background opacity of terminal changes when nvim opens using kitty

init.lua

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ require("lazy").setup({
       "rktjmp/lush.nvim", -- better theme editing
       'vyfor/cord.nvim', --discord rich presence
       'RRethy/base16-nvim',
+      { 'norcalli/nvim-colorizer.lua', config = function() require('colorizer').setup{"*"} end,}, -- preview colors
       {'NMAC427/guess-indent.nvim', config = function() require('guess-indent').setup {} end,}, -- Detect tabstop and shiftwidth automatically
       { 'edluffy/hologram.nvim', auto_display = true,}, --image viewer
       { "denialofsandwich/sudo.nvim", dependencies = { "MunifTanjim/nui.nvim",  },config = true, }, --write restricted files without restart
@@ -50,3 +51,4 @@ if theme_ok then
     matugen.setup()
 end
 
+require('autocommands')

lazy-lock.json

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
   "mini.pick": { "branch": "main", "commit": "8521fe21df86e08d9e4b3c3f3a7d50e47954e1af" },
   "neogit": { "branch": "master", "commit": "8fd90675caf8b847280ca56f464b66030adad876" },
   "nui.nvim": { "branch": "main", "commit": "de740991c12411b663994b2860f1a4fd0937c130" },
+  "nvim-colorizer.lua": { "branch": "master", "commit": "a065833f35a3a7cc3ef137ac88b5381da2ba302e" },
   "nvim-dap": { "branch": "master", "commit": "a9d8cb68ee7184111dc66156c4a2ebabfbe01bc5" },
   "nvim-java": { "branch": "main", "commit": "602a5f7fa92f9c1d425a2159133ff9de86842f0a" },
   "nvim-lspconfig": { "branch": "master", "commit": "d8bf4c47385340ab2029402201d4d7c9f99f437a" },

lua/autocommands.lua

@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+-- [[dynamicallt change kitty window opacity when opening and closing]]
+-- Define the target opacities
+local nvim_opacity = "0.85"
+local default_opacity = "0.6"
+-- Function to talk to Kitty
+local function set_kitty_opacity(opacity)
+  print("Attempting to set opacity to: " .. opacity)
+  os.execute("kitty @ set-background-opacity " .. opacity)
+end
+-- Set up the autocommands
+local kitty_group = vim.api.nvim_create_augroup("KittyOpacity", { clear = true })
+
+vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("VimEnter", {
+  group = kitty_group,
+  callback = function()
+    set_kitty_opacity(nvim_opacity)
+  end,
+})
+
+vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd("VimLeave", {
+  group = kitty_group,
+  callback = function()
+    set_kitty_opacity(default_opacity)
+  end,
+})
+

lua/keybinds.lua

@@ -1,3 +1,12 @@
+-- [[ Basic Autocommands ]]
+vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd('TextYankPost', {
+  desc = 'Highlight when yanking (copying) text',
+  group = vim.api.nvim_create_augroup('kickstart-highlight-yank', { clear = true }),
+  callback = function()
+    vim.hl.on_yank()
+  end,
+})
+-- move betwwen buffer easier
 vim.keymap.set('n', '<Tab>', ':bnext<CR>')
 vim.keymap.set('n', '<S-Tab>', ':bprev<CR>')
 vim.keymap.set('n', '<leader>x', ':bdelete<CR>')

lua/options.lua

@@ -52,16 +52,6 @@ vim.o.scrolloff = 25
 -- instead raise a dialog asking if you wish to save the current file(s)
 -- See `:help 'confirm'`
 vim.o.confirm = true
--- [[Keybinds]]
---  See `:help vim.keymap.set()`
---  See `:help hlsearch`
 
--- [[ Basic Autocommands ]]
+vim.opt.termguicolors = true -- required for colorizer
-vim.api.nvim_create_autocmd('TextYankPost', {
-  desc = 'Highlight when yanking (copying) text',
-  group = vim.api.nvim_create_augroup('kickstart-highlight-yank', { clear = true }),
-  callback = function()
-    vim.hl.on_yank()
-  end,
-})