Add an option to have kitty close the window when the main processes running in it exits, even if there are still background processes writing to that terminal.

Merge branch 'master' of https://github.com/josswright/kitty

kitty/child-monitor.c

@@ -980,7 +980,7 @@ io_loop(void *data) {
                 bool kill_signal = false, child_died = false;
                 read_signals(fds[1].fd, &kill_signal, &child_died);
                 if (kill_signal) { children_mutex(lock); kill_signal_received = true; children_mutex(unlock); }
-                if (child_died) reap_children(self, false);
+                if (child_died) reap_children(self, OPT(close_on_child_death));
             }
             for (i = 0; i < self->count; i++) {
                 if (fds[EXTRA_FDS + i].revents & (POLLIN | POLLHUP)) {

kitty/config.py

@@ -272,6 +272,7 @@ type_map = {
     'repaint_delay': positive_int,
     'input_delay': positive_int,
     'sync_to_monitor': to_bool,
+    'close_on_child_death': to_bool,
     'window_border_width': positive_float,
     'window_margin_width': positive_float,
     'window_padding_width': positive_float,

kitty/kitty.conf

@@ -149,6 +149,12 @@ input_delay 3
 # If so, set this to no.
 sync_to_monitor yes
 
+# Close the terminal when the child process (shell) exits. If no, the terminal
+# will remain open when the shell exits if processes are still outputting to
+# the terminal. If yes, the terminal will close as soon as the child process
+# exits regardless of processes outputting to the terminal. 
+close_on_child_death no
+
 # Visual bell duration. Flash the screen when a bell occurs for the specified number of
 # seconds. Set to zero to disable.
 visual_bell_duration 0.0

kitty/state.c

@@ -352,6 +352,7 @@ PYWRAP1(set_options) {
     S(repaint_delay, repaint_delay);
     S(input_delay, repaint_delay);
     S(sync_to_monitor, PyObject_IsTrue);
+    S(close_on_child_death, PyObject_IsTrue);
     S(macos_option_as_alt, PyObject_IsTrue);
     S(macos_hide_titlebar, PyObject_IsTrue);
 

kitty/state.h

@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ typedef struct {
     float inactive_text_alpha;
     Edge tab_bar_edge;
     bool sync_to_monitor;
+    bool close_on_child_death;
 } Options;
 
 typedef struct {