https://github.com/phenax/shotkey

A simple and lightweight hotkey daemon for X with configurable custom modes and key chords (in ~200 LOC)
https://github.com/phenax/shotkey

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A simple and lightweight hotkey daemon for X with configurable custom modes and key chords (in ~200 LOC)

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/phenax/shotkey
• Owner: phenax
• Created: 2020-06-19T14:08:02.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-10-29T08:42:52.000Z (about 2 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-29T09:56:25.816Z (about 2 months ago)
• Topics: hotkey, modes, suckless, x11
• Language: C
• Homepage:
• Size: 47.9 KB
• Stars: 43
• Watchers: 5
• Forks: 1
• Open Issues: 2
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • Funding: .github/FUNDING.yml

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# SHotKey

A Simple Hot Key daemon for X inspired by the suckless philosophy with configurable custom modes.

~200 LOC. ~20KB binary.



## Installation

Clone the repo and run (May need `sudo`)

```bash

make install

```

## Configuring

Fork this repo and configure it to your likings.

You can edit `config.h` to configure key bindings.

* `shell` - Configure the shell used for executing the commands

* `modes` - A mapping defining all mode keys bindings

* `keys` - All normal mode key bindings

* `on_mode_change` - Hook script to listen to mode changes. Useful for status bar integration

* `mode_properties` - Some meta information about mode. (Label is useful for `on_mode_change`)

You can checkout the [personal branch](https://github.com/phenax/shotkey/tree/personal) for my personal config.

Read the man page for more details.