Start work on quick-access-terminal kitten

kittens/panel/main.go

@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@ func complete_kitty_listen_on(completions *cli.Completions, word string, arg_num
 	}
 }
 
+var CompleteKittyListenOn = complete_kitty_listen_on
+
 func GetQuickAccessKittyExe() (kitty_exe string, err error) {
 	if kitty_exe, err = filepath.EvalSymlinks(utils.KittyExe()); err != nil {
 		return "", fmt.Errorf("Failed to find path to the kitty executable, this kitten requires the kitty executable to function. The kitty executable or a symlink to it must be placed in the same directory as the kitten executable. Error: %w", err)

kittens/quick_access_terminal/main.go

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+package quick_access_terminal
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"kitty/kittens/panel"
+	"kitty/tools/cli"
+
+	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
+)
+
+var _ = fmt.Print
+
+var complete_kitty_listen_on = panel.CompleteKittyListenOn
+
+func main(cmd *cli.Command, o *Options, args []string) (rc int, err error) {
+	kitty_exe, err := panel.GetQuickAccessKittyExe()
+	if err != nil {
+		return 1, err
+	}
+	argv := []string{kitty_exe, "+kitten", "panel"}
+	argv = append(argv, o.AsCommandLine()...)
+	argv = append(argv, args...)
+	err = unix.Exec(kitty_exe, argv, os.Environ())
+	rc = 1
+	return
+}
+
+func EntryPoint(parent *cli.Command) {
+	create_cmd(parent, main)
+}

kittens/quick_access_terminal/main.py

@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+# License: GPLv3 Copyright: 2025, Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>
+
+import sys
+
+from kitty.simple_cli_definitions import build_panel_cli_spec
+
+help_text = 'A quick access terminal window that you can bring up instantly with a keypress or a command.'
+
+
+def options_spec() -> str:
+    if not (ans := getattr(options_spec, 'ans', '')):
+        ans = build_panel_cli_spec({
+            'lines': '25',
+            'columns': '80',
+            'edge': 'top',
+            'layer': 'overlay',
+            'toggle_visibility': 'yes',
+            'single_instance': 'yes',
+            'instance_group': 'quake',
+            'focus_policy': 'exclusive',
+            'cls': 'kitty-quick-access',
+            'exclusive_zone': '0',
+            'override_exclusive_zone': 'yes',
+            'override': 'background_opacity=0.8',
+        })
+        setattr(options_spec, 'ans', ans)
+    return ans
+
+
+def main(args: list[str]) -> None:
+    from ..panel.main import main as panel_main
+    return panel_main(args)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main(sys.argv)
+elif __name__ == '__doc__':
+    cd: dict = sys.cli_docs  # type: ignore
+    cd['usage'] = '[cmdline-to-run ...]'
+    cd['options'] = options_spec
+    cd['help_text'] = help_text
+    cd['short_desc'] = help_text

kittens/ssh/config_test.go

@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ func TestSSHConfigParsing(t *testing.T) {
 	hostname = "2"
 	rt()
 
-	ci, err := ParseCopyInstruction("--exclude moose --dest=target " + cf)
+	ci, err := ParseCopyInstruction("--exclude moose --exclude second --dest=target " + cf)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal(err)
 	}
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ func TestSSHConfigParsing(t *testing.T) {
 	if diff != "" {
 		t.Fatalf("Incorrect local_path:\n%s", diff)
 	}
-	diff = cmp.Diff([]string{"moose"}, ci[0].exclude_patterns)
+	diff = cmp.Diff([]string{"moose", "second"}, ci[0].exclude_patterns)
 	if diff != "" {
 		t.Fatalf("Incorrect excludes:\n%s", diff)
 	}