kitty

https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/

The fast, feature-rich, GPU based terminal emulator

opening files with clicks

• open actions docs: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/open_actions/
• launch docs: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/launch/
• sent text docs: https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/remote-control/#kitten-send-text
• create a file ~/.config/kitty/open-actions.conf:

# cd into the clicked directory and list its contents
protocol file
mime inode/directory
action send_text normal,application cd ${FILE_PATH}\rls\r

# If a line number is clicked (indicated by presence of a fragment), jump to
# that line number in an editor. Use `rg --hyperlink-format=kitty` to use this
# feature
protocol file
fragment_matches [0-9]+
action send_text normal,application $EDITOR +${FRAGMENT} ${FILE_PATH}\r

# Open text files without fragments in the editor
protocol file
mime text/*,application/*
action send_text normal,application $EDITOR ${FILE_PATH}\r

# some files were matching by extension to opening with system stuff. Add to
# this extension list to open more types of files with vim
protocol file
ext yml,json,ts,tsx,jsx,py,sh,bash,rb,tf,dot
action send_text normal,application $EDITOR ${FILE_PATH}\r

# Dockerfile doesn't match by extension or mime type, so use a regex on the
# name
protocol file
url Dockerfile
action send_text normal,application $EDITOR ${FILE_PATH}\r

# Open image files with icat
protocol file
mime image/*
action send_text normal,application icat ${FILE_PATH}\r

• run gls --hyperlink=auto on a mac, or ls --hyperlink=auto if you have gnu ls, and try clicking on files to see what happens
  • click on a directory to enter that directory
  • run rg --hyperlink-format=kitty <something>, then click on a line number, and you should get brought right to that line
• here's the commit where I introduced it into my dotfiles
  • you can configure delta to use hyperlinks too

opening files from finder

this github issue comment shows how you can create an Automator "application" that will find your kitty app, add a tab, and open a file with it.

Automator is just a crazy app, I don't know how apple ever expects anybody to use it, but I tried it out and this works perfectly.