diff --git a/kitty_tests/bench_scrollback.py b/kitty_tests/bench_scrollback.py
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--- a/kitty_tests/bench_scrollback.py
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-#!/usr/bin/env python
-
-import sys
-from argparse import ArgumentParser
-from random import Random
-from string import printable
-from time import CLOCK_MONOTONIC, clock_gettime, sleep
-
-
-def main():
-    parser = ArgumentParser(description='Generate text')
-    parser.add_argument('--freq', default=10000, type=int, help='Number of lines to try to write per second. Will warn if not attained.')
-    parser.add_argument('--color', action='store_true', help='Add color to the output')
-    parser.add_argument('--unicode', action='store_true', help='Mix in some unicode characters')
-    parser.add_argument('--length', default=50, type=int, help='Average line length')
-    parser.add_argument('--lengthvar', default=0.3, type=float, help='Variation for line length, in ratio of line length')
-    parser.add_argument('--emptylines', default=0.1, type=float, help='ratio of empty lines')
-    parser.add_argument('--linesperwrite', default=1, type=int, help='number of lines to repeat/write at a time')
-    parser.add_argument('--patterns', default=1000, type=int, help='number of different pattern to alternate')
-    parser.add_argument('--seed', default=sys.argv[0], type=str, help='seed to get different output')
-    args = parser.parse_args()
-
-    rng = Random()
-    rng.seed(args.seed)
-
-    characters = [c for c in printable if c not in '\r\n\x0b\x0c']
-    if args.color:
-        characters += ['\x1b[91m', '\x1b[0m', '\x1b[1;32m', '\x1b[22m', '\x1b[35m']
-
-    if args.unicode:
-        characters += ['日', '本', '💜', '☃', '🎩', '🍀', '、']
-
-    patterns = []
-    for _ in range(0, args.patterns):
-        s = ""
-        for _ in range(0, args.linesperwrite):
-            cnt = int(rng.gauss(args.length, args.length * args.lengthvar))
-            if cnt < 0 or rng.random() < args.emptylines:
-                cnt = 0
-            s += "".join(rng.choices(characters, k=cnt)) + '\n'
-        patterns += [s]
-
-    time_per_print = args.linesperwrite / args.freq
-    t1 = clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC)
-    cnt = 0
-    while True:
-        sys.stdout.write(patterns[rng.randrange(0, args.patterns)])
-        sys.stdout.flush()
-        cnt += 1
-        t2 = clock_gettime(CLOCK_MONOTONIC)
-        if t2 - t1 < cnt * time_per_print:
-            sleep(cnt * time_per_print - (t2 - t1))
-            t1 = t2
-            cnt = 0
-        elif cnt >= 100:
-            print("Cannot print fast enough, printed %d lines in %f seconds instead of %f seconds target" %
-                  (cnt * args.linesperwrite, t2 - t1, cnt * time_per_print))
-            break
-        else:
-            cnt += 1
-
-
-if __name__ == '__main__':
-    main()