Trying out Kitty terminal and two things are apparent
- The font size is either huge or zoomed way in
- Editing the config seems to do nothing.
Any help would be great.
I'm on my phone away from my computer, so I don’t know the exact syntax, but I use a built-in kitten to set the font inside my .zshrc
It has its pros and cons, but it works well for me.
Ctrl + Shift + - should decrease the font size of the current terminal, which isn't what you are looking for, but could be useful while you sort it out. Is it possible that the font in the config doesn't exist, causing this issue?
this helped tremendously while i was figuring it out, thank you !
There is a keyboard shortcut to reload the config. I don't remember what the default is. On the kitty website, go to the page about kitty.conf and ctrl-f reload or refresh.
To check that the config is really reloading, make an edit to the section about theme, tab style, etc.
There is a way to output the actual config as used so you can look for your settings.
If you call kitty from the command line you can optionally use an argument to specify a config file. Iirc it is --config but verify in docs.
What is the location of the config file you are editing?
Post the section of the config file that isn't working?
Try moving the section you are editing to the very bottom of the file to ensure it isn't getting over rided later on.
finally got it working. i re-downloaded it and made my own config. apparently size 11 font is fuggin huge on my chromebook.
Ill have to grab an external keyboard, my. Fkeys are fucked on account of my computer being a chromebook.
