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Dynamic key remapper for X Window System
## Description
xkremap is a key remapper for X Window System.
With xkremap's Ruby DSL, you can simply write configuration of key bindings.
```rb
remap 'C-b', to: 'Left'
```
And you can configure application-specific key bindings,
which is dynamically applied based on a current window.
```rb
window class_only: 'slack' do
remap 'Alt-k', to: 'Alt-Up'
remap 'Alt-j', to: 'Alt-Down'
end
```
While xkremap's configuration is written in Ruby, you can run xkremap without Ruby installation
because it embeds mruby to evaluate configuration.
## Installation
### From source code
```bash
$ git clone https://github.com/k0kubun/xkremap
$ cd xkremap
$ make
$ sudo make install # or `make DESTDIR=~/bin/xkremap install`
```
## Usage
```
$ xkremap /path/to/config
```
See [examples](./examples) to write config file.
### Emacs-like bindings
```rb
window class_not: 'urxvt' do
remap 'C-b', to: 'Left'
remap 'C-f', to: 'Right'
remap 'C-p', to: 'Up'
remap 'C-n', to: 'Down'
remap 'M-b', to: 'Ctrl-Left'
remap 'M-f', to: 'Ctrl-Right'
remap 'C-a', to: 'Home'
remap 'C-e', to: 'End'
remap 'C-k', to: ['Shift-End', 'Ctrl-x']
remap 'C-d', to: 'Delete'
remap 'M-d', to: 'Ctrl-Delete'
end
```
### Simulate macOS's command key
Following configuration works fine with above Emacs-like bindings.
```rb
%w[a z x c v w t].each do |key|
remap "Alt-#{key}", to: "C-#{key}"
end
```
### Application launcher
You can start an application by a shortcut key.
See [examples/window\_switcher](examples/window_switcher.rb) too.
```rb
remap 'C-o', to: execute('nocturn')
remap 'C-u', to: execute('google-chrome-stable')
remap 'C-h', to: execute('urxvt')
```
### Application-specific key bindings
See xkremap's stdout to find a window class name of your application.
```rb
window class_only: 'slack' do
remap 'Alt-n', to: 'Ctrl-k'
remap 'Alt-k', to: 'Alt-Up'
remap 'Alt-j', to: 'Alt-Down'
remap 'Ctrl-Alt-k', to: 'Alt-Shift-Up'
remap 'Ctrl-Alt-j', to: 'Alt-Shift-Down'
end
```
## Projet status
Experimental. It's working but not tested well.
## Note
xkremap is designed to have similar functionality with
[Karabiner](https://github.com/tekezo/Karabiner) and
[karabiner-dsl](https://github.com/k0kubun/karabiner-dsl)
for Linux environments.
## Author
Takashi Kokubun

@ -5,11 +5,17 @@ window class_not: 'urxvt' do
remap 'C-p', to: 'Up'
remap 'C-n', to: 'Down'
remap 'M-b', to: 'Ctrl-Left'
remap 'M-f', to: 'Ctrl-Right'
remap 'C-a', to: 'Home'
remap 'C-e', to: 'End'
remap 'C-k', to: ['Shift-End', 'Ctrl-x']
remap 'C-d', to: 'Delete'
remap 'M-d', to: 'Ctrl-Delete'
# actually these are vim insert mode bindings, but compatible with shell
remap 'C-u', to: ['Shift-Home', 'Ctrl-x']
remap 'C-w', to: ['Ctrl-Shift-Left', 'Ctrl-x']

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