output messed up when programatically opening kitty window

[k4lizen]

Summary

I'm trying to work around the fact that helix doesn't support a tree file picker and I'm looking at what people are doing here #8314, https://yazi-rs.github.io/docs/tips/#helix-with-zellij and have set it up with kitty terminal, but am getting really weird bugs.

helix_messedup.mp4

The two bugs are:

1. when a new window opens next to helix the lines are wrong width (?)
2. when I close the yazi window (without selecting file/folder) (with ctrl+c) helix scrolls up for some reason

If I move my mouse or focus the helix window when these bugs occur, they get fixed by themselves.

The relevant line in my config is:

[keys.normal.space]
e = ":sh kitten @ launch --cwd=current --no-response --location=before --bias=25 bash ~/.config/helix/yazi-picker.sh open"

and the runner file (yazi-picker.sh) is:

#!/usr/bin/env bash

# run yazi and get the selected file/folder
paths=$(yazi --chooser-file=/dev/stdout | while read -r; do printf "%q " "$REPLY"; done)

# find the helix window (that spawned yazi) in kitty 
win_id=$(kitten @ ls --match neighbor:right | jq '.[0].tabs[0].windows[0].id')

if [[ -n "$paths" ]]; then
  # if a file/folder was actually selected without quiting yazi
  kitten @ send-key --match id:$win_id escape
  kitten @ send-text --match id:$win_id ":$1 $paths"
  kitten @ send-key --match id:$win_id enter
  # kitten @ close-window
fi

Reproduction Steps

Repro:
Use the config line and file provided with kitty terminal and helix. allow_remote_control yes might be needed in the kitty.conf.

I expected this to happen:
No buggyness.
Instead, this happened:
Lots of buggyness.

Helix log

No response

Platform

Linux

Terminal Emulator

kitty

Installation Method

source

Helix Version

helix 24.3 (8a549b7)