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+-- Pull in the wezterm API
+local wezterm = require 'wezterm'
+
+-- This will hold the configuration.
+local config = wezterm.config_builder()
+
+-- This is where you actually apply your config choices
+
+-- For example, changing the color scheme:
+config.color_scheme = 'Slate'
+
+-- keybinds
+config.leader = { key = 'a', mods = 'CTRL', timeout_milliseconds = 1000 }
+config.keys = {
+  -- splitting
+  {
+    mods   = "LEADER|SHIFT",
+    key    = '"',
+    action = wezterm.action.SplitVertical { domain = 'CurrentPaneDomain' }
+  },
+  {
+    mods   = "LEADER|SHIFT",
+    key    = "%",
+    action = wezterm.action.SplitHorizontal { domain = 'CurrentPaneDomain' }
+  },
+  {
+    mods = 'LEADER',
+    key = 'z',
+    action = wezterm.action.TogglePaneZoomState
+  },
+  {
+    mods = "LEADER",
+    key = "Space",
+    action = wezterm.action.RotatePanes "Clockwise"
+  }, 
+  {
+    mods = 'LEADER',
+    key = '0',
+    action = wezterm.action.PaneSelect {
+      mode = 'SwapWithActive',
+    },
+  },
+  {
+    key = 'v',
+    mods = 'LEADER',
+    action = wezterm.action.ActivateCopyMode
+  },
+  {
+    key = 'a',
+    mods = 'LEADER|CTRL',
+    action = wezterm.action.SendKey { key = 'a', mods = 'CTRL' },
+  },
+}
+
+config.font = wezterm.font 'JetBrains Mono'
+-- terminal padding
+config.window_padding = {
+  left = 0,
+  right = 0,
+  top = 0,
+  bottom = 0,
+}
+config.use_fancy_tab_bar = false
+config.hide_tab_bar_if_only_one_tab = true
+
+config.inactive_pane_hsb = {
+  saturation = 0.9,
+  brightness = 0.6,
+}
+
+-- and finally, return the configuration to wezterm
+return config