diff --git a/bin/kitty_keytester.py b/bin/kitty_keytester.py
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+from termios import tcgetattr, tcsetattr, TCSADRAIN, TIOCGWINSZ
+from tty import setcbreak, setraw
+import os
+from contextlib import contextmanager
+from select import select
+from time import sleep
+from typing import Optional, Tuple, Union
+
+
+class TerminalContext:
+    def __init__(self, fd: int, close_fd=False) -> None:
+        if not os.isatty(fd):
+            raise TypeError('fd is not a terminal')
+        self.close_fd = close_fd
+        self.fd = fd
+        self.is_cbreak = False
+        self.is_raw = False
+        self._initial_attr = self.termios_attributes
+
+    @classmethod
+    def from_cterm(cls):
+        fd = os.open(os.ctermid(), os.O_RDWR)
+        return TerminalContext(fd, True)
+
+    def close(self) -> None:
+        tcsetattr(self.fd, TCSADRAIN, self._initial_attr)
+        if self.close_fd:
+            os.close(self.fd)
+
+    @property
+    def termios_attributes(self) -> list:
+        return tcgetattr(self.fd)
+    
+    @property
+    def ttyname(self) -> str:
+        return os.ttyname(self.fd)
+    
+    @contextmanager
+    def cbreak_mode(self):
+        """
+        Enter cbreak mode context.
+        """
+        if self.is_cbreak:
+            yield
+            return
+        tattr = self.termios_attributes
+        try:
+            setcbreak(self.fd, TCSADRAIN)
+            self.is_cbreak = True
+            yield
+        finally:
+            tcsetattr(self.fd, TCSADRAIN, tattr)
+            self.is_cbreak = False
+
+    @contextmanager
+    def raw_mode(self):
+        """
+        Enter cbreak mode context.
+        """
+        if self.is_raw:
+            yield
+            return
+        tattr = self.termios_attributes
+        try:
+            setraw(self.fd, TCSADRAIN)
+            self.is_raw = True
+            yield
+        finally:
+            tcsetattr(self.fd, TCSADRAIN, tattr)
+            self.is_raw = False
+
+    @contextmanager
+    def custom_state(self, undo=None):
+        """
+        Enter custom terminal state, that needs to to be undone by ``undo``.
+        Useful, if you want to apply a custom terminal state and
+        have to make sure, that it gets properly reset to previous state.
+        """
+        try:
+            yield
+        finally:
+            if undo:
+                undo()
+
+    def write(self, s: Union[str, bytes]) -> None:
+        """
+        Write string or bytes directly to the terminal.
+        """
+        data = s if isinstance(s, bytes) else s.encode('utf-8')
+        sent = os.write(self.fd, data)
+        while sent:
+            data = data[sent:]
+            sent = os.write(self.fd, data)
+
+    def read(self, amount: int = 1024, timeout: Optional[float] = None) -> bytes:
+        """
+        Blocking read from the terminal.
+        If nothing was sent from the terminal within ``timeout``,
+        empty bytes are returned.
+        """
+        can_read, _, _ = select([self.fd], [], [], timeout)
+        return os.read(self.fd, amount) if can_read else b''
+
+
+@contextmanager
+def cterminal_context():
+    t = TerminalContext.from_cterm()
+    try:
+        yield t
+    finally:
+        t.close()
+
+
+with cterminal_context() as term:
+    with term.custom_state(undo=lambda:term.write('\x1b[<u')), term.raw_mode():
+        term.write('\x1b[>3u')
+        sleep(1)
+        print('PRESS (within 10s) and HOLD (for 5s)\r')
+        data = []
+        cur = term.read(timeout=10)
+        while cur:
+            data.append(cur)
+            cur = term.read(timeout=1)
+            if len(data) > 5:
+                print('RELEASE\r')
+        sleep(0.5)
+        term.read(timeout=0.1)
+        print(data, '\r')
+
+    sleep(1)
+