switch to kitty-scrollback.nvim

still has problems with ergonomics

flake.lock

@@ -249,6 +249,22 @@
         "type": "github"
       }
     },
+    "kitty-scrollback-nvim-src": {
+      "flake": false,
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1706493612,
+        "narHash": "sha256-hv3o5k85hBaGk8OBRLP7Rf0O9dxiKot6F7/EQelJHHg=",
+        "owner": "mikesmithgh",
+        "repo": "kitty-scrollback.nvim",
+        "rev": "bb5332b8ec0763b9e611f8cabf4165ed8c3893f5",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "mikesmithgh",
+        "repo": "kitty-scrollback.nvim",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
     "nextcloud-cookbook": {
       "flake": false,
       "locked": {
@@ -481,6 +497,7 @@
         "firefox-darwin": "firefox-darwin",
         "hmts-nvim-src": "hmts-nvim-src",
         "home-manager": "home-manager",
+        "kitty-scrollback-nvim-src": "kitty-scrollback-nvim-src",
         "nextcloud-cookbook": "nextcloud-cookbook",
         "nextcloud-external": "nextcloud-external",
         "nextcloud-news": "nextcloud-news",

flake.nix

@@ -120,6 +120,10 @@
       url = "github:j-hui/fidget.nvim/v1.2.0";
       flake = false;
     };
+    kitty-scrollback-nvim-src = {
+      url = "github:mikesmithgh/kitty-scrollback.nvim";
+      flake = false;
+    };
 
     # Tree-Sitter Grammars
     tree-sitter-bash = {

modules/common/applications/kitty.nix

@@ -45,9 +45,20 @@
 
           # Easy fullscreen toggle (for macOS)
           "super+f" = "toggle_fullscreen";
+
+          # Kitty scrollback nvim
+          "kitty_mod+h" = "kitty_scrollback_nvim";
+          "kitty_mod+g" =
+            "kitty_scrollback_nvim --config ksb_builtin_last_cmd_output";
         };
         settings = {
 
+          # Required for kitty-scrollback.nvim
+          allow_remote_control = "socket-only";
+          listen_on = "unix:/tmp/kitty";
+          action_alias =
+            "kitty_scrollback_nvim kitten ${pkgs.kitty-scrollback-nvim}/python/kitty_scrollback_nvim.py";
+
           # Colors (adapted from: https://github.com/kdrag0n/base16-kitty/blob/master/templates/default-256.mustache)
           background = config.theme.colors.base00;
           foreground = config.theme.colors.base05;

modules/common/neovim/config/misc.nix

@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
     pkgs.vimPlugins.glow-nvim # Markdown preview popup
     pkgs.vimPlugins.nvim-colorizer-lua # Hex color previews
     pkgs.vimPlugins.which-key-nvim # Keybind helper
+    pkgs.kitty-scrollback-nvim # Scrollback pager for kitty
   ];
 
   # Initialize some plugins
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@
   setup.colorizer = { user_default_options = { names = false; }; };
   setup.glow = { };
   setup.which-key = { };
+  setup.kitty-scrollback = { };
 
   vim.o = {
     termguicolors = true; # Set to truecolor

modules/common/neovim/default.nix

@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ in {
         # Requires removing some of the ANSI escape codes that are sent to the
         # scrollback using sed and baleia, as well as removing several
         # unnecessary features.
-        programs.kitty.settings.scrollback_pager = ''
+        programs.kitty.settings.scrollback_pager =
-          $SHELL -c 'sed -r "s/[[:cntrl:]]\]133;[AC]..//g" | ${neovim}/bin/nvim -c "setlocal nonumber norelativenumber nolist laststatus=0" -c "lua baleia = require(\"baleia\").setup({}); baleia.once(0)" -c "map <silent> q :qa!<CR>" -c "autocmd VimEnter * normal G"' '';
+          "${neovim}/bin/nvim --headless +'KittyScrollbackGenerateKittens' +'set nonumber' +'set norelativenumber' +'%print' +'quit!' 2>&1";
 
         # Create a desktop option for launching Neovim from a file manager
         # (Requires launching the terminal and then executing Neovim)

overlays/neovim-plugins.nix

@@ -35,5 +35,7 @@ in {
   # Packaging plugins entirely with Nix
   baleia-nvim = plugin "baleia-nvim" inputs.baleia-nvim-src;
   hmts-nvim = plugin "hmts-nvim" inputs.hmts-nvim-src;
+  kitty-scrollback-nvim =
+    plugin "kitty-scrollback-nvim" inputs.kitty-scrollback-nvim-src;
 
 }