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@ -59,9 +59,9 @@ speed). Less than ten thousand lines of code.
* Uses OpenGL+FreeType for rendering, does not depend on any GUI
toolkits, offloads rendering work to the GPU for lower system load.
* Cross-platform support: kitty currently works only on linux, but because it
* Cross-platform support: kitty currently works on linux and OS X, but because it
uses only OpenGL+FreeType for rendering, it should be trivial to port to
other platforms. See link:../../issues/5[5] for porting to OS X.
other platforms. See link:../../issues/5[5] for the status of the OS X port.
image::screenshot.png?raw=true[Screenshot, showing three programs in the "Tall" layout]
@ -75,14 +75,14 @@ the following dependencies are installed first.
.Dependencies
* python >= 3.5
* glew >= 2.0 (not needed on OS X)
* glfw >= 3.2
* glew >= 2.0 (not needed on OS X)
* freetype, fontconfig (not needed on OSX)
* xdpyinfo and xsel (on X11 based systems)
* gcc or clang (required for building)
* pkg-config (required for building)
* xdpyinfo and xsel (only on X11 based systems)
* gcc or clang (required only for building)
* pkg-config (required only for building)
Install kitty with:
=== Install and run from source
....
git clone https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty && cd kitty
@ -105,6 +105,13 @@ python3 /path/to/kitty/folder
* Arch linux: AUR git package https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/kitty-git/
=== OS X packages
Currently, no one has made OS X packages for kitty, but you can use the above
install from source instructions to run kitty on OS X, after installing its two
dependencies (python >= 3.5 and glfw >= 3.2)
== Design philosophy
kitty is designed for power keyboard users. To that end all its controls
@ -256,7 +263,7 @@ focus
launch emacs
....
== Note for linux packagers
== Note for linux/OS X packagers
While kitty does use python, it is not a traditional python package, so please do not install it in site-packages.
Instead run,
@ -278,6 +285,9 @@ installs the terminfo file and `kitty` that installs the main program.
This allows users to install the terminfo file on servers into which they ssh,
without needing to install all of kitty.
This applies to creating packages for kitty for OS X package managers such as
brew or MacPorts as well.
== Resources on terminal behavior
http://invisible-island.net/xterm/ctlseqs/ctlseqs.html