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KiTTY is a fork from version 0.74 of PuTTY, the best telnet / SSH client in the world. http://www.9bis.net/kitty/

Info

This cheat-­sheet is based on version KiTTY v.0.7­4.4.7

Default menu shortcuts keys

Print all window buffer content
F7
Load a local script and run it remotely
CONTROL+F2
Send a local file with pscp.exe
CONTROL+F3
receive a remote file with pscp.exe
(the full path must be selected in clipbo­ard)
CONTROL+F4
run a local command
CONTROL+F5
Send the window to the system tray
CONTROL+F6
Switch to always visible
CONTROL+F7
special command box
CONTROL+F8
Protect the window, disable keyboard and mouse input
CONTROL+F9
change the background image
CONTRO­L+F11
Roll-up the window into the title bar
CONTRO­L+F12
open text editor connected to the main window
SHIFT+F2
Start WinSCP
SHIFT+F3
Enable or disable logging
SHIFT+F5
Show current port forwarding definition
SHIFT+F6
Print current clipboard content
SHIFT+F7
special command with multi-line editor
SHIFT+F8
Switch to embedded image viewer
SHIFT+F11
(re)send automatic command
SHIFT+F12
open text editor with clipboard content,
connected to the main window
CONTRO­L+S­HIFT+F2
 

Custom shortcuts

The following shortcuts have not been set by default, you should set them in kitty.ini
Description
Keys
Keyword
Show event log
CONTROL+
ALT+L
even­tlog
Reset terminal
CONTROL+
ALT+R
rese­tte­rmi­nal
Open a duplicate
window (with same
session settings)
CONTROL+
SHIFT+D
dupl­icate
Switch to full screen
CONTROL+
SHIFT+
ENTER
full­scr­een
New session ...
CONTROL+
ALT+N
open­new
Start a new configuration
box with current settings
but without hostname
CONTROL+
ALT+H
open­new­cur­rent
Copy all window
buffer to clipboard
CONTROL+
ALT+C
copy­all
Close and restart
current session
 
clos­ere­start
Change settings ...
 
chan­ges­ett­ings
Clear scrollback
 
clea­rsc­rol­lback
Switch font to black
on white colors
 
fontblackandwhite
Switch font to negative
colors
 
fontnegative
Decrease font size
 
fontdown
Increase fonr size
 
fontup
Repeat key exchange
 
keyexchange
To define shortcut please add to config file kitty.ini
the following:
keywo­rd=­KEY­_CO­MBI­NATION
You can find approp­riate keyw­ord in 3rd column.
E.g.:
reset­ter­min­al=­CON­TRO­L+A­LT+R
                   
 

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  • Published: 5th April, 2021
  • Last Updated: 7th April, 2021

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