On further investigation I found that you can set the WM_CLASS in kitty. So adding the line
kitty --class="vim" -e vim Allows me to match vim for my group. Hope this helps someone else too. On Sun, 3 Jan 2021, 12:14 Justine Smithies, <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for your help I'll give that a try. > > On Sun, 3 Jan 2021, 06:43 tcld, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It depends on the purpose. It is really easy to do if you want to open >> vim *automatically*, e.g. like "kitty -e vim" (I'm assuming the standard >> parameters, since most terminals share the basic ones). So instead of >> "kitty -e vim" you could do 'kitty -T "my autovim" -e vim', which will >> overwrite the window title for that terminal (if it doesn't work, you >> should check what the parameters are actually called for kitty). From now >> on you can just set up your match to target "my autovim". >> >> If you want to move an already opened kitty-terminal after you opened vim >> *manually*, this won't help you. I would assume it is still possible, >> but likely much more difficult. >> >> On Saturday, 2 January 2021 at 23:37:06 UTC+1 Justine Smithies wrote: >> >>> I'm not sure that this is even possible and you'll probably wonder why >>> I'm even asking ? But is there a way to use matches to recognise that vim >>> is opened ? I'm mean xprop just shows I'm using kitty but is it possible so >>> I could have vim sessions open in a specific group but kitty terminal in >>> another ? >>> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "qtile-dev" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qtile-dev/84aad40e-cbcf-4102-bd69-f9cd20aa97d3n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qtile-dev/84aad40e-cbcf-4102-bd69-f9cd20aa97d3n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qtile-dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qtile-dev/CADrRWNbLRdn2Sepnt%3D3%3DNK_NkVbajbBcUrBsk%3DJ18bvBSnuOkw%40mail.gmail.com.
