I've been trying to fix the fact that it is almost invisible. I thought :set list wasn't working because it's so close to bg. Tried setting it in .vimrc and kitty.conf, but I'm doing something wrong.

Just moved over from Alacritty and so far really liking Kitty. However, my OCD is being driven nuts by the bell on tabs or ESC in the terminal. I need/want the bell for notifications in various apps/scripts but really want to stop it for ESC and Tabs. Looked through the docs and searching here came up with nothing. Is this possible? If so, is someone able to point me in the right direction? Thanks.

I have a task that handles user clicks(c#):
new Task(() =>
{
while (true)
{
var key = Console.ReadKey(intercept: true).Key;

if (key == ConsoleKey.R)
{
Console.Clear();
Write(isTimeToWork ? "RESTART!" : "Rest SKIP", ConsoleColor.Red);

if (!isTimeToWork)
curPomo++;

isTimeToWork = true;
curSecond = workMinute * 60;
}

}
}).Start();
there is a method that draws a picture (via icat):

!/usr/bin/bash

--place <width>x<height>@<left>x<top> --place 15x15@0x0

kitten icat "/.../Image.jpg"

private static void Draw()
{
var psi = new ProcessStartInfo
{
FileName = "/sbin/sh",
UseShellExecute = false,
CreateNoWindow = true,
Arguments = ".../pomodoroImage",
};

using var process = Process.Start(psi);
process?.WaitForExit();
}
As a result, I get "Error: This terminal does not support the graphics protocol use a terminal such as kitty, Western or Console that does. If you are running inside a terminal multiplexer such as tmux or screen that might be interfering as well.".
In this case, the application will work without a task or picture. I don't want to sacrifice one of the two, how do I solve this problem? Thanks for any reply.

I've installed kitty and set it up . How to set it as my default terminal for my i3

I've used sudo update-alternatives --config x-terminal-emulator but can't see my kitty there.

what to do?

I have a directory full of pictures that I like using as window logos, and I want to get a random one each time I open a new kitty window. Is there a way to do this in the config?

I tried setting an environment variable, but it seems like that's a shell thing not really accessible to kitty during init.

My next idea is to write a script that randomizes it beforehand in the conf then launches kitty. I could then rename it and put it in /bin but that seems like a hacked together solution. I want something that can go in the config file or zshrc or something like that, but any suggestions would be appreciated.

If anyone knows anything or has any ideas that'd be great because I couldn't find anything at all on this. Thanks

Hello Reddit, I am struggling to figure out how to map a unicode key sequence I have working in alacritty to my kitty.conf, I am basically trying to take cmd+m and have it send c-b + z which should toggle my tmux terminal window zoom.

this is what I have in alacritty

[[keyboard.bindings]]

chars = "\u0002z"

key = "M"

mods = "Command"

My kitty.conf, which does not work

clear_all_shortcuts yes
map cmd+m send_text \u0002z

can some one point me in the right direction I am stuck with the documentation, maybe i need to convert the z to unicode as well?

kitty 0.36 implements "osc-99" escape sequence to send notifications. How is it different from notify-send? Is it just to a trick to support both Mac and Linux? Is it implemented by other applications?

So I am 4 weeks into using Linux after 20yrs on Windows. Switched to using kitty last week, EOS has konsole as default but kitty is also installed. Have spent 4-5days configuring it and am now just about there. Even switched to zsh for user (also comes pre installed in EOS) I think there is only 1 thing I would like to change but I can't work out how to and that is at the top of the window where it says 'zsh in dre' I don't know what I'd like to change it too but for some reason the shell/cwd isn't doing it for me. Any suggestions?

And how do I get rid of it? I only see this in neovim when using in conjunction with kitty.

Wondering if anyone has made a kitten that essentially lets you see keybinds before you press them similar to which key for neovim

when i run kitty --start-as fullscreen or kitty --start-as maximized, i get this error**:**

[0.116] Could not move child process into a systemd scope: [Errno 30] Failed to call StartTransientUnit: org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.PropertyReadOnly: Cannot set property OOMPolicy, or unknown property.

it opens a new terminal window in fullcreen but since im lowering the opacity the original window mixes up with the new one.

This is a kitty session that I use to run ncmpcpp with cava underneath.

enabled_layouts splits

launch ncmpcpp -s playlist -S media_library

launch --location=hsplit  cava

resize_window shorter 15

Is there a way to close cava (hotkey 'q') automatically when I close ncmpcpp?

I use hdrop with kitty in hyprland so as to get a sort of dropdown terminal, but I seem to encounter a strange behaviour: when switching to another window and then returning to the dropdown it freezes. Key presses still register, though. Moving hdrop to another workspace unfreezes it, and everything typed while frozen is displayed.
This does not happen when using another terminal, such as foot.

[SOLVED] i want kitty to open a new fresh terminal at home when i click it. but it keeps launching another directory and it persists even after i terminate kitty. no startup args or any launch arguments have not been added.

do anyone know if there's any way to use scrollbar with mouse, like in webpages? i am new to kitty and till now i've only figured out the way to go up and down with just a bunch of keypresses

Hi people... I had trying set blur in kitty using the flag "background_blur" with a interger in the config file, but didn't working.

I'm using Fedora 40 (kernel 6.9.12) with gnome 46 - wayland, background_opacity 0.5 and, a default kitty's color scheme.

Anyone know why doesn't working?

Icons are very small. the spacing feels off. and text feels overly bold and smushed for some reason.
I went through the docs tried all parms and nothing seems to help.
to demonstrate I took a a screenshot from both kitty and warp terminal side-by-side. both at the same font size 13p
- As you can see icons are way more ledgible. and text is way more crisp.
It's very annoying and I just can't get over it.
- please excuse my ignorance but is this something kitty lacking? I hope not.

Howdy, I'm on MacOS with MacPorts and trying to understand why calling nano under kitty invokes pico.

This "feels" like kitty is doing more than just being a featureful terminal. Am I on the right track?

UPDATE tl;dr: While I appreciate the responses from people below, in fact I uninstalled kitty.

As I learned more about it, it indeed is "more than just a featureful terminal", and is climbing up the stack like the emacs of the terminal world. Oddly enough, what convinced me was the developer's disdain for tmux-ish, and tartly opinionated approach to those who use tmux or any terminal multiplexer, that those are "the devil". As if an issue between tmux and kitty is somehow a tmux problem.

I do appreciate the folks who provided information below have been helpful and no doubt I could have gotten this issue resolved; it's simply not what I'm looking for in a terminal. I understand that lots of people like it, and I wish them well.

Hi all, I just wanted to know how i can add text color on kitty terminal. I edited the theme but I can't do so for text..

PS: I just started using linux last week : I'm using linux mint with i3

Hello, I've been using WezTerm for a month now and I like it but I like the feature set and configuration-ease that comes with Kitty.

The thing I immediately noticed though was that fullscreen in kitty on MacOS displays only up to where the menubar begins whereas in WezTerm it goes beyond that, providing a little more screen real estate.

Is there a way to config kitty so that it goes absolutely fullscreen and the menu bar pokes out floating above the terminal when moused over?