# vim:fileencoding=utf-8:ft=conf:foldmethod=marker #: Fonts {{{ #: To list all fonts: `kitty list-fonts` font_family Fira Code font_size 11.0 #: Fira has a few features see https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/wiki/How-to-enable-stylistic-sets font_features FiraCode-Bold +ss03 font_features FiraCode-Light +ss03 font_features FiraCode-Medium +ss03 font_features FiraCode-Regular +ss03 font_features FiraCode-Retina +ss03 font_features FiraCode-SemiBold +ss03 # symbol_map U+E0A0-U+E0A3,U+E0C0-U+E0C7 PowerlineSymbols #: }}} #: Cursor customization {{{ #: One of block, beam or underline (thickness can also be configured) cursor_shape block cursor_blink_interval 0 #: }}} #: Scrollback {{{ scrollback_lines 2000 #: Separate scrollback pager (MB) #:TODO what is this exactly? scrollback_pager_history_size 100 scrollback_pager less --chop-long-lines --RAW-CONTROL-CHARS +INPUT_LINE_NUMBER #: }}} #: Mouse {{{ #: URLs detect_urls yes url_prefixes http https file ftp open_url_with rifle open_url_modifiers kitty_mod url_style curly #: coping and selection copy_on_select no strip_trailing_spaces never rectangle_select_modifiers ctrl+alt terminal_select_modifiers shift select_by_word_characters @-./_~?&=%+# click_interval 0.5 focus_follows_mouse yes default_pointer_shape beam pointer_shape_when_grabbed arrow pointer_shape_when_dragging beam #: }}} #: Performance tuning {{{ repaint_delay 10 #: Delay (in milliseconds) between screen updates. 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, repaint_delay is ignored. input_delay 3 #: Delay (in milliseconds) before input from the program running in #: the terminal is processed. 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 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 no window_alert_on_bell yes bell_on_tab yes command_on_bell none #: }}} #: Window layout {{{ remember_window_size no initial_window_width 80c initial_window_height 24c #: See https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/index.html#layouts. enabled_layouts * resize_draw_strategy static resize_debounce_time 0.00 placement_strategy top-left resize_in_steps no confirm_os_window_close 2 #: }}} #: Tab bar {{{ tab_bar_style powerline tab_bar_edge bottom tab_bar_min_tabs 2 tab_bar_margin_width 0.0 tab_switch_strategy previous tab_activity_symbol none #: Template supporting {index}, {title}, {num_windows}, some formatting options #: are also available. #: See https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/conf.html#opt-kitty.tab_title_template tab_title_template "{title}" active_tab_title_template none #: }}} #: Color scheme {{{ include colors/nord.conf #: }}} #: Advanced {{{ shell . #: 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 to ensure that the shell starts in interactive mode and #: reads its startup rc files. editor . #: The console editor to use when editing the kitty config file or #: similar tasks. A value of . means to use the environment variables #: VISUAL and EDITOR in that order. Note that this environment #: variable has to be set not just in your shell startup scripts but #: system-wide, otherwise kitty will not see it. close_on_child_death no #: Close the window when the child process (shell) exits. If no (the #: default), 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). If 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. 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. You can chose to either allow any program running #: within kitty to control it, with yes or only programs that connect #: to the socket specified with the kitty --listen-on command line #: option, if you use the value socket-only. The latter is useful if #: you want to prevent programs running on a remote computer over ssh #: from controlling kitty. listen_on none #: Tell kitty to listen to the specified unix/tcp 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 flag. This option accepts only UNIX sockets, such as #: unix:${TEMP}/mykitty or (on Linux) unix:@mykitty. Environment #: variables are expanded. If {kitty_pid} is present then it is #: replaced by the PID of the kitty process, otherwise the PID of the #: kitty process is appended to the value, with a hyphen. This option #: is ignored unless you also set allow_remote_control to enable #: remote control. See the help for kitty --listen-on for more #: details. # env #: Specify environment variables to set in all child processes. Note #: that environment variables are expanded recursively, so if you #: use:: #: env MYVAR1=a #: env MYVAR2=${MYVAR1}/${HOME}/b #: The value of MYVAR2 will be a//b. update_check_interval 24 #: Periodically check if an update to kitty is available. If an update #: is found a system notification is displayed informing you of the #: available update. The default is to check every 24 hrs, set to zero #: to disable. 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 #: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/index.html#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. clipboard_control write-clipboard write-primary #: Allow programs running in kitty to read and write from the #: clipboard. You can control exactly which actions are allowed. The #: set of possible actions is: write-clipboard read-clipboard write- #: primary read-primary. You can additionally specify no-append to #: disable kitty's protocol extension for clipboard concatenation. The #: default is to allow writing to the clipboard and primary selection #: with concatenation enabled. Note that enabling the read #: functionality is a security risk as it means that any program, even #: one running on a remote server via SSH can read your clipboard. allow_hyperlinks yes #: Process hyperlink (OSC 8) escape sequences. 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 . The #: special value of ask means that kitty will ask before opening the #: link when clicked. shell_integration no-sudo 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. #: }}} #: 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 https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/keyboard- #: protocol.html#functional-key-definitions. For a list of modifier #: names, see: GLFW mods #: #: On Linux you can also use XKB key names to bind keys that are not #: supported by GLFW. See XKB keys #: 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-keyboard option. #: Then 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: 65 native_code: 0x61 action: PRESS mods: 0x0 text: 'a' #: Here, the key name for the A key is 0x61 and you can use it with:: #: map ctrl+0x61 something #: to map ctrl+a to something. #: You can use the special action no_op to unmap a keyboard shortcut #: that is assigned in the default configuration:: #: map kitty_mod+space no_op #: You can combine multiple actions to be triggered by a single #: shortcut, using the syntax below:: #: map key combine action1 action2 action3 ... #: For example:: #: map kitty_mod+e combine : new_window : next_layout #: this will create a new window and switch to the next available #: layout #: You can use multi-key shortcuts using the syntax shown below:: #: map key1>key2>key3 action #: For example:: #: map ctrl+f>2 set_font_size 20 kitty_mod ctrl+shift #: The value of kitty_mod is used as the modifier for all default #: shortcuts, you can change it in your kitty.conf to change the #: modifiers for all the default shortcuts. clear_all_shortcuts no #: You can have kitty remove all shortcut definition seen up to this #: point. Useful, for instance, to remove the default shortcuts. kitten_alias hints hints --hints-offset=0 --alphabet="asonetuhid'l,r.cpgyf;zqvjwkmxb" #: You can create aliases for kitten names, this allows overriding the #: defaults for kitten options and can also be used to shorten #: repeated mappings of the same kitten with a specific group of #: options. For example, the above alias changes the default value of #: kitty +kitten hints --hints-offset to zero for all mappings, #: including the builtin ones. #: Clipboard {{{ map kitty_mod+c copy_to_clipboard #: There is also a copy_or_interrupt action that can be optionally #: mapped to Ctrl+c. It will copy only if there is a selection and #: send an interrupt otherwise. Similarly, copy_and_clear_or_interrupt #: will copy and clear the selection or send an interrupt if there is #: no selection. map kitty_mod+v paste_from_clipboard map kitty_mod+s paste_from_selection map shift+insert paste_from_selection map kitty_mod+o pass_selection_to_program #: You can also pass the contents of the current selection to any #: program using pass_selection_to_program. By default, the system's #: open program is used, but you can specify your own, the selection #: will be passed as a command line argument to the program, for #: example:: #: 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 {{{ map kitty_mod+up scroll_line_up map kitty_mod+k scroll_line_up map kitty_mod+down scroll_line_down map kitty_mod+j scroll_line_down map kitty_mod+page_up scroll_page_up map shift+page_up scroll_page_up map kitty_mod+page_down scroll_page_down map shift+page_down scroll_page_down map kitty_mod+home scroll_home map kitty_mod+end scroll_end map kitty_mod+h show_scrollback #: You can pipe the contents of the current screen + history buffer as #: STDIN to an arbitrary program using the ``launch`` function. 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. #: }}} #: Window management {{{ map kitty_mod+enter new_window #: You can open a new 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 by prefixing the command line with @. #: 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 some_program #: map ctrl+f launch --location=first some_program #: For more details, see launch. map kitty_mod+n new_os_window #: Works like new_window above, except that it opens a top level OS #: kitty window. In particular you can use new_os_window_with_cwd to #: open a window with the current working directory. map kitty_mod+w close_window map kitty_mod+] next_window map kitty_mod+[ previous_window # map kitty_mod+f move_window_forward map kitty_mod+b move_window_backward map kitty_mod+` move_window_to_top map kitty_mod+r start_resizing_window map kitty_mod+1 first_window map kitty_mod+2 second_window map kitty_mod+3 third_window map kitty_mod+4 fourth_window map kitty_mod+5 fifth_window map kitty_mod+6 sixth_window map kitty_mod+7 seventh_window map kitty_mod+8 eighth_window map kitty_mod+9 ninth_window map kitty_mod+0 tenth_window #: }}} #: Tab management {{{ map kitty_mod+right next_tab map kitty_mod+left previous_tab map kitty_mod+t new_tab map kitty_mod+q close_tab map kitty_mod+. move_tab_forward map kitty_mod+, move_tab_backward map kitty_mod+alt+t 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 use #: 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 {{{ 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 #: }}} #: Font sizes {{{ #: You can change the font size for all top-level kitty OS windows at #: a time or only the current one. 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 kitty_mod+minus change_font_size all -2.0 map kitty_mod+kp_subtract change_font_size all -2.0 map kitty_mod+backspace 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. map kitty_mod+f kitten hints #: Open a currently visible URL using the keyboard. The program used #: to open the URL is specified in open_url_with. 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. map kitty_mod+p>shift+f kitten hints --type path #: Select a path/filename and open it with the default open program. map kitty_mod+p>l kitten hints --type line --program - #: Select a line of text and insert it into the terminal. Use for the #: output of things like: ls -1 map kitty_mod+p>w kitten hints --type word --program - #: Select words and insert into terminal. 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 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. 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 kittens/hints. #: }}} #: Miscellaneous {{{ map kitty_mod+f11 toggle_fullscreen map kitty_mod+f10 toggle_maximized map kitty_mod+u kitten unicode_input map kitty_mod+f2 edit_config_file map kitty_mod+escape kitty_shell window #: Open the kitty shell in a new window/tab/overlay/os_window to #: control kitty using commands. map kitty_mod+a>m set_background_opacity +0.1 map kitty_mod+a>l set_background_opacity -0.1 map kitty_mod+a>1 set_background_opacity 1 map kitty_mod+a>d set_background_opacity default map kitty_mod+delete clear_terminal reset active #: You can create shortcuts to clear/reset the terminal. For example:: #: # Reset the terminal #: map kitty_mod+f9 clear_terminal reset active #: # Clear the terminal screen by erasing all contents #: map kitty_mod+f10 clear_terminal clear active #: # Clear the terminal scrollback by erasing it #: map kitty_mod+f11 clear_terminal scrollback active #: # Scroll the contents of the screen into the scrollback #: map kitty_mod+f12 clear_terminal scroll active #: If you want to operate on all 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:: #: map ctrl+l combine : clear_terminal scroll active : send_text normal,application \x0c #: You can tell kitty to send arbitrary (UTF-8) encoded text to the #: client program when pressing specified shortcut keys. For example:: #: map ctrl+alt+a send_text all Special text #: This will send "Special text" when you press the ctrl+alt+a key #: combination. The text to be sent is a python string literal so you #: can use escapes like \x1b to send control codes or \u21fb to send #: unicode characters (or you can just input the unicode characters #: directly as UTF-8 text). The first argument to send_text is the #: keyboard modes in which to activate the shortcut. The possible #: values are normal or application or kitty or a comma separated #: combination of them. The special keyword all means all modes. The #: modes normal and application refer to the DECCKM cursor key mode #: for terminals, and kitty refers to the special kitty extended #: keyboard protocol. #: Another example, that outputs a word and then moves the cursor to #: the start of the line (same as pressing the Home key):: #: map ctrl+alt+a send_text normal Word\x1b[H #: map ctrl+alt+a send_text application Word\x1bOH #: }}} # }}}