#!/usr/bin/env python # License: GPLv3 Copyright: 2025, Kovid Goyal import sys from kitty.conf.types import Definition from kitty.constants import appname from kitty.simple_cli_definitions import CONFIG_HELP help_text = 'A quick access terminal window that you can bring up instantly with a keypress or a command.' definition = Definition( '!kittens.quick_access_terminal', ) agr = definition.add_group egr = definition.end_group opt = definition.add_option agr('qat', 'Window appearance') opt('lines', '25', option_type='positive_int', long_text=''' The number of lines shown in the window, when the window is along the top or bottom edges of the screen. If it has the suffix :code:`px` then it sets the height of the window in pixels instead of lines. ''',) opt('columns', '80', option_type='positive_int', long_text=''' The number of columns shown in the window, when the window is along the left or right edges of the screen. If it has the suffix :code:`px` then it sets the width of the window in pixels instead of columns. ''',) opt('edge', 'top', choices=('top', 'bottom', 'left', 'right'), long_text='Which edge of the screen to place the window along') opt('background_opacity', '0.85', option_type='unit_float', long_text=''' The background opacity of the window. This works the same as the kitty option of the same name, it is present here as it has a different default value for the quick access terminal. ''') opt('hide_on_focus_loss', 'no', option_type='to_bool', long_text=''' Hide the window when it loses keyboard focus automatically. Using this option will force :opt:`focus_policy` to :code:`on-demand`. ''') opt('margin_left', '0', option_type='int', long_text='Set the left margin for the window, in pixels. Has no effect for windows on the right edge of the screen.') opt('margin_right', '0', option_type='int', long_text='Set the right margin for the window, in pixels. Has no effect for windows on the left edge of the screen.') opt('margin_top', '0', option_type='int', long_text='Set the top margin for the window, in pixels. Has no effect for windows on the bottom edge of the screen.') opt('margin_bottom', '0', option_type='int', long_text='Set the bottom margin for the window, in pixels. Has no effect for windows on the top edge of the screen.') opt('+kitty_conf', '', long_text='Path to config file to use for kitty when drawing the window. Can be specified multiple times. By default, the' ' normal kitty.conf is used. Relative paths are resolved with respect to the kitty config directory.' ) opt('+kitty_override', '', long_text='Override individual kitty configuration options, can be specified multiple times.' ' Syntax: :italic:`name=value`. For example: :code:`font_size=20`.' ) opt('app_id', f'{appname}-quick-access', long_text='The Wayland APP_ID assigned to the quick access window (Linux only)') opt('start_as_hidden', 'no', option_type='to_bool', long_text='Whether to start the quick access terminal hidden. Useful if you are starting it as part of system startup.') opt('focus_policy', 'exclusive', choices=('exclusive', 'on-demand'), long_text=''' How to manage window focus. A value of :code:`exclusive` means prevent other windows from getting focus. However, whether this works is entirely dependent on the compositor/desktop environment. It does not have any effect on macOS and KDE, for example. Note that on sway using :code:`on-demand` means the compositor will not focus the window when it appears until you click on it, which is why the default is set to :code:`exclusive`. ''') def options_spec() -> str: return f''' --config -c type=list completion=type:file ext:conf group:"Config files" kwds:none,NONE {CONFIG_HELP.format(conf_name='quick-access-terminal', appname=appname)} --override -o type=list Override individual configuration options, can be specified multiple times. Syntax: :italic:`name=value`. For example: :italic:`-o lines=12` --detach type=bool-set Detach from the controlling terminal, if any, running in an independent child process, the parent process exits immediately. --detached-log Path to a log file to store STDOUT/STDERR when using :option:`--detach` --instance-group default=quick-access The unique name of this quick access terminal Use a different name if you want multiple such terminals. ''' def main(args: list[str]) -> None: raise SystemExit('This kitten should be run as: kitten quick-access-terminal') 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 elif __name__ == '__conf__': sys.options_definition = definition # type: ignore