My source Karabiner file in Goku's edn format - Now lives @ https://github.com/kaushikgopal/dotfiles/blob/master/.karabiner.edn

karabiner.edn

;; File has moved over to https://github.com/kaushikgopal/dotfiles/blob/master/.karabiner.edn
;; Feel free to raise github issues in that repo, if you have questions/comments/edits

I'm having some difficulty implementing layer/simlayer functionality and wondered if you have any advice.

I am trying to create "o-mode" whereby pressing the letter o performs the typical behavior, but holding o and pressing another key executes a Keyboard Maestro macro. Here's an excerpt from my Karabiner.edn file:

:layers { :o-mode {:key :o} }

:simlayers {
    :caps-mode { :key :escape :alone { :key :escape :condi ["caps-mode" 0]}}
    :launch-mode { :key :caps_lock} },

    :main [
        {:des "o-mode -> Hold o + key" :rules [
            [:g [:km "Search using Google"]] [:o-mode] ]}       ;; pressing `g` while holding `o` triggers KM macro

        {:des "w-mode -> Hold w + key" :rules [
            [:left_arrow [:!CTOSleft_arrow] [:w-mode]]          ;; pressing `←` while holding `w` triggers `⌘⌃⌥⇧`  + `←`
            [:right_arrow [:!CTOSright_arrow] [:w-mode]]]} }    ;; pressing `➝` while holding `w` triggers `⌘⌃⌥⇧` +  `➝`

The trouble I'm having is that once I implement this and trigger "o-mode" once (o +g), it seems that I'm stuck in o-mode and everytime I press g (including in isolation), the Keyboard Maestro macro is triggered.

Is there something obvious about my config (that I'm missing) that is causing this behavior? Any insight you might have would be appreciated.

@njm2112 so i definitely do something very similar so surprised it isn't working for you.

Can you rewrite your script like so:

:layers { :o-mode {:key :o} }
...
:main [

{:des "o-mode: quick open applications"
 :rules [:o-mode
            [:g [:km "Search using Google" ] ] ;; pressing `g` while holding `o` triggers KM macro
]}

That should do the trick. I have something like this and it works like a charm:

It seems these two lines have a syntax error:

       [:!Ww :!TOSdelete_or_backspace !:terminals]
       [:!Tw :!TOSdelete_or_backspace !:terminals]

Should it be :!terminals?

@einverne: right you are. i'll go ahead and update the script. that's a typo.

I'm seeing your blog post only now :) Why so many commented shortcuts, are they failing you?

For any other brave soul arriving here: layers is about HOLDING the first key and then typing the next one. For some reason (muscle memory), I was simply typing the keys in fast sequence (trying to implement some kind of open-mode)

I'm seeing your blog post only now :) Why so many commented shortcuts, are they failing you?

no they are not. i actively like to try different combinations and after i try them out for sometime, comment if i decided i don't need it, or don't like it.

i also keep some of them to remind me how to implement some of those shortcuts.

Hi, I'm getting a stack overflow trying to run this on brew-installed goku in MacOS Ventura 13.0.

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.StackOverflowError
	at com.oracle.svm.core.graal.snippets.StackOverflowCheckImpl.newStackOverflowError0(StackOverflowCheckImpl.java:328)
	at com.oracle.svm.core.graal.snippets.StackOverflowCheckImpl.newStackOverflowError(StackOverflowCheckImpl.java:324)
	at com.oracle.svm.core.graal.snippets.StackOverflowCheckImpl.throwNewStackOverflowError(StackOverflowCheckImpl.java:304)
	at clojure.lang.LazilyPersistentVector.createOwning(LazilyPersistentVector.java:25)
	at clojure.lang.RT.vector(RT.java:1609)
	at clojure.lang.Tuple.create(Tuple.java:26)
	at karabiner_configurator.core$exit.invokeStatic(core.clj:32)
	at karabiner_configurator.core$exit.invoke(core.clj:31)
	at karabiner_configurator.core$exit.invokeStatic(core.clj:32)
	at karabiner_configurator.core$exit.invoke(core.clj:31)
	at karabiner_configurator.core$exit.invokeStatic(core.clj:32)
	at karabiner_configurator.core$exit.invoke(core.clj:31)
	at karabiner_configurator.core$exit.invokeStatic(core.clj:32)
	at karabiner_configurator.core$exit.invoke(core.clj:31)
	at karabiner_configurator.core$exit.invokeStatic(core.clj:32)
	at karabiner_configurator.core$exit.invoke(core.clj:31)
	at karabiner_configurator.core$exit.invokeStatic(core.clj:32)

Any idea if it's this file's problem or goku problem?
I would say it's goku's problem (it seems the exit function is calling itself endlessly on error).

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.StackOverflowError
at com.oracle.svm.core.graal.snippets.StackOverflowCheckImpl.newStackOverflowError0(StackOverflowCheckImpl.java:328)

I'm getting the same error. Did you figure out a solution to this @elmart-devo or anyone?

I opened this issue at goku: yqrashawn/GokuRakuJoudo#211.
There is a commit there fixing it, but AFAIK there's no public release including it.

I opened this issue at goku: yqrashawn/GokuRakuJoudo#211. There is a commit there fixing it, but AFAIK there's no public release including it.

Turns out that I had an issue with my karabiner.edn file (or maybe I hadn't created it yet at that point). I have it working now. If it isn't working for you, maybe check that you have the file in the specified location and that you have a 'main' section in your karabiner.edn file.

Here's what mine currently looks like.
https://gist.github.com/joshuawagner/b6d53fba5e361906f38832feee027cb3

hey folks, moving this file over to my dotfiles repo. figured it'll be easy to just raise issues etc. and track better there.

@joshuawagner @elmart-devo 🤔 that's interesting. i haven't run into that specific issue. hopefully it's now resolved?