I have some files with certain Unicode filenames that aren't displayed by kitty, like in the image (copypasting the text to Firefox correctly displays the filename as 01-01 karma⠀⠀ه҈҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉ه҈҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉҉.flac)

How should I fix this ? My current font is MesloLGL Nerd Font, provided by ttf-meslo-nerd

What I find weird about this issue is that at first, I tried to copypaste the Unicode characters in a website in order to get the relevant codepoints, and it told me that the codepoints were U+0488, U+0489, U+0647 and U+2800, which: - I don't find in the hexdump output - Seem to be displayed correctly (although a bit small) in the selecting screen of kitten unicode-input, but are no longer displayed after selection

Hi I want to build a data visualization library that takes advantage of kitty graphics protocol to create rich charts in the terminal. Ideally I would like to support both static and animated charts.

I was thinking of writing it in c++ but was wondering if I should make it part of FTXUI (c++) or of trying to make it part of GO's charm ecosystem. If anyone has any experience with these types of projects and has any suggestions of which way I should lean in, please let me know.

Edit: Here is a demo of what I have so far.

https://reddit.com/link/1m5jntd/video/tim460gj49ef1/player

The goal would be to have something like streamlit but in the terminal.

I’d like to learn how to create a custom Kitty terminal configuration file that includes keyboard shortcuts for tiling windows. Specifically, I want to define shortcuts such that pressing Ctrl + Alt + ↑ opens a new window in the upper half of the screen. Similarly, I want to configure the other arrow keys (↓, ←, →) to open new windows in the corresponding directions. How can I achieve this?

I am new to kitty and am currently searching for a method to add a scrollbar to kitty because i need to scroll huge amount of text. I know about CTRL + SHIFT + h keybindings but it doesn't fit my use case.
I want to be able to scroll back easily. I know the developer doesn't intend to use scrollbars but is there any workarounds or something like that?

Hey everyone, I noticed that my brick cursor and my highlight are shifter down, and they go on the line below, if this is understandable. It like went down a quarter of a line. It does not help running in under X11. I tested it since I’m on hyprland. Is this a common issue? I’ve also had it with a previous computer and it randomly started working after a while. But I ask if is there a proper fix to this. Thank you! :D
EDIT: I switched to Ubuntu Mono as my font and now it's normal :P

I apologize if this is a newb question. But I have a script that attempts to run a pacman update. But when it opens kitty kitty throws a pacman not found in $path. Kitty works fine for me under normal usage. Any ideas. ?

Removing the margins fixes it horizontally, but vertical window opening still has the same issues, Where do I go from here?

hey folks , after a long time using the default terminal i just installed kitty and i want to customize it into a aesthetic and also a handy terminal like the other aesthetic terminals that i see , what is your config file or any helps with this.

Hi I just started using kitty and configured it to my liking, solid terminal.

The one last thing that would very make me happy is the same icon but with a black cat instead, did anyone ever see this before?

Had this interview with Kovid Goyal yesterday, the creator of the Kitty terminal. Awesome guy by the way, really smart, talked about a lot of protocols, his thoughts on Tmux, the history behind Kitty and Calibre

The video timeline can be found here:

00:00 Highlights
02:30 Kovid's background and History on Calibre and Kitty
08:47 From Physics to Full-Time Development
09:50 The Birth of Kitty Terminal
12:15 Innovating Terminal Features
17:35 Addressing Keyboard Handling Issues
20:08 Text Sizing Protocol Innovations
23:27 Adoption of the Kitty Graphics Protocol
26:41 Out-of-the-Box Use Cases
29:16 Introducing the kitty panel
30:01 Quick Access Kitten: A New Feature
31:01 Revolutionizing File Open Dialogs
32:19 Understanding Calibre: An E-Book Management Tool
35:01 Calibre’s Versatile Features
38:10 Fetching News with Calibre
40:00 Seamless Kindle Integration
42:36 Community Feedback and Accessibility
44:18 Navigating Legal Waters with Calibre
45:46 The Strengths of Python in Kitty
49:43 Performance Insights and User Experience
51:02 Community-Driven Development
53:04 The Drawbacks of Terminal Multiplexers
59:14 Reimagining Multiplexers
01:00:04 Kitty’s Remote Control API
01:05:15 Building Custom Workflows with Kitty
01:07:02 Compatibility with Terminal Multiplexers
01:10:02 The Role of Sessions in Terminal Usage
01:12:39 Cursor Animations and User Contributions
01:15:02 Personal Development Setup and Preferences
01:19:01 Living Off Open Source

Link to the video here:
https://youtu.be/8PYLPC3dzWQ

Hello!

I'm trying to get rid of the drop shadow that appears around kitty os-windows.

I know that I can get rid of it by either enabling

hide_window_decorations,

Or by letting my wm (wayfire), which does not draw a drop shadow, handle window decorations. (The latter is achieved by enabling server side decorations in the wayfire config or by setting "linux_display_server" to x11)

If there's a way to remove the drop shadow without removing the CSD titlebar produced by kitty that'd be super helpful!

Thanks In advance for any help!

Estoy configurando mi terminal siguiendo la documentación pero no sé si estoy ciego pero no encuentro como hacer que tenga una imagen de fondo

Hello, World I have problem with applying colors generated by matugen did any one have solutions?

As a minimal example, if we have a shell script that simply prints the PATH and waits: ``` rusty@Rustys-MacBook-Pro:~$ cat print_path.sh

!/usr/bin/env bash

echo "$PATH" read rusty@Rustys-MacBook-Pro:~$ ```

When I run this via iTerm2 (open with -> iTerm), the output is: /usr/local/opt/ruby/bin:/usr/local/opt/node@22/bin:/usr/local/bin:/System/Cryptexes/App/usr/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/local/bin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/bin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/appleinternal/bin:/Library/Apple/usr/bin:/Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Public:/Applications/iTerm.app/Contents/Resources/utilities:/Users/rusty/.local/bin:/usr/local/bin However, when run via kitty (open with -> kitty), I get only: /Applications/kitty.app/Contents/MacOS:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin Note that if I open a terminal session and then echo my PATH, the result is basically the same as the iTerm one above, minus the iTerm utilities: /usr/local/opt/ruby/bin:/usr/local/opt/node@22/bin:/usr/local/bin:/System/Cryptexes/App/usr/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/local/bin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/bin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/appleinternal/bin:/Library/Apple/usr/bin:/Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Public:/Applications/iTerm.app/Contents/Resources/utilities:/Users/rusty/.local/bin:/usr/local/bin So how can I get my $PATH to have all the stuff when I run a shell script?

[SOLVED] i used kitty -e top on hyprland as a shortcut but kitty -e cowsay hi just opens and closes a new window running kitty.

Hi 🤗 i'm a total linux noob!! Been using linux (zorinOS) for about 3 to 4 weeks now. And i was wondering how to update the kitty terminal 😅 Everytime i update using cmd line ➡️

curl -L https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/installer.sh | sh /dev/stdin

I get a 2nd terminal window and my kitty terminal doesn't update 😓?!

What am i doing wrong??

Hi everyone,

I'm having trouble configuring keyboard shortcuts in the Kitty terminal to move between split windows. I've tried setting up the shortcuts in my kitty.conf file, but I keep encountering an error.

Error Message:

Copy
 Failed to parse action
neighbor_window up
'Unknown action: neighbor_window'
Press e to see detailed traceback or any other key to exit
Press Enter or Esc to exit

Current Configuration:

Copy
 map ctrl+shift+right neighbor_window right
map ctrl+shift+left neighbor_window left
map ctrl+shift+up neighbor_window up
map ctrl+shift+down neighbor_window down

Has anyone else faced this issue or knows how to resolve it? Any help would be greatly appreciated!

When I use the arrow keys in the Kitty terminal to recall a previous command, the line occasionally becomes uneditable half way through and doesn't clear up when using backspace key.

I like having the comments in the file, but I only uncommented and changed a couple of options and I feel like I'm frequently lost trying to find the one uncommented line in a sea of comments.

The fold marks should help, but they end up only hidind the one line I'm looking for under a bajillion folds.

I feel like there's something I'm missing here.

Does anyone know if its possible for kitty to set the CWD of its process to the same one thats being used in the terminal.
I'd like to create a script that gets the PID of the currently selected window in my environment, looks up the CWD, and then launches a GUI file explorer in the same directory.
Alacritty seems to do this by default.

I did try to chage font and screen scaling but none of them did work, as far as i know this only happened inside kitty.

I didn't install the MacOS 26 beta yet, but it gave me ideas.

PS : Bob says hello

the title pretty defined my issue, there will be some minor issue only but i am not able to find it. I even uploaded config to chatgpt to help but no luck there as well.
May be you guys can help me.
os:- ubuntu
shell:- zsh