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KiTTY is a Windows-only fork of the PuTTY SSH client. It supports SSH, Telnet, and serial connections, as well as automatic password entry.

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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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={...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Can I set KiTTY default codepage to UTF-8 instead of ISO-8859-1?

I always use UTF-8, but KiTTY always resets to ISO-8859-1 for new sessions, so I have to configure this every time. Can this be altered?
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Kitty terminal: How can I attach to a zellij session upon starting up Kitty

I want zellij attach -c to run once Kitty is loaded up. I tried adding startup_session launch.conf to my config file, and writing kitty @ send-text "zellij attach -c" in launch.conf as well ...
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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?
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Putty / Kitty send some type of hidden characters?

When I try to edit a file via vi, PuTTY` / KiTTY sends some type of characters every 3 seconds. Here's what I see: P P if I view a man page, the bell goes off every 3 seconds. Due to this behavior I'...
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How to use text expanders like Phrasse Express inside Kitty?

How to use text expanders inside Kitty? SSH with Kitty to Ubuntu server and want to expand some shortcuts from Phrasse Express in Kitty's window but get only ^M when expand with TAB key. Text ...
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Passthru printing via PuTTY/KiTTY to Konica Minolta Bizhub Multifunctional Printers secured by PageScope

We have been unable to passthru print using PuTTY (or its offshoot KiTTY) to several Konica Minolta multifunctional printers which are secured by KM's PageScope. I have been able to get Procomm Plus 4....
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Scroll with Copy on Tmux 2.3 on Kitty on Windows

I know I can use shift and mark to copy. But, I cannnot mouse scroll inside tmux when I do that. Also when i mark text in tmux normally also, I cant scroll. How do I achieve mouse scroll with marking?...
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Kitty cmd+w to close kitty window and only tab if it's the last window

Is there a way to set this up? I'd like cmd+w to alternate between closing kitty windows and tabs and not close a tab if there's more than one kitty window in it.
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Propagating zsh window title through tmux, then ssh, to terminal emulator/window manager

My zsh automatically sets my terminal emulator (kitty)'s window title to my current working directory, or whatever program is currently running within it. However, when I ssh to a remote host and run ...
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PuTTy command script hangs after "chroot . sh"

I'm trying to automate a build with Putty, just ssh'ing into a VM and running a few commands by specifying a .txt file that contains the commands to run. One of my commands is chroot . sh and it ...
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How can I get telnet to auto login to this piece of equipment?

where I work we login to a piece of equipment that has an unusual login prompt that I am not able to get Putty to recognize. Well more specifically I am using KiTTY. The login prompt is a ASCII box ...
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