cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/28192443

https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/kittens/panel/

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/27741183

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/18481126

I've recently stopped using tmux in favour of relying fully kitty's built-in windows and tabs, and I'm a fan.

The real killer app for me was the "pass_keys" plugin that allows you to navigate vim and kitty splits all with the same keys. I think there are plugins that allow you to do the same between vim<>tmux<>kitty as well, so it's not like you would need to drop tmux to take advantage of it.

Anyway, so that's been a big shift in my daily workflow. I've been using tmux for well over a decade, and GNU screen before that (I was never able to train myself away from the C-a prefix.

The one thing I miss a lot is being able to quickly detach and re-attach to existing sessions. Especially when doing some work over an ssh connection. But then I can always just shove the terminal into scratch space, or another i3 workspace.

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Kitty v0.39.0 was released with 12 changes not including any major new feature on 2025/01/16

We have 3 new additions, 3 changes and 9 changes included in version v0.15.0 released on 2025/01/14

I found the following Ghostty config can be used to get i3wm border around Ghostty (using i3wm with XFCE)

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window-decoration = true
gtk-titlebar = false
gtk-adwaita = false

  

Related: With the release of 1.0.1 of Ghostty, there is an issue with border around Ghostty on Linux

Version 1.20.0 of Foot terminal is released with 3 additions, 4 changes and 2 fixes.

with 13 changes (nothing major) kitty v0.38.0 was released on 2024-12-15.

read details changelog here

So even though I was a bit confused by why Ghostty needs to exist at first, I'm now completely sold. And to be completely honest, you should be too.

read details in the post.

p.s. I am not the author.

released on 2024-10-30 with 7 changes/fixes listed. The major change is "the cursor tails"

Show an animated trail when the text cursor makes large jumps making it easy to follow cursor movements. Inspired by the similar feature in neovide, but works with terminal multiplexers and kitty windows as well. See the pull request for a demonstration video. This feature is optional and must be turned on by the cursor_trail option in kitty.conf.

5 fixes, 5 changes and 5 new additions

17 fixes, 7 changes and 3 additions.

Its main features (many of them unique) over rxvt are:

• Stores text in Unicode (either UCS-2 or UCS-4).
• Uses locale-correct input, output and width: as long as your system supports the locale, rxvt-unicode will display correctly.
• Daemon mode: one daemon can open multiple windows on multiple displays, which improves memory usage and startup time considerably.
• Embedded perl, for endless customization and improvement opportunities, such as:
  • Tabbed terminal support.
  • Regex-driven customisable selection that can properly select shell arguments, urls etc.
  • Selection-transformation and option popup menus.
  • Automatically transforming the selection once made.
  • Incremental scrollback buffer search.
  • Automatic URL-underlining and launching.
  • Remote pastebin, digital clock, block graphics to ascii filter and whatever you like to implement for yourself.
• Crash-free. At least I try, but rxvt-unicode certainly crashes much less often than rxvt and its many

released on Oct 6, 2024

• Fix flash of white during startup on Microsoft Windows #640.
• Add DWMWACLOAK support on Microsoft Windows.
• VI Mode now supports search by @orhun.
• Use max frame per seconds based on the current monitor refresh rate.
• breaking renderer.max-fps has been changed to renderer.target-fps.
• Fix background color for underline and beam cursors when using transparent window.
• Fix IME color for underline and beam cursors.
• Add default for Style property on Sugarloaf font.

Homepage - Github

How does a terminal emulator work? What are ANSI escape codes? Understanding terminal internals for development, fun and mischief.

The blog post "Anatomy of a Terminal Emulator" on poor.dev provides a broad introduction to terminal emulators, focusing on their components and interactions. It explains the role of the terminal emulator in interpreting data from the shell and displaying it, often using ANSI escape codes for formatting. The post describes the connection between the terminal emulator and the shell through a pseudoterminal (pty), detailing how input and output are handled. It includes Rust code examples to demonstrate these concepts, making it accessible to both new and experienced developers. Additionally, it discusses creating user interfaces in the terminal and touches on responsive design using the SIGWINCH signal.

The summary is created using ChatGPT-4o

tym is a Lua-configurable terminal emulator base on VTE.

• Lua-configurable: Allows customization using Lua scripts.
• VTE Based Terminal Emulator: supporting various terminal functionalities provided by VTE
• Customizable Appearance: Supports theme customization through Lua scripts.
• Keymap Customization: Ability to set custom keymaps and hooks.
• D-Bus Communication: Supports interprocess communication using D-Bus.
• Configuration Options: Various configuration fields for appearance and behavior, such as shell, font, colors, and more.
• Daemon Mode: Can run as a background process.
• Hooks and Signals: Offers hooks for various actions and can send/receive D-Bus signals.
• Scripting Capabilities: Supports executing Lua scripts and handling D-Bus method calls.

The feature list is generated by ChatGPT-4o and edited by me.

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