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See the Layouts section in the README for details. Fixes #362 Note that it is only implemented for the Tall layout currently. Other layouts to follow. The implementation might also be refined in the future.
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= kitty - A terminal emulator
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:toc:
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:toc-placement!:
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// START_SHORTCUT_BLOCK
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:sc_close_tab: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+q`]
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:sc_close_window: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+w`]
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:sc_copy_to_clipboard: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+c`]
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:sc_decrease_font_size: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+minus`]
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:sc_edit_config_file: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+f2`]
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:sc_eighth_window: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+8`]
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:sc_fifth_window: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+5`]
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:sc_first_window: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+1`]
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:sc_fourth_window: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+4`]
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:sc_increase_font_size: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+equal`]
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:sc_input_unicode_character: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+u`]
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:sc_kitty_shell_window: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+escape`]
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:sc_move_tab_backward: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+,`]
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:sc_move_tab_forward: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+.`]
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:sc_move_window_backward: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+b`]
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:sc_move_window_forward: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+f`]
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:sc_move_window_to_top: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+``]
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:sc_new_os_window: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+n`]
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:sc_new_tab: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+t`]
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:sc_new_window: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+enter`]
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:sc_next_layout: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+l`]
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:sc_next_tab: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+right`]
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:sc_next_window: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+]`]
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:sc_ninth_window: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+9`]
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:sc_pass_selection_to_program: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+o`]
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:sc_paste_from_clipboard: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+v`]
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:sc_paste_from_selection: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+s` or `shift+insert`]
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:sc_previous_tab: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+left`]
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:sc_previous_window: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+[`]
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:sc_restore_font_size: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+backspace`]
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:sc_run_kitten_text_hints: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+e`]
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:sc_run_kitten_text_hints_type_line_program: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+p → l`]
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:sc_run_kitten_text_hints_type_path: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+p → shift+f`]
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:sc_run_kitten_text_hints_type_path_program: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+p → f`]
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:sc_run_kitten_text_hints_type_word_program: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+p → w`]
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:sc_scroll_end: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+end`]
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:sc_scroll_home: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+home`]
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:sc_scroll_line_down: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+down` or `ctrl+shift+j`]
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:sc_scroll_line_up: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+up` or `ctrl+shift+k`]
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:sc_scroll_page_down: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+page_down`]
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:sc_scroll_page_up: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+page_up`]
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:sc_second_window: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+2`]
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:sc_set_tab_title: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+alt+t`]
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:sc_seventh_window: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+7`]
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:sc_show_scrollback: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+h`]
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:sc_sixth_window: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+6`]
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:sc_start_resizing_window: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+r`]
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:sc_tenth_window: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+0`]
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:sc_third_window: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+3`]
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:sc_toggle_fullscreen: pass:quotes[`ctrl+shift+f11`]
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// END_SHORTCUT_BLOCK
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++++
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<img align="left" role="left" src="logo/kitty.png?raw=true"/>
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++++
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image::https://travis-ci.org/kovidgoyal/kitty.svg?branch=master[Build status, link=https://travis-ci.org/kovidgoyal/kitty]
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== Major Features
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* Uses OpenGL for rendering, offloads rendering to the GPU for link:#performance[lower system
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load] and buttery smooth scrolling. Uses threaded rendering to minimize input
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latency.
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* Supports all modern terminal features: link:graphics-protocol.asciidoc[graphics (images)], unicode,
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true-color, OpenType ligatures, mouse protocol, focus tracking, bracketed paste and so on.
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* Supports tiling multiple terminal windows side by side in different
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link:#layouts[layouts] without needing to use an extra program like tmux
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* Can be link:remote-control.asciidoc[controlled from scripts or the shell prompt], even over SSH.
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* Has a framework for _kittens_, small terminal programs that can be used to extend kitty's functionality.
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For example, they are used for link:#unicode-input[Unicode input] and link:#hints[Hints].
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* Supports link:#startup-sessions[startup sessions] which allow you to specify the window/tab layout,
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working directories and programs to run on startup.
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* Cross-platform support: kitty currently works on Linux and macOS, but because
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it uses only OpenGL for rendering, it should be trivial to port to other
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platforms.
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* Allows you to open link:#the-scrollback-buffer[the scrollback buffer] in a separate
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window using arbitrary programs of your choice. This is useful for browsing
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the history comfortably in a pager or editor.
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image::screenshot.png?raw=true[Screenshot, showing three programs in the "Tall" layout]
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toc::[]
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== Installation
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kitty is designed to run from source, for easy hackability. Make sure
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the following dependencies are installed first.
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=== Dependencies
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* python >= 3.5
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* harfbuzz >= 1.5.0
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* zlib
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* libpng
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* freetype (not needed on macOS)
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* fontconfig (not needed on macOS)
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* ImageMagick (optional, needed to use the `kitty icat` tool to display images in the terminal)
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* gcc or clang (required only for building)
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* pkg-config (required only for building)
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* For building on Linux in addition to the above dependencies you might also need to install the `-dev` packages for `xcursor`, `xrandr`, `libxi`, `xinerama`, `libgl1-mesa` and `xkbcommon-x11`, if they are not already installed by your distro.
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=== Install and run from source
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....
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git clone https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty && cd kitty
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....
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Now build the native code parts of kitty with the following command:
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....
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make
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....
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You can run kitty, as:
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....
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python3 .
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....
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If that works, you can create a script to launch kitty:
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....
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#!/usr/bin/env python3
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import runpy
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runpy.run_path('/path/to/kitty/dir', run_name='__main__')
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....
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And place it in `~/bin` or `/usr/bin` so that you can run kitty using
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just `kitty`.
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=== Linux packages
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* Arch Linux: https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/kitty/
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* Arch Linux: AUR git package https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/kitty-git/
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* NixOS / nixpkgs: https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/master/pkgs/applications/misc/kitty/default.nix
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* Gentoo: https://packages.gentoo.org/packages/x11-terms/kitty
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* openSUSE: https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/X11:terminals/kitty
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* Debian: https://packages.qa.debian.org/k/kitty/news/20180419T070013Z.html
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=== macOS packages
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kitty is available as a macOS `dmg` file for easy installation from the
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link:../../releases[releases page]. You can also run kitty directly from
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source using the above install from source instructions, after installing its
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dependencies using http://brew.sh/[brew] or a similar package manager.
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== Design philosophy
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kitty is designed for power keyboard users. To that end all its controls
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work with the keyboard (although it fully supports mouse interactions as
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well). Its configuration is a simple, human editable, single file for
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easy reproducibility (I like to store config files in source control).
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The code in kitty is designed to be simple, modular and hackable. It is
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written in a mix of C (for performance sensitive parts) and Python (for
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easy hackability of the UI). It does not depend on any large and complex
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UI toolkit, using only OpenGL for rendering everything.
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Finally, kitty is designed from the ground up to support all modern
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terminal features, such as unicode, true color, bold/italic fonts, text
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formatting, etc. It even extends existing text formatting escape codes,
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to add support for features not available elsewhere, such as colored and
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styled (curly) underlines. One of the design goals of kitty is to be
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easily extensible so that new features can be added in the future with
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relatively less effort.
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== Tabs and Windows
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kitty is capable of running multiple programs organized into tabs and
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windows. The top level of organization is the _Tab_. Each tab consists
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of one or more _windows_. The windows can be arranged in multiple
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different layouts, like windows are organized in a tiling window
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manager. The keyboard controls (which are all customizable) for tabs and
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windows are:
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[[scrolling-shortcuts]]
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[options="header"]
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=== Scrolling
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|Action |Shortcut
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|Scroll line up | {sc_scroll_line_up}
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|Scroll line down | {sc_scroll_line_down}
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|Scroll page up | {sc_scroll_page_up}
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|Scroll page down | {sc_scroll_page_down}
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|Scroll to top | {sc_scroll_home}
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|Scroll to bottom | {sc_scroll_end}
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[options="header"]
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=== Tabs
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|Action |Shortcut
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|New tab | {sc_new_tab}
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|Close tab | {sc_close_tab}
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|Next tab | {sc_next_tab}
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|Previous tab | {sc_previous_tab}
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|Next layout | {sc_next_layout}
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|Move tab forward | {sc_move_tab_forward}
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|Move tab backward | {sc_move_tab_backward}
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|Set tab title | {sc_set_tab_title}
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[options="header"]
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=== Windows
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|Action |Shortcut
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|New window | {sc_new_window}
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|New OS window| {sc_new_os_window}
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|Close window | {sc_close_window}
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|Next window | {sc_next_window}
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|Previous window | {sc_previous_window}
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|Move window forward | {sc_move_window_forward}
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|Move window backward | {sc_move_window_backward}
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|Move window to top | {sc_move_window_to_top}
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|Focus specific window (windows are counted clockwise from the top left corner) | {sc_first_window}, {sc_second_window} ... {sc_tenth_window}
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=== Miscellaneous
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|Action |Shortcut
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|Increase font size | {sc_increase_font_size}
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|Decrease font size | {sc_decrease_font_size}
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|Restore font size | {sc_restore_font_size}
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|Toggle fullscreen | {sc_toggle_fullscreen}
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|Input unicode character | {sc_input_unicode_character}
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|Click URL using the keyboard | {sc_run_simple_kitten_text_url_hints}
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|Pass current selection to program | {sc_pass_selection_to_program}
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|Edit kitty config file | {sc_edit_config_file}
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|Open a kitty shell | {sc_kitty_shell}
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|===
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== Controlling kitty from scripts
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You can control kitty from the command line/scripts by sending it messages.
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You can tell kitty to open/close/rename tabs and windows. You can even send
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arbitrary input/text to any specified window. Messages can be sent using `kitty
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@`. Note that you must set `allow_remote_control yes` in your
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link:kitty/kitty.conf[kitty.conf] to use this feature. It even works over SSH
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connections. This feature is best illustrated with a
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link:remote-control.asciidoc[tutorial].
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== The scrollback buffer
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kitty supports scrolling back to view history, just like most terminals. You
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can use either the <<scrolling-shortcuts,keyboard shortcuts>> or the mouse
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scroll wheel to do so. However, kitty has an extra, neat feature. Sometimes
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you need to explore the scrollback buffer in more detail, maybe search for some
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text or refer to it side-by-side while typing in a follow-up command. kitty
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allows you to do this by pressing the {sc_show_scrollback} key-combination,
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which will open the scrollback buffer in your favorite pager program (which is
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`less` by default). Colors and text formatting are preserved. You can explore
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the scrollback pager comfortably within the pager.
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== Unicode input
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You can input unicode characters by name, hex code, recently used and even an editable favorites list.
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Press {sc_input_unicode_character} to start the unicode input widget, shown below.
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image::unicode.png?raw=true[Unicode input widget, showing selection of unicode characters by name]
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In Code mode, you enter a unicode character by typing in the hex code for the
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character and pressing enter, for example, type in 2716 and press enter to get
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✖. You can also choose a character from the list of recently used characters by
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typing a leading period and then the two character index and pressing Enter.
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In Name mode you instead type words from the character name and use the arrow
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keys/tab to select the character from the displayed matches. You can also type
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a leading period and the index for the match if you dont like to use arrow
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keys.
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== Hints
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kitty has a _hints mode_ to select and act on arbitrary text snippets currently
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visible on the screen. For example, you can press {sc_run_kitten_text_hints}
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to choose any URL visible on the screen and then open it using your system
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browser.
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image::hints_mode.png?raw=true[URL hints mode]
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Similarly, you can press {sc_run_kitten_text_hints_type_path_program} to
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select anything that looks like a path or filename and then insert it into the
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terminal, very useful for picking files from the output of a git or ls command and
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adding them to the command line for the next command.
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The hints kitten is very powerful to see more detailed help on its various
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options and modes of operation, use: `kitty +kitten hints --help`.
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== Miscellaneous features
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* You can also hold down `ctrl+shift` and click on a URL to open it in a browser.
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* You can double click to select a word and triple click to select a line.
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* You can right click to extend a previous selection
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== Layouts
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Currently, there are five layouts available,
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* Stack -- Only a single maximized window is shown at a time
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* Tall -- One window is shown full height on the left, the rest of the windows are shown one below the other on the right
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* Fat -- One window is shown full width on the top, the rest of the windows are shown side-by-side on the bottom
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* Grid -- All windows are shown in a grid
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* Horizontal -- All windows are shown side-by-side
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* Vertical -- All windows are shown one below the other
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You can switch between layouts using the {sc_next_layout} key combination. You can
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also create shortcuts to select particular layouts, and choose which layouts
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you want to enable/disable, see link:kitty/kitty.conf[kitty.conf] for examples.
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You can resize windows inside layouts. Press {sc_start_resizing_window} to
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enter resizing mode. Then use the `W/N` (Wider/Narrower) and `T/S`
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(Taller/Shorter) keys to change the window size. Press the `0` key to rest the
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layout to default sizes. Any other key will exit resize mode. In a given
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window layout only some operations may be possible for a particular window. For
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example, in the Tall layout you can make the first window wider/narrower, but
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not taller/shorter. Note that what you are resizing is actually not a window,
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but a row/column in the layout, all windows in that row/column will be resized.
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Some layouts take options to control their behavior. For example, the `fat` and `tall`
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layouts accept the `bias` option to control how the available space is split up. To specify the
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option, in kitty.conf use:
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```
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enabled_layouts tall:bias=70
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```
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This will make the tall window occupy `70%` of available width. `bias` can be
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any number between 10 and 90.
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Writing a new layout only requires about fifty lines of code, so if there is
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some layout you want, take a look at link:kitty/layout.py[layout.py] and submit
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a pull request!
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== Configuration
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kitty is highly customizable, everything from keyboard shortcuts, to painting
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frames-per-second. See the heavily commented link:kitty/kitty.conf[default
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config file] for an overview of all customization possibilities.
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By default kitty looks for a config file in the OS config directories (usually
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`~/.config/kitty/kitty.conf` and additionally
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`~/Library/Preferences/kitty/kitty.conf` on macOS) but you can pass a specific
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path via the `--config` option or use the `KITTY_CONFIG_DIRECTORY` environment
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variable. See the help for the `--config` option in `kitty --help` for full
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details. You can also dump the current configuration using the `--debug-config`
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option.
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== Startup Sessions
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You can control the tabs, window layout, working directory, startup
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programs, etc. by creating a "session" file and using the `--session`
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command line flag. For example:
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# Set the window layout for the current tab
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layout tall
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# Set the working directory for windows in the current tab
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cd ~
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# Create a window and run the specified command in it
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launch zsh
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launch vim
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# Set the title for the next window
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title Chat with x
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launch irssi --profile x
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# Create a new tab (the part after new_tab is the optional tab name which will
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# be displayed in the tab bar, if omitted, the title of the active window will
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# be used instead)
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new_tab my tab
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cd ~/somewhere
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# Set the layouts allowed in this tab
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enabled_layouts tall, stack
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# Set the current layout
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layout stack
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launch zsh
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# Make the current window the active (focused) window
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focus
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launch emacs
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== Protocol Extensions
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kitty has a few extensions to the xterm protocol, to enable advanced features,
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see link:protocol-extensions.asciidoc[Protocol Extensions].
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== Font control
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kitty has extremely flexible and powerful font selection features. You can
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specify individual families for the regular, bold, italic and bold+italic
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fonts. You can even specify specific font families for specific ranges of
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unicode characters. This allows precise control over text rendering. It can
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come in handy for applications like powerline, without the need to use patched
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fonts. See the various font related configuration directives in the
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link:kitty/kitty.conf[config file].
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== Performance
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The main goals for kitty performance are user perceived latency while typing
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and "smoothness" while scrolling as well as CPU usage. kitty tries hard to find
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an optimum balance for these. To that end it keeps a cache of each rendered
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glyph in video RAM so that font rendering is not a bottleneck. Interaction
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with child programs takes place in a separate thread from rendering, to improve
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smoothness.
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There are two parameters you can tune to adjust the performance. ``repaint_delay``
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and ``input_delay``. These control the artificial delays introduced into the
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render loop to reduce CPU usage. See the link:kitty/kitty.conf[config file] for details.
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See also the ``sync_to_monitor`` option to further decrease latency at the cost
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of some link:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Screen_tearing[tearing] while scrolling.
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You can generate detailed per-function performance data using
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link:https://github.com/gperftools/gperftools[gperftools]. Build kitty with
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`make profile` which will create an executable called `kitty-profile`. Run
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that and perform the task you want to analyse, for example, scrolling a large
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file with `less`. After you quit, function call statistics will be printed to
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`stdout` and you can use tools like *kcachegrind* for more detailed analysis.
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Here are some CPU usage numbers for the task of scrolling a file continuously in less.
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The CPU usage is for the terminal process and X together and is measured using htop.
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The measurements are taken at the same font and window size for all terminals on a
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`Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4820K CPU @ 3.70GHz` CPU with a
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`Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Cape Verde XT [Radeon HD 7770/8760 / R7 250X]` GPU.
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|===
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| Terminal | CPU usage (X + terminal)
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| kitty | 6 - 8%
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| xterm | 5 - 7% (but scrolling was extremely janky)
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| termite | 10 - 13%
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| urxvt | 12 - 14%
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| gnome-terminal | 15 - 17%
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| konsole | 29 - 31%
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|===
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As you can see, kitty uses much less CPU than all terminals, except xterm, but
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its scrolling "smoothness" is much better than that of xterm (at least to my,
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admittedly biased, eyes).
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== Note for Linux/macOS packagers
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While kitty does use python, it is not a traditional python package, so please do not install it in site-packages.
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Instead run,
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```
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python3 setup.py linux-package
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```
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This will install kitty into the directory `linux-package`. You can run kitty
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with `linux-package/bin/kitty`. All the files needed to run kitty will be in
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`linux-package/lib/kitty`. The terminfo file will be installed into
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`linux-package/share/terminfo`. Simply copy these files into `/usr` to install
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kitty. In other words, `linux-package` is the staging area into which kitty is
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installed. You can choose a different staging area, by passing the `--prefix`
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argument to `setup.py`.
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You should probably split kitty into two packages, `kitty-terminfo` that
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installs the terminfo file and `kitty` that installs the main program.
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This allows users to install the terminfo file on servers into which they ssh,
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without needing to install all of kitty.
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You also need `tic` to compile the terminfo files, it is usually found in the development package of `ncurses`
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This applies to creating packages for kitty for macOS package managers such as
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brew or MacPorts as well.
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== Frequently Asked Questions
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=== Some special symbols are rendered small/truncated in kitty?
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The number of cells a unicode character takes up are controlled by the unicode
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standard. All characters are rendered in a single cell unless the unicode
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standard says they should be rendered in two cells. When a symbol does not fit,
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it will either be rescaled to be smaller or truncated (depending on how much
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extra space it needs). This is often different from other terminals which just
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let the character overflow into neighboring cells, which is fine if the
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neighboring cell is empty, but looks terrible if it is not.
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Some programs, like powerline, vim with fancy gutter symbols/status-bar, etc.
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misuse unicode characters from the private use area to represent symbols. Often
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these symbols are square and should be rendered in two cells. However, since
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private use area symbols all have their width set to one in the unicode
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standard, kitty renders them either smaller or truncated. The exception is if
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these characters are followed by a space or empty cell in which case kitty
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makes use of the extra cell to render them in two cells.
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=== How do I build kitty.app on macOS?
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Install `imagemagick`, `optipng` and `librsvg` using `brew` or similar (needed for the logo generation step).
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And run:
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```
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make app
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```
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This `kitty.app` unlike the released one does not include its own copy of
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python and the other dependencies. So if you ever un-install/upgrade those dependencies
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you might have to rebuild the app.
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Note that the released kitty.dmg includes all dependencies, unlike the
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`kitty.app` built above and is built automatically by using the `kitty` branch of
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link:https://github.com/kovidgoyal/build-calibre[build-calibre] however, that
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is designed to run on Linux and is not for the faint of heart.
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=== Using a color theme with a background color does not work well in vim?
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|
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First make sure you have not changed the TERM environment variable, it should
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be `xterm-kitty`. vim uses *background color erase* even if the terminfo file
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does not contain the `bce` capability. This is a bug in vim. You can work around
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it by adding the following to your vimrc:
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....
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let &t_ut=''
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....
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See link:https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/blob/master/protocol-extensions.asciidoc#setting-text-styles-colors-in-arbitrary-regions-of-the-screen[here]
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for why kitty does not support background color erase.
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|
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=== I get errors about the terminal being unknown or opening the terminal failing when SSHing into a different computer?
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|
|
|
This happens because the kitty terminfo files are not available on the server.
|
|
Either install kitty on the server, or simply copy over the terminfo files,
|
|
using:
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|
|
|
....
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infocmp xterm-kitty | ssh myserver tic -x -o \~/.terminfo /dev/stdin
|
|
....
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|
|
|
Really, the correct solution for this is to convince the OpenSSH maintainers to
|
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have ssh do this automatically when connecting to a server, so that all
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|
terminals work transparently.
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|
|
|
In the meantime, you can automate it by using a simple script called, for example,
|
|
`~/bin/myssh`
|
|
|
|
....
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|
#!/bin/sh
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|
infocmp xterm-kitty | ssh $1 tic -x -o \~/.terminfo /dev/stdin && ssh $1
|
|
....
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|
|
|
Then you can use `myssh server` to log in to `server` with the terminfo file
|
|
being automatically available.
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|
|
|
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|
=== How do I change the colors in a running kitty instance?
|
|
|
|
You can either use the
|
|
link:http://invisible-island.net/xterm/ctlseqs/ctlseqs.html#h2-Operating-System-Commands[OSC
|
|
terminal escape codes] to set colors or you can enable link:remote-control.asciidoc[remote control]
|
|
for kitty and use `kitty @ set-colors --help`.
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|
|
|
|
|
=== How do I specify command line options for kitty on macOS?
|
|
|
|
Apple does not want you to use command line options with GUI applications. To
|
|
workaround that limitation, kitty will read command line options from the file
|
|
`<kitty config dir>/macos-launch-services-cmdline` when it is launched
|
|
from the GUI, i.e. by clicking the kitty application icon or using `open -a kitty`.
|
|
Note that this file is *only read* when running via the GUI.
|
|
|
|
You can, of course, also run kitty from a terminal with command line options, using:
|
|
`/Applications/kitty.app/Contents/MacOS/kitty`.
|
|
|
|
And within kitty itself, you can always run kitty using just `kitty` as it
|
|
cleverly adds itself to the PATH.
|
|
|
|
== Resources on terminal behavior
|
|
|
|
http://invisible-island.net/xterm/ctlseqs/ctlseqs.html
|
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|
|
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C0_and_C1_control_codes
|
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|
|
https://vt100.net/
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