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Quickly change kitty color theme
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| # fzf-driven kitty theme changer | |
| # usage: ,kitty-theme light|dark | |
| ,kitty-theme() { | |
| local mode="$1" | |
| [[ -z "$mode" ]] && mode="all" | |
| local original_theme="" | |
| if [[ -f ~/.config/kitty/current-theme.conf ]]; then | |
| original_theme=$(head -1 ~/.config/kitty/current-theme.conf | grep "^# Theme: " | sed 's/# Theme: //') | |
| [[ -n "$original_theme" ]] && echo "Current theme: $original_theme" | |
| fi | |
| local jq_filter='.[].name' | |
| if [[ "$mode" == "dark" ]]; then | |
| jq_filter='.[] | select(.is_dark == true) | .name' | |
| elif [[ "$mode" == "light" ]]; then | |
| jq_filter='.[] | select(.is_dark != true) | .name' | |
| fi | |
| local theme | |
| theme=$(curl -s https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kovidgoyal/kitty-themes/master/themes.json | \ | |
| jq -r "$jq_filter" | \ | |
| fzf --height 20 \ | |
| --preview 'kitten themes --reload-in=parent {}') | |
| local fzf_exit_code=$? | |
| if [[ $fzf_exit_code -eq 0 ]] && [[ -n "$theme" ]]; then | |
| kitten themes --reload-in=all "$theme" | |
| sed -i '' '1s/^/# Theme: '"$theme"'\n/' ~/.config/kitty/current-theme.conf | |
| echo "Theme changed to: $theme" | |
| else | |
| if [[ -n "$original_theme" ]]; then | |
| kitten themes --reload-in=parent "$original_theme" | |
| echo "Theme restored to: $original_theme" | |
| fi | |
| fi | |
| } |
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