Name

       kitten-@ - Control kitty remotely

Usage

       kitten @ [global options] [sub-command] [sub-command options] [sub-command args]

Description

       Control  kitty  by  sending it commands. Set the allow_remote_control option in kitty.conf
       for this to work. When run without any sub-commands this will start an  interactive  shell
       to control kitty.

Commands

       action
         Run the specified mappable action. See:

       close-tab
         Close the specified tabs. See:

       close-window
         Close the specified windows. See:

       create-marker
         Create a marker that highlights specified text. See:

       detach-tab
         Detach the specified tabs and place them in a different/new OS window. See:

       detach-window
         Detach the specified windows and place them in a different/new tab. See:

       disable-ligatures
         Control ligature rendering. See:

       env
         Change environment variables seen by future children. See:

       focus-tab
         Focus the specified tab. See:

       focus-window
         Focus the specified window. See:

       get-colors
         Get terminal colors. See:

       get-text
         Get text from the specified window. See:

       goto-layout
         Set the window layout. See:

       kitten
         Run a kitten. See:

       last-used-layout
         Switch to the last used layout. See:

       launch
         Run an arbitrary process in a new window/tab. See:

       load-config
         (Re)load a config file. See:

       ls
         List tabs/windows. See:

       new-window
         Open new window. See:

       remove-marker
         Remove the currently set marker, if any.. See:

       resize-os-window
         Resize the specified OS Windows. See:

       resize-window
         Resize the specified windows. See:

       run
         Run a program on the computer in which kitty is running and get the output. See:

       scroll-window
         Scroll the specified windows. See:

       select-window
         Visually select a window in the specified tab. See:

       send-key
         Send arbitrary key presses to the specified windows. See:

       send-text
         Send arbitrary text to specified windows. See:

       set-background-image
         Set the background image. See:

       set-background-opacity
         Set the background opacity. See:

       set-colors
         Set terminal colors. See:

       set-enabled-layouts
         Set the enabled layouts in tabs. See:

       set-font-size
         Set the font size in the active top-level OS window. See:

       set-spacing
         Set window paddings and margins. See:

       set-tab-color
         Change the color of the specified tabs in the tab bar. See:

       set-tab-title
         Set the tab title. See:

       set-user-vars
         Set user variables on a window. See:

       set-window-logo
         Set the window logo. See:

       set-window-title
         Set the window title. See:

       signal-child
         Send a signal to the foreground process in the specified windows. See:

       Get help for an individual command by running:

       kitten command -h

Global options

       --to   An  address  for the kitty instance to control. Corresponds to the address given to
              the kitty  instance  via  the  --listen-on  option  or  the  listen_on  setting  in
              kitty.conf.  If not specified, the environment variable KITTY_LISTEN_ON is checked.
              If that is also not found, messages are sent to the controlling terminal  for  this
              process, i.e. they will only work if this process is run within a kitty window.

       --password
              A  password to use when contacting kitty. This will cause kitty to ask the user for
              permission to perform the specified action, unless the password has  been  accepted
              before  or  is  pre-configured  in  kitty.conf.  To  use  a  blank password specify
              --use-password as always.

       --password-file [=rc-pass]
              A file from which to read the password. Trailing whitespace  is  ignored.  Relative
              paths  are  resolved  from  the  kitty  configuration directory. Use - to read from
              STDIN. Use fd:num to read from the file descriptor num. Used if  no  --password  is
              supplied.  Defaults  to  checking  for  the rc-pass file in the kitty configuration
              directory.

       --password-env [=KITTY_RC_PASSWORD]
              The name of an  environment  variable  to  read  the  password  from.  Used  if  no
              --password-file   is  supplied.  Defaults  to  checking  the  environment  variable
              KITTY_RC_PASSWORD.

       --use-password [=if-available]
              If no password is available, kitty  will  usually  just  send  the  remote  control
              command  without a password. This option can be used to force it to always or never
              use the supplied password. If set to always and no password is provided, the  blank
              password is used.

              Choices: if-available, always, never

Options

       --help, -h
              Show help for this command