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Simple Hotkey Daemon for macOS, Ported to Zig

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Minor curiosity: Why is "(S)imple (H)ot(K)ey (D)aemon" abbreviated as "SKHD" and not "SHKD"?

Edit: Found this answer from the author of the non-zig version, though it doesn't actually explain much https://github.com/koekeishiya/skhd/issues/151

I wonder how much of my Hammerspoon config I could replace with this...

Edit: upon reflection, not much actually: https://github.com/kbd/setup/blob/2eaeaecf76c22be3ecef5c8563...

Yeah hammerspoon seems a lot more capable.

I wrote two articles on using global hotkeys with hammerspoon:

https://ohdoylerules.com/tricks/hammerspoon-hyper-key/ https://ohdoylerules.com/tricks/hammerspoon-number-pad-short...

One think you can even do is detect which devices are being used and handle shortcuts differently. You can write a full on workflow that can be triggered with a keyboard shortcut if you’re using hammerspoon.

I recently switched from a homecooked keyboard "expansion" plugin to using Espanso but it can do that as well!

I like to see your config written in fennel. Have you checked out spacehammer? It’s a config for hammerspoon written in fennel that (mostly) gives you a nested modal hidden behind a prefix that lets you make nested hotkeys.

I gave it a glance at some point but don’t see why I’d use it. It’s just some dude’s config. I have my caps lock rebound to a “hyper” key so every important thing is one key combo away.

Well it's not just some dude's config. It's a way to write most of your config as just a table. It notably provides nested tables, which offers a bit more flexibility than just one combo.

But anyway, I just wanted to see if you were aware of it.

I'm going to peek at yours now and see if there's anything I should crib.

I use skhd with yabai and custom layers on my keyboard for mouseless window management. It’s worked great until a recent update, I’ll try this out and see if it fixes things. Thanks!

Does this do something like TextExpander and Keyboard Maestro? is that the general idea?

The one thing I really can't stand about macOS is "Secure Input". It won't let you use something like TE or KM to input a password. You're forced to copy and paste.

As far as I understand, you can't disable that feature either... because securiteh! :/

> The one thing I really can't stand about macOS is "Secure Input". It won't let you use something like TE or KM to input a password.

It actually will. The problem is that when secure input is enabled, you can’t trigger a macro from the keyboard, because the daemon isn’t allowed to intercept keystrokes. But if you can trigger the macro some other way, like through a mouse button or a MIDI message, keystrokes can be sent just fine, even into a password field.

Hotkey Demon needs to be the title of a Korean anime

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