kitty:get_cwd: Make faster by not using kitten

kitten-@-ls(1) is unfortunately a bit slow (100ms) which is noticeable
when launching new windows using `get_cwd`. Make `get_cwd` faster (down
to 25ms) by communicating directly with the socket instead of using
`kitten`.
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2025-12-11 14:31:52 +01:00
parent 2e2bad65a2
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@@ -9,13 +9,19 @@
socket_path="${TMPDIR:-/tmp}/kitty.$USER/kitty${1:+-$1}.sock"
# NOTE: Unfortunately kitten-@-ls(1) is slow, so communicate with the socket
# directly.
# NOTE: the backticks are used for hacky line-continuation, taken from
# https://stackoverflow.com/a/7729087/2092762c9
kitten @ --to unix:"$socket_path" ls \
| jq -er ".[]`
` | select(.is_focused).tabs.[]`
` | select(.is_focused).windows.[]`
` | select(.is_focused).cwd"
printf '\eP@kitty-cmd{"cmd":"ls","version":[0,26,0]}\e\\' \
| nc -U -q0 "$socket_path" \
| awk '{ print substr($0, 13, length($0) - 14) }' \
| jq -er ".data`
` | fromjson`
` | .[]`
` | select(.is_focused).tabs.[]`
` | select(.is_focused).windows.[]`
` | select(.is_focused).cwd"
# An alternative version that uses recursive descent to find focused objects
# that also have a `.cwd` key: