the kitty config for tmux users

the shortcuts (key bindings) is heavily inspired by Oh my tmux!

mainly used under Linux

# backup your config first
# mv ~/.config/kitty  ~/.config/kitty.bak

git clone https://github.com/ttys3/my-kitty-config.git ~/.config/kitty

alias icat="kitty +kitten icat"
alias s="kitty +kitten icat"

key name see https://github.com/xkbcommon/libxkbcommon/blob/master/include/xkbcommon/xkbcommon-keysyms.h

or using kitty --debug-input to detect keysyms

keybindings explain:

ctrl+a>R means: press ctrl + a in the same time, release and then, press R (shift+r)

if you have used ctrl+a>s generate the session, you do not need this.

you can create your session file under ~/.config/kitty, let's say the filename is session.conf

change startup_session none to startup_session session.conf

create session.conf like this:

new_tab home
layout splits
cd ~
launch zsh
focus

new_tab work
cd ~/work
launch zsh

new_tab nvim
cd ~/.config/nvim
launch zsh

new_tab go
cd ~/repo/go
launch zsh

new_tab rust
cd ~/repo/rust
launch zsh

Keyboard shortcuts https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/conf/#keyboard-shortcuts

The launch command syntax reference https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/launch/#syntax-reference

the behavior of listen_on differs from the behavior of --listen-on cli flag.

the cli one is exactly the same.

the config file one will append a random postfix to the socket name, this is strange logic.

start kitty:

kitty -o allow_remote_control=yes --listen-on unix:/run/user/1000/kitty.sock

on other terminal:

 kitty @ --to unix:/run/user/1000/kitty.sock launch --type=tab --cwd "/tmp" --tab-title "My Tab" --keep-focus bash