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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""Probe the kitty keyboard protocol by printing the raw bytes each key sends.
+
+Run it inside a terminal to see what that terminal emits under a chosen set of
+progressive-enhancement flags:
+
+    python3 scripts/kitty-probe.py [flags]
+
+`flags` is the decimal flag set to enable (default 1):
+
+    1   disambiguate escape codes
+    2   report event types (press/repeat/release)
+    4   report alternate keys
+    8   report all keys as escape codes
+    16  report associated text
+
+Combine by adding, e.g. 15 for everything but text, 31 for everything. Press
+Esc to quit; the previous keyboard mode is restored on exit.
+"""
+
+import os
+import sys
+import termios
+import tty
+
+flags = int(sys.argv[1]) if len(sys.argv) > 1 else 1
+fd = sys.stdin.fileno()
+old = termios.tcgetattr(fd)
+try:
+    tty.setraw(fd)
+    os.write(1, f"\033[>{flags}u".encode())  # push current flags and enable
+    os.write(1, f"flags={flags}; keys print as raw bytes, Esc quits\r\n".encode())
+    while True:
+        b = os.read(fd, 64)
+        os.write(1, (repr(b) + "\r\n").encode())
+        if b == b"\x1b" or b"27u" in b:  # Esc in legacy or CSI u form
+            break
+finally:
+    os.write(1, b"\033[<u")  # pop back to the previous mode
+    termios.tcsetattr(fd, termios.TCSADRAIN, old)