kitty-runner.nvim

A neovim plugin written in lua that allows you to easily send lines from the current buffer to another kitty terminal. I use it mostly as a poor man's REPL, e.g. I start ipython in the kitty terminal and send buffer lines to it.

This plugin is inspired by and heavily borrows from vim-kitty-runner.

The plugin implements the following:

• When first running :KittySendLines or :KittyRunCommand, a new kitty terminal is spawned (the 'runner').
• Further invocations of these commands do the following
  • :KittySendLines: Send the line at the current cursor position or the lines of current visual selection
  • :KittyRunCommand: Prompt for a command and send it
• :KittyReRunCommand: Send the last command
• :KittyClearRunner: Clear the runner's screen
• :KittyKillRunner: Kill the runner
• By default a number of keymaps are created (see below to turn this off):
  • <leader>tr: :KittyRunCommand
  • <leader>ts: :KittySendLines
  • <leader>tc: :KittyClearRunner
  • <leader>tk: :KittyKillRunner
  • <leader>tl: :KittyReRunCommand

This plugin may require neovim 0.5. Let me know if you found any problems or have ideas for improvement!

Installation

With packer:

use {
  'jghauser/kitty-runner.nvim',
  config = function()
    require('kitty-runner').setup()
  end
}

Configuration

The setup function allows adjusting various settings. By default it sets the following:

require('kitty-runner').setup({
  use_keymaps = true --use keymaps
  run_cmd = {'send-text', '--match=title:' .. Cfg.runner_name} --kitty arguments when sending lines/command
  kill_cmd = {'close-window', '--match=title:' .. Cfg.runner_name} --kitty arguments when killing a runner
})

TODO

• First time the commands are run should spawn the terminal AND run the commands
• Improve code legibility and comments