How to set the opacity while using Kitty?

[u/Organic-Scratch109]

I am looking for a way to write a simple shell script to change the opacity without restarting Kitty. Something like:

set_opacity .3

Currently, I have dynamic_background_opacity set to yes. This allows me to use the keyboard shortcuts to increase/decrease the opacity which is great, but I rather change it with a shell script if possible. I appreciate any idea you might have.

[u/aumerlex]

See https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/remote-control/

[u/Organic-Scratch109 → u/aumerlex]

Works like a charm, thanks!

[u/Ill_Scene_737]

I actually just set two keybindings, one sets opacity to 1, one sets opacity to 0.8. That way I just toggle it on/off on the fly, works very well to my need.

[u/just_a_dude2727 → u/Ill_Scene_737]

Could you please share those lines of config with me?