KiTTY is a Windows-only fork of the PuTTY SSH client. It supports SSH, Telnet, and serial connections, as well as automatic password entry.
Questions tagged [kitty]
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Any simple way to add PuTTY settings to kitty?
I'd like to use Kitty, but I have a lot of settings for Putty already set up. I read that there is no way to "export settings" with Putty since they are made with registry entries, and there is probably no way to "import" these settings into Kitty…
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Can I set up KiTTY to send F7 press instead of bringing up Print dialogue when F7 button is pressed?
Can I set up KiTTY to send F7 press instead of bringing up Print dialogue when I press F7?
I make intense use of Midnight Commander and its editor, which both rely on F7 (to create a directory and to search through text) and I never actually print…
Ivan
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How to auto attach any putty or kitty console to ConEmu
Is it possible to auto attach any putty.exe or kitty.exe console windows to ConEmu?
If yes, then how can it be done?
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How do I choose what shows up in PuTTY title bar from Linux?
In the PuTTY configuration there's an option in Terminal → Features called Disable remote-controlled window title changing. Without that enabled, the title bar of PuTTY will change every time I press return in the console.
I was thinking it'd be a…
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How to unmap ctrl+shift+r in kitty?
The kitty terminal emulator uses the shortcut Ctrl + Shift + R for window resizing. The shortcut is also used by bash for reversing the reverse-i-search direction.
First I tried to to remove the kitty shortcut by mapping it to no_op using
map…
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Shift-Arrow keys working in KiTTY but not PuTTY for nested tmux configuration
For years I have been using a different prefix key for nested instances on tmux. I use \ on my own server, but a for any other servers I connect to and start a nested tmux session.
I have found this trick which uses Shift+Arrow Keys to switch…
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Convert Portable Kitty session to registry Kitty session
I've set up about 30 ssh sessions in Kitty's portable version. I would like to apply themes to my terminals which is much simpler by going through the registry.
Do you know a way to convert portable Kitty sessions (kitty.ini savemode=dir) to Kitty…
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Auto connecting to remote machine
I use Kitty (which is pretty much the same as Putty) and when connecting to machines (for example a server through SSH) is there a way to have it remember my login credentials? I notice it has the option to save, but only has options to specify…
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Cygwin+KiTTYCyg: /bin/sh: No such file or directory
Trying to use KiTTY with Cygwin (x86) on Windows 7 x64.
Installed latest Cygwin and all needed packages.
Added ;c:\cygwin\usr\local\bin\;c:\cygwin\bin to system Path env.
Downloaded KiTTYCyg for Cygwin 1.7 form here:…
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How to disable command completed notification in kitty terminal?
On Fedora 39, kitty 0.31.0 shows a desktop notification for every command that completes:
Is it possible to disable this?
anon
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Bug with tmux status bar and terminal lines in zsh and MacOS
I have a bug in my tmux. The status bar randomly transform into two rows (see image below) or disappear completely.
Also, some lines of the terminal command disappear. See image below where the last row disappear.
Does someone know how to solve…
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How do you make minikube ssh work with kitty
If you use minikube ssh with kitty backspace and other characters do not work properly.
The problem is that the terminfo is not copied across, however, it's not possible to do kitty +kitten ssh as suggested in the kitty FAQ because tic is not…
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KiTTY (fork of PuTTY) script that kills a specific PID automatically
New version
So, I'll make a list of the things that I have in order to be clearer.
PC on windows 10 running a Plex media server and Kitty
VPS by OVH running on Debian 9 stretch
what I want :
want to access my server from anywhere out of the…
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How do I stop Kitty from doing naughty AutoRelogin after resuming from Windows Sleep? I recall my Putty didn't do this. Where is password cached?
I recently switched from Putty to Kitty (on windows7) and now I notice that after Windows Resumes from Standby/Sleep that it Automatically logs me in again.
I see in the SSH kitty shell window:
Using username "myusername".
myusername@myip's…
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How to map CTRL-V to SHIFT-INSERT using KiTTY shortcuts?
I would like to map the CTRL+V to generate a SHIFT+INSERT, effectively being able to "paste" what's in my Windows clipboard to my KiTTY terminal.
KiTTY allows shortcuts like so:
[Shortcuts]
list={CONTROL}{LEFT} {CONTROL}{RIGHT}…
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