From: j@mremus.net
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: 44973@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#44973: Add a macOS global hotkey function
Date: Sun, 20 Dec 2020 16:40:37 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAAgndd5jbXk+s7aY=X05wOaJ87T-GAza2EXZKxkVgUc1FRrOxQ@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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Hi Lars,
I'm pretty close to having a patch ready, but I'm stuck in one key spot. I
don't know if anyone on the list could help?
After the user registers a hotkey, and when they press the hotkey, MacOS
will run the code below. On the line "RUN_SOME_ELISP_FUNCTION", I would
expect some elisp function to be run (e.g. 'emacs-version').
But no matter what I do, it always crashes the program. I think my first
problem is not knowing how to call elisp (run_hooks, safe_call, etc?)
correctly, but second, I suspect if this is crashing due to a threading
issue.
handler = [NSEvent
addGlobalMonitorForEventsMatchingMask:(NSEventMaskKeyDown)
handler:^(NSEvent *event){
if (event.modifierFlags & modifier)
if([event.charactersIgnoringModifiers characterAtIndex:0] ==
vkey) {
RUN_SOME_ELISP_FUNCTION
[[NSApp mainWindow] makeKeyAndOrderFront:NSApp];
}
}
}];
Is there anyone who might know how to fill in this piece?
Thanks
On Tue, Dec 8, 2020 at 12:39 PM Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> wrote:
> j@mremus.net writes:
>
> > MacOS makes it very difficult to assign global hotkeys to focus
> > Emacs. For example, if I'm in another program, and I want to
> > launch/focus Emacs with "Alt-SPC", it can't just be set in the system
> > preferences; I'd need to use a 3rd-party program like skhd.
> >
> > Would it be possible to add a function or hook to Emacs which registers
> one or
> > more global hotkeys (using addGlobalMonitorForEventsMatchingMask), and
> then
> > when the hotkey is pressed, run an elisp function?
>
> [...]
>
> > Even if it's rare for Emacs to implement an OS-specific feature, there
> > is some precedent on Windows. If you look at w32-register-hot-keys,
> > it's similar to, but different from my request.
>
> Sure, I think that makes sense. Would it be possible for you to work up
> a patch that adds this functionality?
>
> --
> (domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
> bloggy blog: http://lars.ingebrigtsen.no
>
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Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-11-30 21:01 bug#44973: Add a macOS global hotkey function j
2020-12-08 20:39 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-12-21 0:40 ` j [this message]
2020-12-21 4:34 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-12-30 4:10 ` j
2020-12-30 11:01 ` Alan Third
2020-12-30 17:08 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-01-04 5:13 ` j
2021-01-04 17:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-01-05 8:25 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-01-05 8:26 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-01-05 15:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-01-05 15:04 ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-01-06 5:15 ` Richard Stallman
2021-01-06 5:02 ` Richard Stallman
2020-12-21 8:12 ` Alan Third
2020-12-21 16:18 ` Eli Zaretskii
2020-12-21 16:34 ` Alan Third
2020-12-22 5:20 ` Richard Stallman
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