action_alias kitten with space in filepath fails to parse

**Describe the bug**
When an action_alias for a kitten is using a filepath and that path contains a whitespace, it fails to parse.

For example,
```
action_alias kitty_scrollback_nvim kitten '~/Library/Application Support/nvim/lazy/kitty-scrollback.nvim/python/kitty_scrollback_nvim.py'
```

This was found during in a discussion for kitty-scrollback.nvim https://github.com/mikesmithgh/kitty-scrollback.nvim/discussions/293. The workaround is to symlink the plugin path to `~/.config/kitty/kitty-scrollback.nvim`


**To Reproduce**
Steps to reproduce the behavior:
1. Open kitty.conf
2. Add line 
```
action_alias kitty_scrollback_nvim kitten '~/Library/Application Support/nvim/lazy/kitty-scrollback.nvim/python/kitty_scrollback_nvim.py'
map kitty_mod+h kitty_scrollback_nvim 
```
3. Save and reload config
4. Press `ctrl+shift+h`

**Screenshots**
![parse error](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/cc2fc554-1d09-481f-afdf-f7b4129fa9f6)

**Environment details**
```
kitty 0.38.1 (fa6ae712a3) created by Kovid Goyal
Darwin Mac.fios-router.home 24.1.0 Darwin Kernel Version 24.1.0: Thu Oct 10 21:03:11 PDT 2024; root:xnu-11215.41.3~2/RELEASE_ARM64_T6020 arm64
ProductName:		macOS ProductVersion:		15.1.1 BuildVersion:		24B91
OpenGL: '4.1 Metal - 89.3' Detected version: 4.1
Frozen: True
Fonts:
  medium: MonoLisaVariable-Regular: /Users/mike/Library/Fonts/MonoLisaVariableNormal.ttf
          Features: ('calt', 'liga', 'zero', 'ss04', 'ss06', 'ss07', 'ss08', 'ss10', 'ss11', 'ss12', 'ss13', 'ss15', 'ss16')
    bold: MonoLisaVariableRegular-SemiBold: /Users/mike/Library/Fonts/MonoLisaVariableNormal.ttf
          Features: ('calt', 'liga', 'zero', 'ss04', 'ss06', 'ss07', 'ss08', 'ss10', 'ss11', 'ss12', 'ss13', 'ss15', 'ss16')
  italic: MonoLisaVariable-Italic: /Users/mike/Library/Fonts/MonoLisaVariableItalic.ttf
          Features: ('calt', 'liga', 'zero', 'ss04', 'ss06', 'ss07', 'ss08', 'ss10', 'ss11', 'ss12', 'ss13', 'ss15', 'ss16')
      bi: MonoLisaVariableItalic-SemiBold: /Users/mike/Library/Fonts/MonoLisaVariableItalic.ttf
          Features: ('calt', 'liga', 'zero', 'ss04', 'ss06', 'ss07', 'ss08', 'ss10', 'ss11', 'ss12', 'ss13', 'ss15', 'ss16')
Paths:
  kitty: /Applications/kitty.app/Contents/MacOS/kitty
  base dir: /Applications/kitty.app/Contents/Resources/kitty
  extensions dir: /Applications/kitty.app/Contents/Resources/Python/lib/kitty-extensions
  system shell: /opt/homebrew/bin/bash
System color scheme: dark. Applied color theme type: none
Loaded config files:
  /Users/mike/.config/kitty/kitty.conf
Loaded config overrides:
  env PATH=/opt/homebrew/opt/sdkman-cli/libexec/candidates/kotlin/current/bin:/opt/homebrew/opt/sdkman-cli/libexec/candidates/java/current/bin:/opt/homebrew/opt/sdkman-cli/libexec/candidates/gradle/current/bin:/Users/mike/bin:/Users/mike/.local/bin:/opt/homebrew/bin:/Users/mike/go/bin:/Users/mike/.config/pyenv/bin:/Users/mike/.config/pyenv/bin:/Users/mike/gitrepos/neovim/build/bin:/Users/mike/.cargo/bin:/opt/homebrew/opt/libpq/bin:/Users/mike/Library/Application Support/Coursier/bin:/Users/mike/.config/pyenv/shims:/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/System/Cryptexes/App/usr/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/local/bin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/bin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/appleinternal/bin:/usr/local/go/bin::/opt/homebrew/opt/fzf/bin
  env PYENV_SHELL=bash
  env PYENV_ROOT=/Users/mike/.config/pyenv

Config options different from defaults:
active_tab_font_style           (False, False)
allow_remote_control            socket-only
cursor_blink_interval           (0.0, kitty.options.utils.EasingFunction(), kitty.options.utils.EasingFunction())
cursor_stop_blinking_after      0
cursor_trail                    3
cursor_trail_decay              (0.2, 0.3)
cursor_trail_start_threshold    3
editor                          /Users/mike/bin/nvim
enable_audio_bell               False
enabled_layouts                 ['vertical', 'horizontal', 'fat', 'grid', 'splits', 'stack', 'tall']
env:
{'EDITOR': 'nvim',
 'PATH': '/opt/homebrew/opt/sdkman-cli/libexec/candidates/kotlin/current/bin:/opt/homebrew/opt/sdkman-cli/libexec/candidates/java/current/bin:/opt/homebrew/opt/sdkman-cli/libexec/candidates/gradle/current/bin:/Users/mike/bin:/Users/mike/.local/bin:/opt/homebrew/bin:/Users/mike/go/bin:/Users/mike/.config/pyenv/bin:/Users/mike/.config/pyenv/bin:/Users/mike/gitrepos/neovim/build/bin:/Users/mike/.cargo/bin:/opt/homebrew/opt/libpq/bin:/Users/mike/Library/Application '
         'Support/Coursier/bin:/Users/mike/.config/pyenv/shims:/opt/homebrew/bin:/opt/homebrew/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/System/Cryptexes/App/usr/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/local/bin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/bin:/var/run/com.apple.security.cryptexd/codex.system/bootstrap/usr/appleinternal/bin:/usr/local/go/bin::/opt/homebrew/opt/fzf/bin',
 'PYENV_ROOT': '/Users/mike/.config/pyenv',
 'PYENV_SHELL': 'bash',
 'VIMRUNTIME': '/Users/mike/gitrepos/neovim/runtime',
 'VISUAL': 'nvim'}
font_family                     MonoLisa Variable
font_features:
{'MonoLisaVariable-Italic': ('calt',
                             'liga',
                             'zero',
                             'ss04',
                             'ss06',
                             'ss07',
                             'ss08',
                             'ss10',
                             'ss11',
                             'ss12',
                             'ss13',
                             'ss15',
                             'ss16'),
 'MonoLisaVariable-Regular': ('calt',
                              'liga',
                              'zero',
                              'ss04',
                              'ss06',
                              'ss07',
                              'ss08',
                              'ss10',
                              'ss11',
                              'ss12',
                              'ss13',
                              'ss15',
                              'ss16'),
 'MonoLisaVariableItalic-Black': ('calt',
                                  'liga',
                                  'zero',
                                  'ss04',
                                  'ss06',
                                  'ss07',
                                  'ss08',
                                  'ss10',
                                  'ss11',
                                  'ss12',
                                  'ss13',
                                  'ss15',
                                  'ss16'),
 'MonoLisaVariableItalic-Bold': ('calt',
                                 'liga',
                                 'zero',
                                 'ss04',
                                 'ss06',
                                 'ss07',
                                 'ss08',
                                 'ss10',
                                 'ss11',
                                 'ss12',
                                 'ss13',
                                 'ss15',
                                 'ss16'),
 'MonoLisaVariableItalic-ExtraBold': ('calt',
                                      'liga',
                                      'zero',
                                      'ss04',
                                      'ss06',
                                      'ss07',
                                      'ss08',
                                      'ss10',
                                      'ss11',
                                      'ss12',
                                      'ss13',
                                      'ss15',
                                      'ss16'),
 'MonoLisaVariableItalic-ExtraLight': ('calt',
                                       'liga',
                                       'zero',
                                       'ss04',
                                       'ss06',
                                       'ss07',
                                       'ss08',
                                       'ss10',
                                       'ss11',
                                       'ss12',
                                       'ss13',
                                       'ss15',
                                       'ss16'),
 'MonoLisaVariableItalic-Light': ('calt',
                                  'liga',
                                  'zero',
                                  'ss04',
                                  'ss06',
                                  'ss07',
                                  'ss08',
                                  'ss10',
                                  'ss11',
                                  'ss12',
                                  'ss13',
                                  'ss15',
                                  'ss16'),
 'MonoLisaVariableItalic-Medium': ('calt',
                                   'liga',
                                   'zero',
                                   'ss04',
                                   'ss06',
                                   'ss07',
                                   'ss08',
                                   'ss10',
                                   'ss11',
                                   'ss12',
                                   'ss13',
                                   'ss15',
                                   'ss16'),
 'MonoLisaVariableItalic-SemiBold': ('calt',
                                     'liga',
                                     'zero',
                                     'ss04',
                                     'ss06',
                                     'ss07',
                                     'ss08',
                                     'ss10',
                                     'ss11',
                                     'ss12',
                                     'ss13',
                                     'ss15',
                                     'ss16'),
 'MonoLisaVariableItalic-Thin': ('calt',
                                 'liga',
                                 'zero',
                                 'ss04',
                                 'ss06',
                                 'ss07',
                                 'ss08',
                                 'ss10',
                                 'ss11',
                                 'ss12',
                                 'ss13',
                                 'ss15',
                                 'ss16'),
 'MonoLisaVariableRegular-Black': ('calt',
                                   'liga',
                                   'zero',
                                   'ss04',
                                   'ss06',
                                   'ss07',
                                   'ss08',
                                   'ss10',
                                   'ss11',
                                   'ss12',
                                   'ss13',
                                   'ss15',
                                   'ss16'),
 'MonoLisaVariableRegular-Bold': ('calt',
                                  'liga',
                                  'zero',
                                  'ss04',
                                  'ss06',
                                  'ss07',
                                  'ss08',
                                  'ss10',
                                  'ss11',
                                  'ss12',
                                  'ss13',
                                  'ss15',
                                  'ss16'),
 'MonoLisaVariableRegular-ExtraBold': ('calt',
                                       'liga',
                                       'zero',
                                       'ss04',
                                       'ss06',
                                       'ss07',
                                       'ss08',
                                       'ss10',
                                       'ss11',
                                       'ss12',
                                       'ss13',
                                       'ss15',
                                       'ss16'),
 'MonoLisaVariableRegular-ExtraLight': ('calt',
                                        'liga',
                                        'zero',
                                        'ss04',
                                        'ss06',
                                        'ss07',
                                        'ss08',
                                        'ss10',
                                        'ss11',
                                        'ss12',
                                        'ss13',
                                        'ss15',
                                        'ss16'),
 'MonoLisaVariableRegular-Light': ('calt',
                                   'liga',
                                   'zero',
                                   'ss04',
                                   'ss06',
                                   'ss07',
                                   'ss08',
                                   'ss10',
                                   'ss11',
                                   'ss12',
                                   'ss13',
                                   'ss15',
                                   'ss16'),
 'MonoLisaVariableRegular-Medium': ('calt',
                                    'liga',
                                    'zero',
                                    'ss04',
                                    'ss06',
                                    'ss07',
                                    'ss08',
                                    'ss10',
                                    'ss11',
                                    'ss12',
                                    'ss13',
                                    'ss15',
                                    'ss16'),
 'MonoLisaVariableRegular-SemiBold': ('calt',
                                      'liga',
                                      'zero',
                                      'ss04',
                                      'ss06',
                                      'ss07',
                                      'ss08',
                                      'ss10',
                                      'ss11',
                                      'ss12',
                                      'ss13',
                                      'ss15',
                                      'ss16'),
 'MonoLisaVariableRegular-Thin': ('calt',
                                  'liga',
                                  'zero',
                                  'ss04',
                                  'ss06',
                                  'ss07',
                                  'ss08',
                                  'ss10',
                                  'ss11',
                                  'ss12',
                                  'ss13',
                                  'ss15',
                                  'ss16')}
font_size                       18.0
hide_window_decorations         2
initial_window_height           (1200, 'px')
initial_window_width            (1280, 'px')
listen_on                       unix:/tmp/kitty
macos_option_as_alt             3
menu_map:
{('global', '\U000f011b  \uf004  \ue6ae', 'kitty_scrollback_nvim'): 'kitty_scrollback_nvim',
 ('global', '\U000f011b  \uf004  \ue6ae', 'kitty_scrollback_nvim --config ksb_builtin_last_cmd_output'): 'kitty_scrollback_nvim '
                                                                                                         '--config '
                                                                                                         'ksb_builtin_last_cmd_output'}
narrow_symbols:
{(58923, 58923): 1,
 (59054, 59054): 1,
 (59333, 59333): 1,
 (60115, 60115): 1,
 (61489, 61489): 1,
 (62081, 62081): 1,
 (62309, 62309): 1,
 (62762, 62762): 1}
remember_window_size            False
scrollback_fill_enlarged_window True
scrollback_pager                ['/opt/homebrew/bin/less', '--ignore-case', '--status-column', '--no-init', '--raw-control-chars', '--chop-long-lines', '+INPUT_LINE_NUMBER', '--use-color', '--color=P0.7$', '--prompt=?f \uea7b %f : \U000f011b (kitty) .?m(%T %i of %m) .?lt\ue0a1 %lt-%lb?L/%L. .\U000f1a05 %bB?s/%s. ?e(END) :?pB%pB\\%..%t \uf11c  v=>pipe e=>edit \ue6ae %E $']
scrollback_pager_history_size   2097152
shell                           fish
shell_integration               frozenset({'no-cursor', 'enabled'})
symbol_map:
	U+23fb - U+23fe → FiraCode Nerd Font
	U+2665 - U+2665 → FiraCode Nerd Font
	U+26a1 - U+26a1 → FiraCode Nerd Font
	U+2b58 - U+2b58 → FiraCode Nerd Font
	U+e000 - U+f8ff → FiraCode Nerd Font
tab_bar_align                   center
window_margin_width             FloatEdges(left=2.0, top=2.0, right=2.0, bottom=2.0)
window_padding_width            FloatEdges(left=4.0, top=8.0, right=4.0, bottom=8.0)
Changed mouse actions:
	ctrl+shift+right press ungrabbed →  combine : mouse_select_command_output : kitty_scrollback_nvim --config ksb_builtin_last_visited_cmd_output
Added shortcuts:
	ctrl+w > j →  [--when-focus-on=var:in_editor]no-op, toggle_layout stack, kitten pass_keys.py neighboring_window right  'ctrl+w>l', kitten pass_keys.py neighboring_window left   'ctrl+w>h', kitten pass_keys.py neighboring_window top    'ctrl+w>k', kitten pass_keys.py neighboring_window bottom 'ctrl+w>j'
	shift+down →  move_window down
	shift+left →  move_window left
	shift+right →  move_window right
	shift+up →  move_window up
Changed shortcuts:
	cmd+enter →  launch --cwd=current
	cmd+k →  clear_terminal_and_scrollback
	ctrl+cmd+, →  reload_config
	kitty_mod+enter →  launch --cwd=current
	kitty_mod+f →  kitty_scrollback_nvim --config search
	kitty_mod+g →  kitty_scrollback_nvim --config ksb_builtin_last_cmd_output
	kitty_mod+h →  kitty_scrollback_nvim
	opt+cmd+r →  reset_terminal
	shift+cmd+/ →  open_kitty_website
Colors:
	active_border_color             #53654e   
	active_tab_background           #32302f   
	active_tab_foreground           #a0a0a0   
	background                      #070707   
	bell_border_color               #d3869b   
	color0                          #070707   
	color1                          #ff6961   
	color10                         #53654e   
	color11                         #d6991d   
	color12                         #458588   
	color13                         #b16286   
	color14                         #92bbdf   
	color15                         #b7a7b7   
	color2                          #8faa80   
	color3                          #dbbc5f   
	color4                          #83a598   
	color5                          #d3869b   
	color6                          #9dbad4   
	color7                          #c7c7c7   
	color8                          #968c81   
	color9                          #af3a03   
	cursor                          #c7c7c7   
	cursor_text_color               #504a45   
	foreground                      #c7c7c7   
	inactive_border_color           #1a1a1a   
	inactive_tab_background         #1a1a1a   
	inactive_tab_foreground         #504945   
	macos_titlebar_color            #070707   
	mark1_background                #1a1a1a   
	mark1_foreground                #83a598   
	mark2_background                #1a1a1a   
	mark2_foreground                #dbbc5f   
	mark3_background                #1a1a1a   
	mark3_foreground                #ff6961   
	selection_background            #878787   
	selection_foreground            #3c3836   
	tab_bar_background              #070707   
	tab_bar_margin_color            #070707   
	url_color                       #9dbad4   
	visual_bell_color               #32302f   
	wayland_titlebar_color          #070707   

Important environment variables seen by the kitty process:
	PATH                                /Applications/kitty.app/Contents/MacOS:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin
	LANG                                en_US.UTF-8
	SHELL                               /opt/homebrew/bin/bash
	USER                                mike
```

**Additional context**

I noticed the error is occurring here https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty/blob/dac6f88453ed97097f543c1db4181e70480eb6a5/kitty/options/utils.py#L124 during the string split.

I played around a bit and used `shlex_split` to get it to work locally. But then started seeing test failures, so wasn't sure if this was a good approach.

```python
@func_with_args('run_kitten', 'run_simple_kitten', 'kitten')
def kitten_parse(func: str, rest: str) -> FuncArgsType:
    parts = list(shlex_split(rest))
    if func != 'kitten':
        del parts[0]
        func = 'kitten'
    args = ' '.join(parts[1:])
    cmd = parts[0]
    return func, [cmd] + (to_cmdline(args[1]) if len(args) > 1 else [])
```



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