From: j@mremus.net
To: 44973@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#44973: Add a macOS global hotkey function
Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2020 13:01:52 -0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAAgndd6u+=_Ux7wUmQ-ErinCUPRYLUeNo2j8Lz0jv=-_M1YLBw@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
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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?
For example, by creating a "ns-register-global hotkey" function, where the
user could choose a keybinding (maybe "ALT-SPC"), and letting the user
provide a hook function (maybe "org-capture-stuff")
I intend this feature to be used for something like an Alfred replacement,
as described here: https://www.mattduck.com/emacs-fuzzy-launcher.html .
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.
The implementation in nsterm.m should be simple, but it requires Obj-C and
Emacs-specific development knowledge.
Thanks!
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Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-11-30 21:01 j [this message]
2020-12-08 20:39 ` bug#44973: Add a macOS global hotkey function Lars Ingebrigtsen
2020-12-21 0:40 ` j
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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