From b3eee10269f670cda42b3ae4aedf676876accd65 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Anthony Oteri <4360016+anthonyoteri@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Nov 2025 11:33:32 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] feat: improve kitty config for efficiency, performance, and
 readability

---
 .config/kitty/kitty.conf | 21 +++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.config/kitty/kitty.conf b/.config/kitty/kitty.conf
index 7a00cb2..3b6e3f8 100644
--- a/.config/kitty/kitty.conf
+++ b/.config/kitty/kitty.conf
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# Enable GPU rendering for performance
+enable_gpu_renderer yes
 # vim:fileencoding=utf-8:foldmethod=marker
 
 #: Fonts {{{
@@ -19,8 +21,11 @@
 #: fonts manually, read the font specification syntax
 #: <https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/kittens/choose-fonts/#font-spec-
 #: syntax>.
-# font_family Hack
+# Recommended: FiraCode or JetBrains Mono for ligatures
+font_family FiraCode
 font_size 15.0
+# Add padding for readability
+window_padding_width 8
 # font_size 11.0
 
 #: Font size (in pts).
@@ -71,7 +76,7 @@ font_size 15.0
 
 #:     narrow_symbols codepoints [optionally the number of cells]
 
-# disable_ligatures never
+disable_ligatures never
 
 #: Choose how you want to handle multi-character ligatures. The
 #: default is to always render them. You can tell kitty to not render
@@ -376,6 +381,14 @@ font_size 15.0
 #: Scrollback {{{
 
 # scrollback_lines 2000
+# Fast scrolling and mouse support
+scrollback_lines 5000
+wheel_scroll_multiplier 5.0
+wheel_scroll_min_lines 1
+touch_scroll_multiplier 1.0
+detect_urls yes
+copy_on_select clipboard
+mouse_map middle release ungrabbed paste_from_selection
 
 #: Number of lines of history to keep in memory for scrolling back.
 #: Memory is allocated on demand. Negative numbers are (effectively)
@@ -1232,7 +1245,7 @@ tab_bar_style powerline
 #: The maximum number of cells that can be used to render the text in
 #: a tab. A value of zero means that no limit is applied.
 
-# tab_title_template "{fmt.fg.red}{bell_symbol}{activity_symbol}{fmt.fg.tab}{tab.last_focused_progress_percent}{title}"
+tab_title_template "{index}:{title} [{tab.active_wd}]@{hostname}"
 
 #: A template to render the tab title. The default just renders the
 #: title with optional symbols for bell and activity. If you wish to
@@ -1314,7 +1327,7 @@ tab_bar_style powerline
 #: Color scheme {{{
 
 # foreground #dddddd
-# background #000000
+# background #181825
 
 #: The foreground and background colors.