config/kitty: update config template and add general.conf

.config/kitty/general.conf

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+map ctrl+c copy_or_interrupt
+
+window_alert_on_bell yes
+
+include pager.conf
+include local.conf

.config/kitty/kitty.conf

@@ -47,25 +47,6 @@
 #: support, because it will force kitty to always treat the text as
 #: LTR, which FriBidi expects for terminals.
 
-# adjust_line_height  0
-# adjust_column_width 0
-
-#: Change the size of each character cell kitty renders. You can use
-#: either numbers, which are interpreted as pixels or percentages
-#: (number followed by %), which are interpreted as percentages of the
-#: unmodified values. You can use negative pixels or percentages less
-#: than 100% to reduce sizes (but this might cause rendering
-#: artifacts).
-
-# adjust_baseline 0
-
-#: Adjust the vertical alignment of text (the height in the cell at
-#: which text is positioned). You can use either numbers, which are
-#: interpreted as pixels or percentages (number followed by %), which
-#: are interpreted as the percentage of the line height. A positive
-#: value moves the baseline up, and a negative value moves them down.
-#: The underline and strikethrough positions are adjusted accordingly.
-
 # symbol_map
 
 #: E.g. symbol_map U+E0A0-U+E0A3,U+E0C0-U+E0C7 PowerlineSymbols
@@ -171,6 +152,31 @@
 
 #:     font_features UnifontMedium +isol -medi -fina -init
 
+# modify_font
+
+#: Modify font characteristics such as the position or thickness of
+#: the underline and strikethrough. The modifications can have the
+#: suffix px for pixels or % for percentage of original value. No
+#: suffix means use pts. For example::
+
+#:     modify_font underline_position -2
+#:     modify_font underline_thickness 150%
+#:     modify_font strikethrough_position 2px
+
+#: Additionally, you can modify the size of the cell in which each
+#: font glyph is rendered and the baseline at which the glyph is
+#: placed in the cell. For example::
+
+#:     modify_font cell_width 80%
+#:     modify_font cell_height -2px
+#:     modify_font baseline 3
+
+#: Note that modifying the baseline will automatically adjust the
+#: underline and strikethrough positions by the same amount.
+#: Increasing the baseline raises glyphs inside the cell and
+#: decreasing it lowers them. Decreasing the cell size might cause
+#: rendering artifacts, so use with care.
+
 # box_drawing_scale 0.001, 1, 1.5, 2
 
 #: The sizes of the lines used for the box drawing Unicode characters.
@@ -285,7 +291,7 @@
 # wheel_scroll_min_lines 1
 
 #: The minimum number of lines scrolled by the mouse wheel. The scroll
-#: multiplier <wheel_scroll_multiplier> only takes effect after it
+#: multiplier wheel_scroll_multiplier only takes effect after it
 #: reaches this number. Note that this is only used for low precision
 #: scrolling devices like wheel mice that scroll by very small amounts
 #: when using the wheel. With a negative number, the minimum number of
@@ -863,7 +869,7 @@
 #:     tab_bar.py in the kitty config directory. For examples of how to
 #:     write such a function, see the functions named draw_tab_with_* in
 #:     kitty's source code: kitty/tab_bar.py. See also
-#:     this discussion https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/discussions/4447
+#:     this discussion <https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/discussions/4447>
 #:     for examples from kitty users.
 #: hidden
 #:     The tab bar is hidden. If you use this, you might want to create a mapping
@@ -921,11 +927,26 @@
 #: title with optional symbols for bell and activity. If you wish to
 #: include the tab-index as well, use something like: {index}:{title}.
 #: Useful if you have shortcuts mapped for goto_tab N. If you prefer
-#: to see the index as a superscript, use {sup.index}. In addition you
+#: to see the index as a superscript, use {sup.index}. All data
-#: can use {layout_name} for the current layout name, {num_windows}
+#: available is:
-#: for the number of windows in the tab and {num_window_groups} for
+
-#: the number of window groups (not counting overlay windows) in the
+#: title
-#: tab. Note that formatting is done by Python's string formatting
+#:     The current tab title.
+#: index
+#:     The tab index useable with goto_tab N goto_tab shortcuts.
+#: layout_name
+#:     The current layout name.
+#: num_windows
+#:     The number of windows in the tab.
+#: num_window_groups
+#:     The number of window groups (not counting overlay windows) in the tab.
+#: tab.active_wd
+#:     The working directory of the currently active window in the tab (expensive,
+#:     requires syscall).
+#: max_title_length
+#:     The maximum title length available.
+
+#: Note that formatting is done by Python's string formatting
 #: machinery, so you can use, for instance, {layout_name[:2].upper()}
 #: to show only the first two letters of the layout name, upper-cased.
 #: If you want to style the text, you can use styling directives, for
@@ -1144,35 +1165,83 @@
 #: background processes still using the terminal can fail silently
 #: because their stdout/stderr/stdin no longer work.
 
+# remote_control_password
+
+#: Allow other programs to control kitty using passwords. This option
+#: can be specified multiple times to add multiple passwords. If no
+#: passwords are present kitty will ask the user for permission if a
+#: program tries to use remote control with a password. A password can
+#: also *optionally* be associated with a set of allowed remote
+#: control actions. For example::
+
+#:     remote_control_password "my passphrase" get-colors set-colors focus-window focus-tab
+
+#: Only the specified actions will be allowed when using this
+#: password. Glob patterns can be used too, for example::
+
+#:     remote_control_password "my passphrase" set-tab-* resize-*
+
+#: To get a list of available actions, run::
+
+#:     kitty @ --help
+
+#: A set of actions to be allowed when no password is sent can be
+#: specified by using an empty password, for example::
+
+#:     remote_control_password "" *-colors
+
+#: Finally, the path to a python module can be specified that provides
+#: a function is_cmd_allowed that is used to check every remote
+#: control command. See rc_custom_auth
+#: <https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/remote-control/#rc-custom-auth>
+#: for details. For example::
+
+#:     remote_control_password "my passphrase" my_rc_command_checker.py
+
+#: Relative paths are resolved from the kitty configuration directory.
+
 # allow_remote_control no
 
 #: Allow other programs to control kitty. If you turn this on, other
 #: programs can control all aspects of kitty, including sending text
 #: to kitty windows, opening new windows, closing windows, reading the
 #: content of windows, etc. Note that this even works over SSH
-#: connections. You can choose to either allow any program running
+#: connections. The default setting of no prevents any form of remote
-#: within kitty to control it with yes, or only allow programs that
+#: control. The meaning of the various values are:
-#: connect to the socket (specified with the listen_on config option
+
-#: or kitty --listen-on command line option) with the value socket-
+#: password
-#: only. The latter is useful if you want to prevent programs running
+#:    Remote control requests received over both the TTY device and the socket are
-#: on a remote computer over SSH from controlling kitty. Reloading the
+#:    confirmed based on passwords, see remote_control_password.
-#: config will not affect this option.
+
+#: socket-only
+#:    Remote control requests received over a socket are accepted unconditionally.
+#:    Requests received over the TTY are denied. See listen_on.
+
+#: socket
+#:    Remote control requests received over a socket are accepted unconditionally.
+#:    Requests received over the TTY are confirmed based on password.
+
+#: no
+#:    Remote control is completely disabled.
+
+#: yes
+#:    Remote control requests are always accepted.
 
 # listen_on none
 
 #: Listen to the specified UNIX socket for remote control connections.
 #: Note that this will apply to all kitty instances. It can be
-#: overridden by the kitty --listen-on command line option, which
+#: overridden by the kitty --listen-on command line option, which also
-#: supports listening on TCP socket. This option accepts only UNIX
+#: supports listening on a TCP socket. This option accepts only UNIX
 #: sockets, such as unix:${TEMP}/mykitty or unix:@mykitty (on Linux).
 #: Environment variables are expanded and relative paths are resolved
 #: with respect to the temporary directory. If {kitty_pid} is present,
 #: then it is replaced by the PID of the kitty process, otherwise the
 #: PID of the kitty process is appended to the value, with a hyphen.
-#: This option is ignored unless you also set allow_remote_control to
+#: See the help for kitty --listen-on for more details. Note that this
-#: enable remote control. See the help for kitty --listen-on for more
+#: will be ignored unless allow_remote_control is set to either: yes,
-#: details. Changing this option by reloading the config is not
+#: socket or socket-only. Changing this option by reloading the config
-#: supported.
+#: is not supported.
 
 # env
 
@@ -1230,11 +1299,11 @@
 #: Path to a session file to use for all kitty instances. Can be
 #: overridden by using the kitty --session command line option for
 #: individual instances. See sessions
-#: <https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/overview/#startup-sessions> in the
+#: <https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/overview/#sessions> in the kitty
-#: kitty documentation for details. Note that relative paths are
+#: documentation for details. Note that relative paths are interpreted
-#: interpreted with respect to the kitty config directory. Environment
+#: with respect to the kitty config directory. Environment variables
-#: variables in the path are expanded. Changing this option by
+#: in the path are expanded. Changing this option by reloading the
-#: reloading the config is not supported.
+#: config is not supported.
 
 # clipboard_control write-clipboard write-primary read-clipboard-ask read-primary-ask
 
@@ -1452,10 +1521,10 @@
 #: For example: a for the A key, [ for the left square bracket key,
 #: etc. For functional keys, such as Enter or Escape, the names are
 #: present at Functional key definitions
-#: <https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/keyboard-protocol/#functional-key-
+#: <https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/keyboard-protocol/#functional>.
-#: definitions>. For modifier keys, the names are ctrl (control, ⌃),
+#: For modifier keys, the names are ctrl (control, ⌃), shift (⇧), alt
-#: shift (⇧), alt (opt, option, ⌥), super (cmd, command, ⌘). See also:
+#: (opt, option, ⌥), super (cmd, command, ⌘). See also: GLFW mods
-#: GLFW mods <https://www.glfw.org/docs/latest/group__mods.html>
+#: <https://www.glfw.org/docs/latest/group__mods.html>
 
 #: On Linux you can also use XKB key names to bind keys that are not
 #: supported by GLFW. See XKB keys
@@ -1898,7 +1967,7 @@
 
 #: Similarly, to switch back to the previous layout::
 
-#:    map ctrl+alt+p last_used_layout
+#:     map ctrl+alt+p last_used_layout
 
 #: There is also a toggle_layout action that switches to the named
 #: layout or back to the previous layout if in the named layout.
@@ -2015,6 +2084,10 @@
 
 #: Miscellaneous {{{
 
+#: Show documentation
+
+# map kitty_mod+f1 show_kitty_doc overview
+
 #: Toggle fullscreen
 
 # map kitty_mod+f11 toggle_fullscreen
@@ -2166,5 +2239,4 @@
 
 #: }}}
 
-include pager.conf
+include general.conf
-include local.conf

.config/kitty/local.conf

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+local.conf##hostname.elephant

.config/kitty/pager.conf

@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 # default scrollback pager
+#scrollback_pager nvim --noplugin -u NONE -c "silent write! /tmp/kitty_scrollback_buffer | te cat /tmp/kitty_scrollback_buffer - "
 scrollback_pager ~/.config/kitty/scrollback_pager 'INPUT_LINE_NUMBER' 'CURSOR_LINE' 'CURSOR_COLUMN'
 # launch action (optional `--stdin-add-formatting`)
-map f1 launch --type overlay --stdin-source=@screen_scrollback ~/.config/kitty/scrollback_pager
+map f1 show_scrollback
+#map f1 launch --type overlay --stdin-source=@screen_scrollback ~/.config/kitty/scrollback_pager

.config/kitty/scrollback_pager

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/bin/env bash
+#!/bin/sh
 # https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/719#issuecomment-952039731
 set -eu