TIL Kitty terminal can show a dock panel on Linux desktops!
from TheTwelveYearOld@lemmy.world to linux@lemmy.ml on 18 Apr 22:49
https://lemmy.world/post/28415616

sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/kittens/panel/

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UndulyUnruly@lemmy.world on 19 Apr 02:24 next collapse

That’s good stuff right there.

rimu@piefed.social on 19 Apr 03:21 next collapse

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.

The2b@lemmy.vg on 19 Apr 03:49 next collapse

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

khorovodoved@lemm.ee on 19 Apr 04:21 next collapse

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 on 19 Apr 07:20 collapse

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.

jaaaardvark@lemm.ee on 19 Apr 11:27 next collapse

alias ss=kitty +kitten ssh

aBundleOfFerrets@sh.itjust.works on 21 Apr 04:02 collapse

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

wwwgem@lemmy.ml on 19 Apr 03:38 next collapse

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

Laser@feddit.org on 19 Apr 11:06 next collapse

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 on 19 Apr 13:05 collapse

Waybar/polybar or one of the scriptable widget systems.

markstos@lemmy.world on 19 Apr 11:39 collapse

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

krolden@lemmy.ml on 19 Apr 05:26 next collapse

Neat

MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml on 19 Apr 09:16 next collapse

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

itslilith@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 19 Apr 12:13 next collapse

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

the_crotch@sh.itjust.works on 19 Apr 12:28 next collapse

Can it dance dance dance and dance dance dance?

EarlGrey@discuss.tchncs.de on 19 Apr 16:30 next collapse

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.

FooBarrington@lemmy.world on 19 Apr 16:50 next collapse

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

InFerNo@lemmy.ml on 19 Apr 21:29 collapse

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 on 19 Apr 21:55 collapse

Yeah he really didn’t handle it well

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

KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 19 Apr 22:15 collapse

Lmao “they called me names so no”