Hammerspoon config file for getting Hyper Key (Caps) to work on Sierra
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-- My own config file to get the Hyper Key working again with my current setup. | |
-- All credit goes to @prenagha and @ttscoff for their awesome original code that I tweaked for my own devices. | |
-- Credit 1: https://gist.github.com/ttscoff/cce98a711b5476166792d5e6f1ac5907 | |
-- Credit 2: https://gist.github.com/prenagha/1c28f71cb4d52b3133a4bff1b3849c3e | |
-- A global variable for the sub-key Hyper Mode | |
k = hs.hotkey.modal.new({}, 'F17') | |
-- Hyper-key for all the below are setup somewhere... Usually Keyboard Maestro or similar. Alfred doesn't handle them very well, so will set up separate bindings for individual apps below. | |
hyperBindings = {'c','m','a','b','d','e','f','g','h','i','j','k','l','m','n','p','q','r','t','1','2','3','4','5','6','7','8','9','0','d','g','s','f','TAB','v','b','O','-','s'} | |
for i,key in ipairs(hyperBindings) do | |
k:bind({}, key, nil, function() hs.eventtap.keyStroke({'cmd','alt','shift','ctrl'}, key) | |
k.triggered = true | |
end) | |
end | |
-- Code to launch single apps that Alfred used to handle. | |
-- Hat-Tip: https://gist.github.com/ttscoff/cce98a711b5476166792d5e6f1ac5907 | |
launch = function(appname) | |
hs.application.launchOrFocus(appname) | |
k.triggered = true | |
end | |
-- Keybinding for specific single apps. | |
singleapps = { | |
{'o', '1Password 6'}, | |
} | |
for i, app in ipairs(singleapps) do | |
k:bind({}, app[1], function() launch(app[2]); k:exit(); end) | |
end | |
-- Enter Hyper Mode when F18 is pressed | |
pressedF18 = function() | |
k.triggered = false | |
k:enter() | |
end | |
-- Leave Hyper Mode when F18 is pressed, | |
-- send ESCAPE if no other keys are pressed. | |
releasedF18 = function() | |
k:exit() | |
if not k.triggered then | |
hs.eventtap.keyStroke({}, 'ESCAPE') | |
end | |
end | |
-- Bind the Hyper key | |
f19 = hs.hotkey.bind({}, 'F18', pressedF18, releasedF18) | |
-- Reload config when any lua file in config directory changes, to save having to manually reload. | |
function reloadConfig(files) | |
doReload = false | |
for _,file in pairs(files) do | |
if file:sub(-4) == '.lua' then | |
doReload = true | |
end | |
end | |
if doReload then | |
hs.reload() | |
end | |
end | |
local myWatcher = hs.pathwatcher.new(os.getenv('HOME') .. '/.hammerspoon/', reloadConfig):start() | |
hs.alert.show('Config loaded') |
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@clickysteve Cheers for the above code... works great...
Any pointers on how I could combine it with https://github.com/miromannino/miro-windows-management/blob/master/position.lua?