⌘). See also: GLFW mods
|
| #: <https://www.glfw.org/docs/latest/group__mods.html>
|
|
|
| #: On Linux you can also use XKB key names to bind keys that are not
|
| #: supported by GLFW. See XKB keys
|
| #: <https://github.com/xkbcommon/libxkbcommon/blob/master/include/xkbcommon/xkbcommon-
|
| #: keysyms.h> for a list of key names. The name to use is the part
|
| #: after the XKB_KEY_ prefix. Note that you can only use an XKB key
|
| #: name for keys that are not known as GLFW keys.
|
|
|
| #: Finally, you can use raw system key codes to map keys, again only
|
| #: for keys that are not known as GLFW keys. To see the system key
|
| #: code for a key, start kitty with the kitty --debug-input option,
|
| #: kitty will output some debug text for every key event. In that text
|
| #: look for native_code, the value of that becomes the key name in the
|
| #: shortcut. For example:
|
|
|
| #: .. code-block:: none
|
|
|
| #: on_key_input: glfw key: 0x61 native_code: 0x61 action: PRESS mods: none text: 'a'
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|
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| #: Here, the key name for the A key is 0x61 and you can use it with::
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|
|
| #: map ctrl+0x61 something
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|
|
| #: to map Ctrl+A to something.
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|
|
| #: You can use the special action no_op to unmap a keyboard shortcut
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| #: that is assigned in the default configuration::
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|
|
| #: map kitty_mod+space no_op
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|
|
| #: If you would like kitty to completely ignore a key event, not even
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| #: sending it to the program running in the terminal, map it to
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| #: discard_event::
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|
|
| #: map kitty_mod+f1 discard_event
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|
|
| #: You can combine multiple actions to be triggered by a single
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| #: shortcut with combine action, using the syntax below::
|
|
|
| #: map key combine <separator> action1 <separator> action2 <separator> action3 ...
|
|
|
| #: For example::
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|
|
| #: map kitty_mod+e combine : new_window : next_layout
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|
|
| #: This will create a new window and switch to the next available
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| #: layout.
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|
|
| #: You can use multi-key shortcuts with the syntax shown below::
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|
|
| #: map key1>key2>key3 action
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|
|
| #: For example::
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|
|
| #: map ctrl+f>2 set_font_size 20
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|
|
| #: The full list of actions that can be mapped to key presses is
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| #: available here <https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/actions/>.
|
|
|
| # kitty_mod ctrl+shift
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|
|
| #: Special modifier key alias for default shortcuts. You can change
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| #: the value of this option to alter all default shortcuts that use
|
| #: kitty_mod.
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|
|
| # clear_all_shortcuts no
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|
|
| #: Remove all shortcut definitions up to this point. Useful, for
|
| #: instance, to remove the default shortcuts.
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|
|
| # action_alias
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|
|
| #: E.g. action_alias launch_tab launch --type=tab --cwd=current
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|
|
| #: Define action aliases to avoid repeating the same options in
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| #: multiple mappings. Aliases can be defined for any action and will
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| #: be expanded recursively. For example, the above alias allows you to
|
| #: create mappings to launch a new tab in the current working
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| #: directory without duplication::
|
|
|
| #: map f1 launch_tab vim
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| #: map f2 launch_tab emacs
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|
|
| #: Similarly, to alias kitten invocation::
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|
|
| #: action_alias hints kitten hints --hints-offset=0
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|
|
| # kitten_alias
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|
|
| #: E.g. kitten_alias hints hints --hints-offset=0
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|
|
| #: Like action_alias above, but specifically for kittens. Generally,
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| #: prefer to use action_alias. This option is a legacy version,
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| #: present for backwards compatibility. It causes all invocations of
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| #: the aliased kitten to be substituted. So the example above will
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| #: cause all invocations of the hints kitten to have the --hints-
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| #: offset=0 option applied.
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|
|
| #: Clipboard {{{
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|
|
| #: Copy to clipboard
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|
|
| # map kitty_mod+c copy_to_clipboard
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| # map cmd+c copy_to_clipboard
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|
|
| #:: There is also a copy_or_interrupt action that can be optionally
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| #:: mapped to Ctrl+C. It will copy only if there is a selection and
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| #:: send an interrupt otherwise. Similarly,
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| #:: copy_and_clear_or_interrupt will copy and clear the selection or
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| #:: send an interrupt if there is no selection.
|
|
|
| #: Paste from clipboard
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|
|
| # map kitty_mod+v paste_from_clipboard
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| # map cmd+v paste_from_clipboard
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|
|
| #: Paste from selection
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|
|
| # map kitty_mod+s paste_from_selection
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| # map shift+insert paste_from_selection
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|
|
| #: Pass selection to program
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|
|
| # map kitty_mod+o pass_selection_to_program
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|
|
| #:: You can also pass the contents of the current selection to any
|
| #:: program with pass_selection_to_program. By default, the system's
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| #:: open program is used, but you can specify your own, the selection
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| #:: will be passed as a command line argument to the program. For
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| #:: example::
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|
|
| #:: map kitty_mod+o pass_selection_to_program firefox
|
|
|
| #:: You can pass the current selection to a terminal program running
|
| #:: in a new kitty window, by using the @selection placeholder::
|
|
|
| #:: map kitty_mod+y new_window less @selection
|
|
|
| #: }}}
|
|
|
| #: Scrolling {{{
|
|
|
| #: Scroll line up
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|
|
| # map kitty_mod+up scroll_line_up
|
| # map kitty_mod+k scroll_line_up
|
| # map opt+cmd+page_up scroll_line_up
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| # map cmd+up scroll_line_up
|
|
|
| #: Scroll line down
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|
|
| # map kitty_mod+down scroll_line_down
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| # map kitty_mod+j scroll_line_down
|
| # map opt+cmd+page_down scroll_line_down
|
| # map cmd+down scroll_line_down
|
|
|
| #: Scroll page up
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|
|
| # map kitty_mod+page_up scroll_page_up
|
| # map cmd+page_up scroll_page_up
|
|
|
| #: Scroll page down
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+page_down scroll_page_down
|
| # map cmd+page_down scroll_page_down
|
|
|
| #: Scroll to top
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+home scroll_home
|
| # map cmd+home scroll_home
|
|
|
| #: Scroll to bottom
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+end scroll_end
|
| # map cmd+end scroll_end
|
|
|
| #: Scroll to previous shell prompt
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+z scroll_to_prompt -1
|
|
|
| #:: Use a parameter of 0 for scroll_to_prompt to scroll to the last
|
| #:: jumped to or the last clicked position. Requires shell
|
| #:: integration <https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/shell-integration/>
|
| #:: to work.
|
|
|
| #: Scroll to next shell prompt
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+x scroll_to_prompt 1
|
|
|
| #: Browse scrollback buffer in pager
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+h show_scrollback
|
|
|
| #:: You can pipe the contents of the current screen and history
|
| #:: buffer as STDIN to an arbitrary program using launch --stdin-
|
| #:: source. For example, the following opens the scrollback buffer in
|
| #:: less in an overlay window::
|
|
|
| #:: map f1 launch --stdin-source=@screen_scrollback --stdin-add-formatting --type=overlay less +G -R
|
|
|
| #:: For more details on piping screen and buffer contents to external
|
| #:: programs, see launch <https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/launch/>.
|
|
|
| #: Browse output of the last shell command in pager
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+g show_last_command_output
|
|
|
| #:: You can also define additional shortcuts to get the command
|
| #:: output. For example, to get the first command output on screen::
|
|
|
| #:: map f1 show_first_command_output_on_screen
|
|
|
| #:: To get the command output that was last accessed by a keyboard
|
| #:: action or mouse action::
|
|
|
| #:: map f1 show_last_visited_command_output
|
|
|
| #:: You can pipe the output of the last command run in the shell
|
| #:: using the launch action. For example, the following opens the
|
| #:: output in less in an overlay window::
|
|
|
| #:: map f1 launch --stdin-source=@last_cmd_output --stdin-add-formatting --type=overlay less +G -R
|
|
|
| #:: To get the output of the first command on the screen, use
|
| #:: @first_cmd_output_on_screen. To get the output of the last jumped
|
| #:: to command, use @last_visited_cmd_output.
|
|
|
| #:: Requires shell integration
|
| #:: <https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/shell-integration/> to work.
|
|
|
| #: }}}
|
|
|
| #: Window management {{{
|
|
|
| #: New window
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+enter new_window
|
| # map cmd+enter new_window
|
|
|
| #:: You can open a new kitty window running an arbitrary program, for
|
| #:: example::
|
|
|
| #:: map kitty_mod+y launch mutt
|
|
|
| #:: You can open a new window with the current working directory set
|
| #:: to the working directory of the current window using::
|
|
|
| #:: map ctrl+alt+enter launch --cwd=current
|
|
|
| #:: You can open a new window that is allowed to control kitty via
|
| #:: the kitty remote control facility with launch --allow-remote-
|
| #:: control. Any programs running in that window will be allowed to
|
| #:: control kitty. For example::
|
|
|
| #:: map ctrl+enter launch --allow-remote-control some_program
|
|
|
| #:: You can open a new window next to the currently active window or
|
| #:: as the first window, with::
|
|
|
| #:: map ctrl+n launch --location=neighbor
|
| #:: map ctrl+f launch --location=first
|
|
|
| #:: For more details, see launch
|
| #:: <https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/launch/>.
|
|
|
| #: New OS window
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+n new_os_window
|
| # map cmd+n new_os_window
|
|
|
| #:: Works like new_window above, except that it opens a top-level OS
|
| #:: window. In particular you can use new_os_window_with_cwd to open
|
| #:: a window with the current working directory.
|
|
|
| #: Close window
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+w close_window
|
| # map shift+cmd+d close_window
|
|
|
| #: Next window
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+] next_window
|
|
|
| #: Previous window
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+[ previous_window
|
|
|
| #: Move window forward
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+f move_window_forward
|
|
|
| #: Move window backward
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+b move_window_backward
|
|
|
| #: Move window to top
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+` move_window_to_top
|
|
|
| #: Start resizing window
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+r start_resizing_window
|
| # map cmd+r start_resizing_window
|
|
|
| #: First window
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+1 first_window
|
| # map cmd+1 first_window
|
|
|
| #: Second window
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+2 second_window
|
| # map cmd+2 second_window
|
|
|
| #: Third window
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+3 third_window
|
| # map cmd+3 third_window
|
|
|
| #: Fourth window
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+4 fourth_window
|
| # map cmd+4 fourth_window
|
|
|
| #: Fifth window
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+5 fifth_window
|
| # map cmd+5 fifth_window
|
|
|
| #: Sixth window
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+6 sixth_window
|
| # map cmd+6 sixth_window
|
|
|
| #: Seventh window
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+7 seventh_window
|
| # map cmd+7 seventh_window
|
|
|
| #: Eight window
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+8 eighth_window
|
| # map cmd+8 eighth_window
|
|
|
| #: Ninth window
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+9 ninth_window
|
| # map cmd+9 ninth_window
|
|
|
| #: Tenth window
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+0 tenth_window
|
|
|
| #: Visually select and focus window
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+f7 focus_visible_window
|
|
|
| #:: Display overlay numbers and alphabets on the window, and switch
|
| #:: the focus to the window when you press the key. When there are
|
| #:: only two windows, the focus will be switched directly without
|
| #:: displaying the overlay. You can change the overlay characters and
|
| #:: their order with option visual_window_select_characters.
|
|
|
| #: Visually swap window with another
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+f8 swap_with_window
|
|
|
| #:: Works like focus_visible_window above, but swaps the window.
|
|
|
| #: }}}
|
|
|
| #: Tab management {{{
|
|
|
| #: Next tab
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+right next_tab
|
| # map shift+cmd+] next_tab
|
| # map ctrl+tab next_tab
|
|
|
| #: Previous tab
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+left previous_tab
|
| # map shift+cmd+[ previous_tab
|
| # map ctrl+shift+tab previous_tab
|
|
|
| #: New tab
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+t new_tab
|
| # map cmd+t new_tab
|
|
|
| #: Close tab
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+q close_tab
|
| # map cmd+w close_tab
|
|
|
| #: Close OS window
|
|
|
| # map shift+cmd+w close_os_window
|
|
|
| #: Move tab forward
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+. move_tab_forward
|
|
|
| #: Move tab backward
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+, move_tab_backward
|
|
|
| #: Set tab title
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+alt+t set_tab_title
|
| # map shift+cmd+i set_tab_title
|
|
|
|
|
| #: You can also create shortcuts to go to specific tabs, with 1 being
|
| #: the first tab, 2 the second tab and -1 being the previously active
|
| #: tab, and any number larger than the last tab being the last tab::
|
|
|
| #: map ctrl+alt+1 goto_tab 1
|
| #: map ctrl+alt+2 goto_tab 2
|
|
|
| #: Just as with new_window above, you can also pass the name of
|
| #: arbitrary commands to run when using new_tab and new_tab_with_cwd.
|
| #: Finally, if you want the new tab to open next to the current tab
|
| #: rather than at the end of the tabs list, use::
|
|
|
| #: map ctrl+t new_tab !neighbor [optional cmd to run]
|
| #: }}}
|
|
|
| #: Layout management {{{
|
|
|
| #: Next layout
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+l next_layout
|
|
|
|
|
| #: You can also create shortcuts to switch to specific layouts::
|
|
|
| #: map ctrl+alt+t goto_layout tall
|
| #: map ctrl+alt+s goto_layout stack
|
|
|
| #: Similarly, to switch back to the previous layout::
|
|
|
| #: map ctrl+alt+p last_used_layout
|
|
|
| #: There is also a toggle_layout action that switches to the named
|
| #: layout or back to the previous layout if in the named layout.
|
| #: Useful to temporarily "zoom" the active window by switching to the
|
| #: stack layout::
|
|
|
| #: map ctrl+alt+z toggle_layout stack
|
| #: }}}
|
|
|
| #: Font sizes {{{
|
|
|
| #: You can change the font size for all top-level kitty OS windows at
|
| #: a time or only the current one.
|
|
|
| #: Increase font size
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+equal change_font_size all +2.0
|
| # map kitty_mod+plus change_font_size all +2.0
|
| # map kitty_mod+kp_add change_font_size all +2.0
|
| # map cmd+plus change_font_size all +2.0
|
| # map cmd+equal change_font_size all +2.0
|
| # map shift+cmd+equal change_font_size all +2.0
|
|
|
| #: Decrease font size
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+minus change_font_size all -2.0
|
| # map kitty_mod+kp_subtract change_font_size all -2.0
|
| # map cmd+minus change_font_size all -2.0
|
| # map shift+cmd+minus change_font_size all -2.0
|
|
|
| #: Reset font size
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+backspace change_font_size all 0
|
| # map cmd+0 change_font_size all 0
|
|
|
|
|
| #: To setup shortcuts for specific font sizes::
|
|
|
| #: map kitty_mod+f6 change_font_size all 10.0
|
|
|
| #: To setup shortcuts to change only the current OS window's font
|
| #: size::
|
|
|
| #: map kitty_mod+f6 change_font_size current 10.0
|
| #: }}}
|
|
|
| #: Select and act on visible text {{{
|
|
|
| #: Use the hints kitten to select text and either pass it to an
|
| #: external program or insert it into the terminal or copy it to the
|
| #: clipboard.
|
|
|
| #: Open URL
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+e open_url_with_hints
|
|
|
| #:: Open a currently visible URL using the keyboard. The program used
|
| #:: to open the URL is specified in open_url_with.
|
|
|
| #: Insert selected path
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+p>f kitten hints --type path --program -
|
|
|
| #:: Select a path/filename and insert it into the terminal. Useful,
|
| #:: for instance to run git commands on a filename output from a
|
| #:: previous git command.
|
|
|
| #: Open selected path
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+p>shift+f kitten hints --type path
|
|
|
| #:: Select a path/filename and open it with the default open program.
|
|
|
| #: Insert selected line
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+p>l kitten hints --type line --program -
|
|
|
| #:: Select a line of text and insert it into the terminal. Useful for
|
| #:: the output of things like: `ls -1`.
|
|
|
| #: Insert selected word
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+p>w kitten hints --type word --program -
|
|
|
| #:: Select words and insert into terminal.
|
|
|
| #: Insert selected hash
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+p>h kitten hints --type hash --program -
|
|
|
| #:: Select something that looks like a hash and insert it into the
|
| #:: terminal. Useful with git, which uses SHA1 hashes to identify
|
| #:: commits.
|
|
|
| #: Open the selected file at the selected line
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+p>n kitten hints --type linenum
|
|
|
| #:: Select something that looks like filename:linenum and open it in
|
| #:: vim at the specified line number.
|
|
|
| #: Open the selected hyperlink
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+p>y kitten hints --type hyperlink
|
|
|
| #:: Select a hyperlink (i.e. a URL that has been marked as such by
|
| #:: the terminal program, for example, by `ls --hyperlink=auto`).
|
|
|
|
|
| #: The hints kitten has many more modes of operation that you can map
|
| #: to different shortcuts. For a full description see hints kitten
|
| #: <https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/kittens/hints/>.
|
| #: }}}
|
|
|
| #: Miscellaneous {{{
|
|
|
| #: Show documentation
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+f1 show_kitty_doc overview
|
|
|
| #: Toggle fullscreen
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+f11 toggle_fullscreen
|
| # map ctrl+cmd+f toggle_fullscreen
|
|
|
| #: Toggle maximized
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+f10 toggle_maximized
|
|
|
| #: Toggle macOS secure keyboard entry
|
|
|
| # map opt+cmd+s toggle_macos_secure_keyboard_entry
|
|
|
| #: Unicode input
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+u kitten unicode_input
|
| # map ctrl+cmd+space kitten unicode_input
|
|
|
| #: Edit config file
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+f2 edit_config_file
|
| # map cmd+, edit_config_file
|
|
|
| #: Open the kitty command shell
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+escape kitty_shell window
|
|
|
| #:: Open the kitty shell in a new window / tab / overlay / os_window
|
| #:: to control kitty using commands.
|
|
|
| #: Increase background opacity
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+a>m set_background_opacity +0.1
|
|
|
| #: Decrease background opacity
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+a>l set_background_opacity -0.1
|
|
|
| #: Make background fully opaque
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+a>1 set_background_opacity 1
|
|
|
| #: Reset background opacity
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+a>d set_background_opacity default
|
|
|
| #: Reset the terminal
|
|
|
| # map kitty_mod+delete clear_terminal reset active
|
| # map opt+cmd+r clear_terminal reset active
|
|
|
| #:: You can create shortcuts to clear/reset the terminal. For
|
| #:: example::
|
|
|
| #:: # Reset the terminal
|
| #:: map f1 clear_terminal reset active
|
| #:: # Clear the terminal screen by erasing all contents
|
| #:: map f1 clear_terminal clear active
|
| #:: # Clear the terminal scrollback by erasing it
|
| #:: map f1 clear_terminal scrollback active
|
| #:: # Scroll the contents of the screen into the scrollback
|
| #:: map f1 clear_terminal scroll active
|
| #:: # Clear everything up to the line with the cursor
|
| #:: map f1 clear_terminal to_cursor active
|
|
|
| #:: If you want to operate on all kitty windows instead of just the
|
| #:: current one, use all instead of active.
|
|
|
| #:: It is also possible to remap Ctrl+L to both scroll the current
|
| #:: screen contents into the scrollback buffer and clear the screen,
|
| #:: instead of just clearing the screen, for example, for ZSH add the
|
| #:: following to ~/.zshrc:
|
|
|
| #:: .. code-block:: zsh
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| #:: scroll-and-clear-screen() {
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| #:: printf '\n%.0s' {1..$LINES}
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| #:: zle clear-screen
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| #:: }
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| #:: zle -N scroll-and-clear-screen
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| #:: bindkey '^l' scroll-and-clear-screen
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| #: Clear up to cursor line
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| # map cmd+k clear_terminal to_cursor active
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| #: Reload kitty.conf
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| # map kitty_mod+f5 load_config_file
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| # map ctrl+cmd+, load_config_file
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| #:: Reload kitty.conf, applying any changes since the last time it
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| #:: was loaded. Note that a handful of options cannot be dynamically
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| #:: changed and require a full restart of kitty. Particularly, when
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| #:: changing shortcuts for actions located on the macOS global menu
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| #:: bar, a full restart is needed. You can also map a keybinding to
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| #:: load a different config file, for example::
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| #:: map f5 load_config /path/to/alternative/kitty.conf
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| #:: Note that all options from the original kitty.conf are discarded,
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| #:: in other words the new configuration *replace* the old ones.
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| #: Debug kitty configuration
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| # map kitty_mod+f6 debug_config
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| # map opt+cmd+, debug_config
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| #:: Show details about exactly what configuration kitty is running
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| #:: with and its host environment. Useful for debugging issues.
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| #: Send arbitrary text on key presses
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| #:: E.g. map ctrl+shift+alt+h send_text all Hello World
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| #:: You can tell kitty to send arbitrary (UTF-8) encoded text to the
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| #:: client program when pressing specified shortcut keys. For
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| #:: example::
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| #:: map ctrl+alt+a send_text all Special text
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| #:: This will send "Special text" when you press the Ctrl+Alt+A key
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| #:: combination. The text to be sent decodes ANSI C escapes
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| #:: <https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/manual/html_node/ANSI_002dC-
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| #:: Quoting.html> so you can use escapes like \e to send control
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| #:: codes or \u21fb to send Unicode characters (or you can just input
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| #:: the Unicode characters directly as UTF-8 text). You can use
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| #:: `kitty +kitten show_key` to get the key escape codes you want to
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| #:: emulate.
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| #:: The first argument to send_text is the keyboard modes in which to
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| #:: activate the shortcut. The possible values are normal,
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| #:: application, kitty or a comma separated combination of them. The
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| #:: modes normal and application refer to the DECCKM cursor key mode
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| #:: for terminals, and kitty refers to the kitty extended keyboard
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| #:: protocol. The special value all means all of them.
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| #:: Some more examples::
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| #:: # Output a word and move the cursor to the start of the line (like typing and pressing Home)
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| #:: map ctrl+alt+a send_text normal Word\e[H
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| #:: map ctrl+alt+a send_text application Word\eOH
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| #:: # Run a command at a shell prompt (like typing the command and pressing Enter)
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| #:: map ctrl+alt+a send_text normal,application some command with arguments\r
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| #: Open kitty Website
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| # map shift+cmd+/ open_url https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/
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| #: Hide macOS kitty application
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| # map cmd+h hide_macos_app
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| #: Hide macOS other applications
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| # map opt+cmd+h hide_macos_other_apps
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| #: Minimize macOS window
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| # map cmd+m minimize_macos_window
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| #: Quit kitty
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| # map cmd+q quit
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| #: }}}
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| #: }}}
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| # BEGIN_KITTY_THEME
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| # Doom One
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| include current-theme.conf
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| # END_KITTY_THEME
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