From 6c81547e24c5e7333eff1cc0bb0c13c8a980c04b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2025 00:55:10 +0530
Subject: [PATCH] Output the set of special colors separately

---
 gen/config.py          | 10 ++++++++--
 kitty/options/types.py |  7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/gen/config.py b/gen/config.py
index cb07f2f58..d41e9c84d 100755
--- a/gen/config.py
+++ b/gen/config.py
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ def main(args: list[str]=sys.argv) -> None:
     from kitty.options.definition import definition
     nullable_colors = []
     all_colors = []
+    special_colors = []
     for opt in definition.iter_all_options():
         if callable(opt.parser_func):
             match opt.parser_func.__name__:
@@ -50,14 +51,19 @@ def main(args: list[str]=sys.argv) -> None:
                     all_colors.append(opt.name)
                 case 'macos_titlebar_color' | 'titlebar_color' | 'scrollbar_color':
                     all_colors.append(opt.name)
+                    special_colors.append(opt.name)
                 case 'to_color_or_none' | 'cursor_text_color':
-                    nullable_colors.append(opt.name)
                     all_colors.append(opt.name)
+                    nullable_colors.append(opt.name)
 
     patch_color_list('tools/cmd/at/set_colors.go', nullable_colors, 'NULLABLE')
     patch_color_list('tools/themes/collection.go', all_colors, 'ALL')
     nc = ',\n    '.join(f'{x!r}' for x in nullable_colors)
-    write_output('kitty', definition, f'\nnullable_colors = frozenset({{\n    {nc}\n}})\n')
+    sc = ',\n    '.join(f'{x!r}' for x in special_colors)
+    write_output('kitty', definition,
+                 f'\nnullable_colors = frozenset({{\n    {nc}\n}})\n'
+                 f'\nspecial_colors = frozenset({{\n    {sc}\n}})\n'
+    )
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
diff --git a/kitty/options/types.py b/kitty/options/types.py
index 61ca32c37..cd9d8b8b6 100644
--- a/kitty/options/types.py
+++ b/kitty/options/types.py
@@ -1095,5 +1095,12 @@ nullable_colors = frozenset({
     'selection_background'
 })
 
+special_colors = frozenset({
+    'scrollbar_handle_color',
+    'scrollbar_track_color',
+    'wayland_titlebar_color',
+    'macos_titlebar_color'
+})
+
 
 secret_options = ('remote_control_password', 'file_transfer_confirmation_bypass')
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