dotfiles/dot_config/herdr/kitty.conf

# Font Configuration
font_size 11
font_family VictorMono Nerd Font
bold_italic_font auto
shell_integration enabled
# Control
allow_remote_control yes
listen_on unix:@mykitty
# Shell — every kitty OS window attaches to the shared tmux session
shell tmux new-session -A -s main
# Window Configuration
window_padding_width 12
background_opacity 0.9
hide_window_decorations yes
# Layouts now handled by tmux; keep fat available for any non-tmux use
enabled_layouts fat:bias=75;full_size=1;mirrored=false
# Cursor Configuration
cursor_blink_interval 1
# Scrollback (tmux owns scrollback in-session; this covers anything outside it)
scrollback_lines 3000
# Terminal features
copy_on_select auto
strip_trailing_spaces smart
# ── Key bindings → forwarded to tmux (prefix C-b = \x02) ────────────────
# send_text triggers the exact bind-keys in tmux.conf, in-session.
# Panes (kitty "windows" → tmux panes)
map super+w send_text all \x02x
map super+t send_text all \x02%
map super+n send_text all \x02"
# Clipboard (kitty-native)
map super+c copy_to_clipboard
map super+v paste_from_clipboard
map ctrl+v paste_from_clipboard
# Tabs (kitty "tabs" → tmux windows; your bind-key t/H/L)
map alt+h send_text all \x02H
map alt+l send_text all \x02L
map super+enter send_text all \x02t
# Pane navigation: pass ctrl+hjkl through to tmux/nvim
# (pass_keys.py kitten removed — vim-tmux-navigator replaces it)
# Pane resizing (prefix + ctrl+arrow = tmux default resize)
map super+left  send_text all \x02\x1b[1;5D
map super+right send_text all \x02\x1b[1;5C
map super+up    send_text all \x02\x1b[1;5A
map super+down  send_text all \x02\x1b[1;5B

# Direct window jumps (tmux prefix+N)
map alt+q send_text all \x021
map alt+w send_text all \x022
map alt+e send_text all \x023
map alt+r send_text all \x024
map alt+t send_text all \x025
map alt+y send_text all \x026
map alt+u send_text all \x027
map alt+i send_text all \x028
map alt+o send_text all \x029
# Session controls
map super+d send_text all \x02d
map super+s send_text all \x02s
map super+z send_text all \x02z
# ── Tab bar: hidden — tmux-dotbar owns the status UI ────────────────────
tab_bar_style hidden
# BEGIN_KITTY_THEME
# cyberdream (current-theme.conf → themes/cyberdream.conf)
include current-theme.conf
# END_KITTY_THEME
#
active_opacity 0.9


# ── Plugins ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tpm'
set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-sensible'
set -g @plugin 'vaaleyard/tmux-dotbar'
set -g @plugin 'joshmedeski/tmux-nerd-font-window-name'
set -g @plugin 'omerxx/tmux-sessionx'
# ── Kitty compatibility ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
set -g  default-terminal "tmux-256color"
set -ga terminal-overrides ",xterm-kitty:Tc"
set -as terminal-features ",xterm-kitty:RGB:usstyle:hyperlinks:clipboard:extkeys"
set -s  extended-keys on                  # kitty keyboard protocol → nvim
# Kitty graphics protocol passthrough (yazi / image preview)
set -g  allow-passthrough on
set -ga update-environment TERM
set -ga update-environment TERM_PROGRAM
# ── Clipboard (Wayland / Niri) ───────────────────────────────────────────
set -g  set-clipboard on                  # OSC 52 — covers ssh'd sessions
set -g  mouse on
setw -g mode-keys vi
bind -T copy-mode-vi v             send -X begin-selection
bind -T copy-mode-vi y             send -X copy-pipe-and-cancel "wl-copy"
bind -T copy-mode-vi Y             send -X copy-pipe-and-cancel "wl-copy" \; send -X cancel
bind -T copy-mode-vi MouseDragEnd1Pane send -X copy-pipe-and-cancel "wl-copy"
# ── Titles → Niri active window ──────────────────────────────────────────
set -g  set-titles on
set -g  set-titles-string "#S › #{pane_current_command} · #{b:pane_current_path}"
setw -g automatic-rename on
set -g automatic-rename-format "#{window_icon} #{b:pane_current_path}"
# ── QoL ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
set -g  history-limit 50000
set -g  base-index 1
setw -g pane-base-index 1
set -g  renumber-windows on
# ── Keybinds ─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
bind-key t new-window -c "#{pane_current_path}"
bind-key [ previous-window
bind-key ] next-window
bind-key H previous-window
bind-key L next-window
# Splits inherit cwd (kitty super+t / super+n land here)
# vsplit: new pane right at 35% width · hsplit: new pane below at 25% height
bind % split-window -h -l 30% -c "#{pane_current_path}"
bind '"' split-window -v -l 25% -c "#{pane_current_path}"
# Copy-mode entry (default prefix+[ is rebound above)
bind Escape copy-mode
# ── Pane navigation: ctrl+hjkl, no prefix ────────────────────────────────
# Vim-aware: if the pane runs (n)vim, forward the key so vim handles its
# own window movement (pair with vim-tmux-navigator in AstroNvim).
is_vim="ps -o state= -o comm= -t '#{pane_tty}' | grep -iqE '^[^TXZ ]+ +(\\S+\\/)?g?(view|l?n?vim?x?|fzf)(diff)?$'"
bind -n C-h if-shell "$is_vim" 'send-keys C-h' 'select-pane -L'
bind -n C-j if-shell "$is_vim" 'send-keys C-j' 'select-pane -D'
bind -n C-k if-shell "$is_vim" 'send-keys C-k' 'select-pane -U'
bind -n C-l if-shell "$is_vim" 'send-keys C-l' 'select-pane -R'
# Same nav from inside copy-mode
bind -T copy-mode-vi C-h select-pane -L
bind -T copy-mode-vi C-j select-pane -D
bind -T copy-mode-vi C-k select-pane -U
bind -T copy-mode-vi C-l select-pane -R
# Clear-screen escape hatch (C-l is consumed above)
bind C-l send-keys C-l
# Initialize TMUX plugin manager (keep this line at the very bottom of tmux.conf)
run '~/.tmux/plugins/tpm/tpm'


Lets synchronize the Mod+H and Mod+L from niri to work with the tmux window bindings for optimized key productivity