diff --git a/kitty/shaders/blit.slang b/kitty/shaders/blit.slang
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..56cf96674
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kitty/shaders/blit.slang
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#language slang 2026
+// Copyright (C) 2026 Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>
+// Distributed under terms of the GPLv3 license.
+
+// Maps a vertex id to src and destination co-ordinates
+module blit;
+
+public struct BlitOutput {
+    public float2 texcoord;
+    public float2 position;
+};
+
+#define left 0
+#define top 1
+#define right 2
+#define bottom 3
+
+// Static constant array mapping vertex IDs
+static const int2 vertex_pos_map[4] =
+{
+    int2(right, top),
+    int2(right, bottom),
+    int2(left, bottom),
+    int2(left, top)
+};
+
+public BlitOutput get_coords_for_blit(uint vertex_id, float4 src_rect, float4 dest_rect) {
+    BlitOutput output;
+    int2 pos = vertex_pos_map[vertex_id];
+    // Indexing into the float4 vectors using pos.x and pos.y
+    output.texcoord = float2(src_rect[pos.x], src_rect[pos.y]);
+    output.position = float2(dest_rect[pos.x], dest_rect[pos.y]);
+    return output;
+}
+
diff --git a/kitty/shaders/graphics.slang b/kitty/shaders/graphics.slang
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8497e8105
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kitty/shaders/graphics.slang
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+#language slang 2026
+// Copyright (C) 2026 Kovid Goyal <kovid at kovidgoyal.net>
+// Distributed under terms of the GPLv3 license.
+
+import blit;
+
+
+struct VSOutput
+{
+    float2 texcoord : TEXCOORD;
+    float4 position : SV_Position;
+};
+
+
+[shader("vertex")]
+VSOutput main(
+    uint vertex_id : SV_VertexID,
+    uniform float4 src_rect,
+    uniform float4 dest_rect,
+) {
+    BlitOutput ans = get_coords_for_blit(vertex_id, src_rect, dest_rect);
+    VSOutput output;
+    output.texcoord = ans.texcoord;
+    output.position = float4(ans.position[0], ans.position[1], 0.0, 1.0);
+    return output;
+}
+
diff --git a/kitty/shaders/slang.py b/kitty/shaders/slang.py
index db52bcb63..67533dac4 100644
--- a/kitty/shaders/slang.py
+++ b/kitty/shaders/slang.py
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ def commands_to_compile_dir_to_ir(sources: dict[str, SlangFile], src_dir: str, o
             deps_file = f'{base_dest}.deps'
             module_mtime = safe_mtime(slang_module)
             needs_build = module_mtime < get_newest_dep_time(deps_file)
-            yield Command(needs_build, f'Compile {name} to slang IR', cmdbase + [
+            yield Command(needs_build, f'Compiling |{name}.slang| ...', cmdbase + [
                 sfile.path, '-I', output_dirpath, '-I', src_dir, '-depfile', deps_file,
                 '-target', 'none', '-o', slang_module
             ])
@@ -183,12 +183,28 @@ def commands_to_compile_to_glsl(sources: dict[str, SlangFile], build_dir: str, d
         needs_build = output_mtime < module_mtime
         if needs_build:
             built_glsl_files.extend(dest_files)
-        yield Command(needs_build, f'Link slang IR for {name} to GLSL', cmd)
+        yield Command(needs_build, f'Linking |{name}.slang-module| to GLSL ...', cmd)
 
 
-def fixup_glsl_files(*paths: str) -> None:
+def fixup_opengl_code(glsl_code: str) -> str:
+    lines = []
+    for line in glsl_code.splitlines():
+        if line.startswith('#version '):
+            line = '#version 330 core'
+        elif line.startswith('#extension ') or line in ('layout(row_major) buffer;', 'layout(push_constant)'):
+            line = '// ' + line
+        lines.append(line)
+    return '\n'.join(lines)
+
+
+def fixup_opengl_files(*paths: str) -> None:
     ' Convert the GLSL output of slangc to something that will work with OpenGL 3.3 '
-    pass
+    for path in paths:
+        with open(path, 'r+') as f:
+            glsl_code = f.read()
+            f.seek(0)
+            f.truncate()
+            f.write(fixup_opengl_code(glsl_code))
 
 
 ParallelRun = Callable[[Iterable[tuple[bool, str, list[str]]]], None]
@@ -227,4 +243,4 @@ def compile_builtin_shaders(build_dir: str, dest_dir: str, parallel_run: Paralle
 
     # Now run all commands
     parallel_run(glsl_commands)
-    fixup_glsl_files(*built_glsl_files)
+    fixup_opengl_files(*built_glsl_files)
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 9e983c687..3c2e4077f 100755
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -1218,6 +1218,7 @@ def build_shaders(args: Options) -> None:
         needed = []
         for (needs_build, desc, cmd) in cmds:
             if needs_build:
+                desc = re.sub(r'\|(.+?)\|', lambda m: emphasis(m.group(1)), desc)
                 needed.append(Command(desc, cmd, lambda: True))
         parallel_run(needed)