diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index fbfad945e..e89d3d029 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ To update |kitty|, :doc:`follow the instructions <binary>`.
 - macOS: When the Apple Color Emoji font lacks an emoji glyph search for it in other
   installed fonts (:iss:`3591`)
 
+- Add a few more special commandline arguments for the launch command. Now all
+  ``KITTY_PIPE_DATA`` is also available via command line argument substitution
+  (:iss:`3593`)
+
 
 0.20.3 [2021-05-06]
 ----------------------
diff --git a/docs/launch.rst b/docs/launch.rst
index f03717b25..f7ea54205 100644
--- a/docs/launch.rst
+++ b/docs/launch.rst
@@ -54,9 +54,34 @@ Special arguments
 -------------------
 
 There are a few special placeholder arguments that can be specified as part of
-the command line. Namely ``@selection`` which is replaced by the current
-selection and ``@active-kitty-window-id`` which is replaced by the id of the
-currently active kitty window. For example::
+the command line:
+
+
+``@selection``
+    replaced by the currently selected text
+
+``@active-kitty-window-id``
+    replaced by the id of the currently active kitty window
+
+``@line-count``
+    replaced by the number of lines in STDIN. Only present when passing some
+    data to STDIN
+
+``@input-line-number``
+    replaced the number of lines a pager should scroll to match the current
+    scroll position in kitty. See :opt:`scrollback_pager` for details
+
+``@scrolled-by``
+    replaced by the number of lines kitty is currently scrolled by
+
+``@cursor-x``
+    replaced by the current cursor x position
+
+``@cursor-y``
+    replaced by the current cursor y position
+
+
+For example::
 
     map f1 launch my-program @active-kitty-window-id
 
diff --git a/kitty/boss.py b/kitty/boss.py
index 42a6d5a08..56e1fa956 100755
--- a/kitty/boss.py
+++ b/kitty/boss.py
@@ -1160,7 +1160,10 @@ class Boss:
 
     prev_tab = previous_tab
 
-    def process_stdin_source(self, window: Optional[Window] = None, stdin: Optional[str] = None) -> Tuple[Optional[Dict[str, str]], Optional[bytes]]:
+    def process_stdin_source(
+        self, window: Optional[Window] = None,
+        stdin: Optional[str] = None, copy_pipe_data: Optional[Dict] = None
+    ) -> Tuple[Optional[Dict[str, str]], Optional[bytes]]:
         w = window or self.active_window
         if not w:
             return None, None
@@ -1174,6 +1177,8 @@ class Boss:
             if stdin is not None:
                 pipe_data = w.pipe_data(stdin, has_wrap_markers=add_wrap_markers) if w else None
                 if pipe_data:
+                    if copy_pipe_data is not None:
+                        copy_pipe_data.update(pipe_data)
                     env = {
                         'KITTY_PIPE_DATA':
                         '{scrolled_by}:{cursor_x},{cursor_y}:{lines},{columns}'.format(**pipe_data)
diff --git a/kitty/launch.py b/kitty/launch.py
index 2f4343e31..064a2eee5 100644
--- a/kitty/launch.py
+++ b/kitty/launch.py
@@ -285,6 +285,20 @@ def launch(
         kw['location'] = opts.location
     if opts.copy_colors and active:
         kw['copy_colors_from'] = active
+    pipe_data: Dict[str, Any] = {}
+    if opts.stdin_source != 'none':
+        q = str(opts.stdin_source)
+        if opts.stdin_add_formatting:
+            if q in ('@screen', '@screen_scrollback', '@alternate', '@alternate_scrollback'):
+                q = '@ansi_' + q[1:]
+        if opts.stdin_add_line_wrap_markers:
+            q += '_wrap'
+        penv, stdin = boss.process_stdin_source(window=active, stdin=q, copy_pipe_data=pipe_data)
+        if stdin:
+            kw['stdin'] = stdin
+            if penv:
+                env.update(penv)
+
     cmd = args or None
     if opts.copy_cmdline and active_child:
         cmd = active_child.foreground_cmdline
@@ -298,6 +312,21 @@ def launch(
                         x = s
                 elif x == '@active-kitty-window-id':
                     x = str(active.id)
+                elif x == '@input-line-number':
+                    if 'input_line_number' in pipe_data:
+                        x = str(pipe_data['input_line_number'])
+                elif x == '@line-count':
+                    if 'lines' in pipe_data:
+                        x = str(pipe_data['lines'])
+                elif x in ('@cursor-x', '@cursor-y', '@scrolled-by'):
+                    if active is not None:
+                        screen = active.screen
+                        if x == '@scrolled-by':
+                            x = str(screen.scrolled_by)
+                        elif x == '@cursor-x':
+                            x = str(screen.cursor.x)
+                        elif x == '@cursor-y':
+                            x = str(screen.cursor.y)
             final_cmd.append(x)
         exe = find_exe(final_cmd[0])
         if not exe:
@@ -310,19 +339,6 @@ def launch(
         kw['cmd'] = final_cmd
     if opts.type == 'overlay' and active:
         kw['overlay_for'] = active.id
-    if opts.stdin_source != 'none':
-        q = str(opts.stdin_source)
-        if opts.stdin_add_formatting:
-            if q in ('@screen', '@screen_scrollback', '@alternate', '@alternate_scrollback'):
-                q = '@ansi_' + q[1:]
-        if opts.stdin_add_line_wrap_markers:
-            q += '_wrap'
-        penv, stdin = boss.process_stdin_source(window=active, stdin=q)
-        if stdin:
-            kw['stdin'] = stdin
-            if penv:
-                env.update(penv)
-
     if opts.type == 'background':
         cmd = kw['cmd']
         if not cmd: