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Supports dark mode. Also re-organize the documentation a bit, making it more hierarchical. Have a nicer landing page
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Glossary
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.. glossary::
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os_window
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kitty has two kinds of windows. Operating System windows, refered to as :term:`OS
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Window <os_window>`, and *kitty windows*. An OS Window consists of one or more kitty
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:term:`tabs <tab>`. Each tab in turn consists of one or more *kitty
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windows* organized in a :term:`layout`.
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tab
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A *tab* refers to a group of :term:`kitty windows <window>`, organized in
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a :term:`layout`. Every :term:`OS Window <os_window>` contains one or more tabs.
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layout
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A *layout* is a system of organizing :term:`kitty windows <window>` in
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groups inside a tab. The layout automatically maintains the size and
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position of the windows, think of a layout as a tiling window manager for
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the terminal. See :doc:`layouts` for details.
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window
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kitty has two kinds of windows. Operating System windows, refered to as :term:`OS
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Window <os_window>`, and *kitty windows*. An OS Window consists of one or more kitty
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:term:`tabs <tab>`. Each tab in turn consists of one or more *kitty
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windows* organized in a :term:`layout`.
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overlay
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An *overlay window* is a :term:`kitty window <window>` that is placed on
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top of an existing kitty window, entirely covering it. Overlays are used
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throught kitty, for example, to display the :ref:`the scrollback buffer <scrollback>`,
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to display :doc:`hints </kittens/hints>`, for :doc:`unicode input
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</kittens/unicode-input>` etc.
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