Kitty configuration for the iTerm user

I've been using kitty for a couple of days and I really like it.
As I come from years of using iTerm, I immediately had problems with the default configuration and key mappings. So today I'm sharing all the configurations that made my transition super smooth.

First a list of what I wanted to achieve

• Minimal UI (no borders, no title bar decorations)
• ctrl + d for vertical split
• ctrl + shit + d for horizontal split
• ctrl + w close split or tab
• ctrl + t new tab
• cmd + arrow left/right move to beginning/end of line
• option + arrow left/right move to beginning/end of word
• cmd c/v copy/paste from clipboard

Here a gist with my current configuration

	# vim:fileencoding=utf-8:foldmethod=marker
	# Include theme
	include ./theme.conf
	# ===== Config =====
	font_family CaskaydiaCove Nerd Font
	font_size 16.0
	draw_minimal_borders yes
	inactive_text_alpha 0.7
	hide_window_decorations no
	editor nvim
	macos_titlebar_color background
	macos_thicken_font 0.75
	active_border_color none
	# default layout is vertical splits only
	enabled_layouts splits
	window_border_width 0px
	enable_audio_bell no
	# tab bar styles
	tab_bar_edge top
	tab_title_template "{fmt.fg.c2c2c2}{title}"
	active_tab_title_template "{fmt.fg._fff}{title}"
	tab_bar_style slant
	active_tab_foreground #fff
	active_tab_background #E34D65
	inactive_tab_foreground #c2c2c2
	inactive_tab_background #E34D65
	scrollback_lines 4000
	# ===== Mappings =====
	# open new split (window) with cmd+d retaining the cwd
	map cmd+w close_window
	map cmd+shif+n new_os_window
	map cmd+d launch --location=hsplit --cwd=current
	map cmd+shift+d launch --location=vsplit --cwd=current
	# open new tab with cmd+t
	map cmd+t new_tab
	# switch between next and previous splits
	map cmd+] next_window
	map cmd+[ previous_window
	# clear the terminal screen
	map cmd+k combine : clear_terminal scrollback active : send_text normal,application \x0c
	# jump to beginning and end of word
	map alt+left send_text all \x1b\x62
	map alt+right send_text all \x1b\x66
	# jump to beginning and end of line
	map cmd+left send_text all \x01
	map cmd+right send_text all \x05
	# Map cmd + <num> to corresponding tabs
	map cmd+1 goto_tab 1
	map cmd+2 goto_tab 2
	map cmd+3 goto_tab 3
	map cmd+4 goto_tab 4
	map cmd+5 goto_tab 5
	map cmd+6 goto_tab 6
	map cmd+7 goto_tab 7
	map cmd+8 goto_tab 8
	map cmd+9 goto_tab 9
	# changing font sizes
	map cmd+equal change_font_size all +2.0
	map cmd+minus change_font_size all -2.0
	map cmd+0 change_font_size all 0
	map cmd+c copy_to_clipboard
	map cmd+v paste_from_clipboard

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One more thing: Themes

Comments

[Praveen Rai]

Thanks, Do you have advance config part of kitty. is there way in kitty to scroll unlimited as we have in iterm2.