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[-] wwwgem@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 month ago

Seems outside of what one would expect from a terminal. There's dedicated app to handle this task.

[-] Laser@feddit.org 2 points 1 month ago

Sorry if I sound dumb, but which kind of program would be the one to display the output of text based interfaces, also called terminal applications, if not a terminal?

[-] communism@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 month ago

Waybar/polybar or one of the scriptable widget systems.

[-] markstos@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

It appears to have the display functionality of swaybar, the default dock of Sway.

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Sorry, no, don't want that in a terminal.

[-] EarlGrey@discuss.tchncs.de 10 points 1 month ago

I like how they show a thin sliver of something that looks like a standard terminal output instead of a screenshot of what this actually looks like on your desktop.

[-] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 9 points 1 month ago

Fuck this project for stealing the name from KiTTy, a PuTTy fork. Years ago it was brought to the devs attention and he doubled down on the name. The way they handled it deserves no respect.

[-] carzian@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Yeah he really didn't handle it well

Edit: Here's a link to the thread.
https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/issues/9

[-] KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 month ago

Lmao “they called me names so no”

[-] itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 1 month ago

I want my terminal to just work, so all this kitty stuff is overboard for me, but good for them!

[-] UndulyUnruly@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago

That’s good stuff right there.

[-] the_crotch@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

Can it dance dance dance and dance dance dance?

[-] rimu@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago

Cool, but now SSH into a remote server and then try to open nano. It doesn't.

After using it for 3 weeks I concluded that as Kitty breaks the fundamentals all the nice shiny isn't worth it.

[-] khorovodoved@lemm.ee 27 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Just install terminfo.

It is intended behavior, almost every terminal requires terminfo. It is just that terminfo for most popular (or older) ones comes preinstalled.

All new niche terminal suffer from it. Foot has the same problem.

[-] Static_Rocket@lemmy.world 17 points 1 month ago

Or override the TERM variable in your ssh config. Setting it to an xterm value has been supported by any niche term I've used over the years without sacrificing any of the usual functions.

[-] The2b@lemmy.vg 19 points 1 month ago

I have literally never had any issue with Kitty on any of my servers or local machines

[-] jaaaardvark@lemm.ee 3 points 1 month ago

alias ss=kitty +kitten ssh

[-] aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

use the ssh kitten at least once and it will install the terminfo for you

[-] krolden@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago
[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago

I especially like the casual swipe at GNOME, they deserve it!

this post was submitted on 18 Apr 2025
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