Making Yazi open new kitty tabs when opening folders instead of new terminals?

[CaesarSP]

Hi, I am using the following entry in yazi.toml to try and do as the title says:

open = [
	# { run = "xdg-open %s1",    desc = "Open", for = "linux" },
        { run = "kitten @ launch --type tab 'xdg-open %s1'",  desc = "Open", for = "linux" }, <--- This one!
	{ run = "open %s",         desc = "Open", for = "macos" },
	{ run = 'start "" %s1',    desc = "Open", for = "windows", orphan = true },
	{ run = "termux-open %s1", desc = "Open", for = "android" },

reveal = [
	# { run = "xdg-open %d1",         desc = "Reveal", for = "linux" },
        { run = "kitten @ launch --type tab %d1",  desc = "Reveal", for = "linux" }, <--- This one!
	{ run = "open -R %s1",          desc = "Reveal", for = "macos" },
	{ run = "explorer /select,%s1", desc = "Reveal", for = "windows", orphan = true },
	{ run = "termux-open %d1",      desc = "Reveal", for = "android" },
	{ run = "clear; exiftool %s1; echo 'Press enter to exit'; read _", desc = "Show EXIF", for = "unix", block = true },

Where: %sN: Path of the N-th selected file, e.g. %s1, %s2, etc.

Kitty.conf has the entry allow_remote_control yes, as the wiki says.
When i try to open something it prints this error:

Error: open /dev/tty: no such device or address
Exited with status code: 1
Process failed

When opening the home folder, for example, this is the command that executes:

kitten @ launch --type tab 'xdg-open /home/user' as a "background command".

Kitty.conf

# Font Configuration
font_size 12.0

# Window Configuration
allow_remote_control yes
window_padding_width 12
background_opacity 0.7
background_blur 32
hide_window_decorations yes

# Cursor Configuration
cursor_shape block
cursor_blink_interval 1

# Scrollback
scrollback_lines 3000

# Terminal features
copy_on_select yes
strip_trailing_spaces smart
close_on_child_death yes

# Key bindings for common actions
map ctrl+shift+n new_window
map ctrl+t new_tab
map ctrl+plus change_font_size all +1.0
map ctrl+minus change_font_size all -1.0
map ctrl+0 change_font_size all 0

# Tab configuration
tab_bar_style powerline
tab_bar_align left

# Shell integration
shell_integration enabled

# Dank color generation
include dank-tabs.conf
include dank-theme.conf


# BEGIN_KITTY_FONTS
font_family      family="FiraCode Nerd Font"
bold_font        family='FiraCode Nerd Font' style=SemiBold
italic_font      auto
bold_italic_font auto
# END_KITTY_FONTS

[kovidgoyal]

You need to setup a socket for remote control or get yazi to run the commands connected to anactual tty device.

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On Fri, May 15, 2026 at 01:55:12PM -0700, CaesarSP wrote: Hi, I am using the following entry in [yazi.toml](https://yazi-rs.github.io/docs/configuration/yazi) to try and do as the title says: ``` open = [ # { run = "xdg-open %s1", desc = "Open", for = "linux" }, { run = "kitten @ launch --type tab 'xdg-open %s1'", desc = "Open", for = "linux" }, <--- This one! { run = "open %s", desc = "Open", for = "macos" }, { run = 'start "" %s1', desc = "Open", for = "windows", orphan = true }, { run = "termux-open %s1", desc = "Open", for = "android" }, ``` Kitty.conf has the entry `remote-control yes`, as the wiki says. When i try to open something it prints this error: ``` Error: open /dev/tty: no such device or address Exited with status code: 1 Process failed ``` When opening the home folder, for example, this is the command that executes: `kitten @ launch --type tab 'xdg-open /home/user'` as a "background command". -- Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHub: #10016 You are receiving this because you are subscribed to this thread. Message ID: ***@***.***>

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[CaesarSP]

After running kitty -o allow_remote_control=yes --listen-on unix:/tmp/yazi & and starting yazi in the spawned terminal (as a test), while having "kitten @ launch --to unix:/tmp/yazi --type tab 'xdg-open %d1 in the "reveal" options of yazi, trying to select said option in the context menu spawns the following error:

Failed to launch child: xdg-open /home/nmonic
With error: No such file or directory
Press Enter or Esc to exit

Trying to do xdg-open /home/nmonic in a kitty terminal simply opens my default file manager (yazi), as expected.

How would I do this "yazi to run commands connected to an actual tty device"?

[kovidgoyal]

On Fri, May 15, 2026 at 09:04:53PM -0700, CaesarSP wrote: After running `kitty -o allow_remote_control=yes --listen-on unix:/tmp/yazi &` and starting yazi in the spawned terminal (as a test), while having `"kitten @ launch --to unix:/tmp/yazi --type tab 'xdg-open %d1` in the "reveal" options of yazi, trying to select that said option in the context menu spawns the following error: ``` Failed to launch child: xdg-open /home/nmonic With error: No such file or directory Press Enter or Esc to exit ```

You are trying to launch a program called "xdg-open /home/whatever" instead of a program called xdg-open with an argument /home/whatever

[CaesarSP]

Ok, running it in the same way but removing the apostrophe around xdg-open %d1 manages to open it.

But if I do kitty --start-as=hidden -o allow_remote_control=yes --listen-on unix:/tmp/yazi & and try to "reveal" in yazi, nothing happens. If that doesn't work, how else could I suppress kitty poping up?

That aside, making a systemd-service for this seems a little hefty on memory; is there any other way to make a listening point for kitty?