Kitty

• GitHub
• Wayland native
• config text file
• Native image preview: kitty +kitten icat file.jpg

Image support

For mdcat image rendering also install:

eget linebender/resvg

Native image support

• icat kitten
• GitHub
• Best results, much better than all imgcat* apps below

imgcat

Different imgcat projects:

• SilinMeng0510/imgcatr
  • Rust, 28 commits
  • last release 2024-01
  • AUR package: imgcatr-git
  • Doesn't properly render
    • rust-logo-128x128.png: Very blurry
    • rust-logo.svg: Cannot display SVGs
• eddieantonio/imgcat
  • C, 283 commits
  • last release 2023-12
  • AUR package: imgcat-git
  • Doesn't properly render
    • rust-logo-128x128.png: Very blurry
    • rust-logo.svg: ✅
• trashhalo/imgcat
  • Go
  • Last release 2020
  • AUR packages:
    • imagcat
    • imagcat-bin
  • Doesn't properly render
    • rust-logo-128x128.png: Very blurry
    • rust-logo.svg: Cannot display SVGs

Test:

cd ~/projects/markup/markdown/mdcat/sample/
imgcat /tmp/rust-logo.svg

Configuration

TERM

• I get errors about the terminal being unknown or opening the terminal failing or functional keys like arrow keys don’t work?
• Can we talk about "xterm-kitty"?
• Please submit xterm-kitty terminfo to ncurses database

Solution for ssh:

• Use kitten ssh myserver which automatically installs the kitty terminfo on the remote server
• On every server you ssh into using kitty, install the i.e. Debian kitty-terminfo package

Usage

• Search terminal scrollback: ctrl+shift+h

Themes

• Kitty docs: Changing kitty colors
• kovidgoyal/kitty-themes
• catppuccin/kitty
• Archived gruvbox-material-kitty theme
• Archived kitty-gruvbox-theme
  • Outdated AUR package

Set theme for all Kitty instances:

kitten themes --reload-in=all Catppuccin-Mocha
kitten themes --reload-in=all Gruvbox\ Dark

Interactively select theme for current window:

kitten themes

Issues

• "Phones home": Remove update notifications
  • Set default update interval to 0