hotkeys.go is a basic hotkeys tool for X11, born from the need to take
screenshots quickly while dwm made it annoying to tee and pipe, doesn't like
shell aliases, etc.
Providing a sane go workspace:
go get github.com/jeromenerf/hotkeys
Just run hotkeys and leave it watch your config file.
Beware, this quick hack uses inotify since the cross platform fsnotify
package has been left behind for a while now. Don't expect it to work on
anything else than linux :/
The configuration file lives at ~/.config/hotkeys.conf.json:
[
{
"key": "Print",
"desc": "Take a screenshot of the active window",
"cmd": "import -window \"$(xdotool getwindowfocus)\" png:- | tee ~/tmp/screenshot-$(date +'%Y-%m-%d-%T').png | xclip -t image/png -selection c"
},
{
"key": "Mod1-Print",
"desc": "Take a screenshot of a user selected area",
"cmd": "import png:- | tee ~/tmp/screenshot-$(date +'%Y-%m-%d-%T').png | xclip -t image/png -selection c"
},
{
"key": "Mod1-Shift-Print",
"desc": "Take a screenshot of the root window",
"cmd": "import -window root png:- | tee ~/tmp/screenshot-$(date +'%Y-%m-%d-%T').png | xclip -t image/png -selection c"
},
{
"key": "XF86AudioPlay",
"desc": "Play",
"cmd": "for player in vlc spotify; do dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.$player /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.PlayPause; done"
},
{
"key": "XF86AudioStop",
"desc": "Stop",
"cmd": "for player in vlc spotify; do dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.$player /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.Stop; done"
},
{
"key": "XF86AudioNext",
"desc": "Next",
"cmd": "for player in vlc spotify; do dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.$player /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.Next; done"
},
{
"key": "XF86AudioPrev",
"desc": "Previous",
"cmd": "for player in vlc spotify; do dbus-send --print-reply --dest=org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.$player /org/mpris/MediaPlayer2 org.mpris.MediaPlayer2.Player.Previous; done"
},
{
"key": "XF86Display",
"desc": "Switch displays auto magically",
"cmd": "xrandr --auto"
},
{
"key": "XF86ScreenSaver",
"desc": "Lock screen",
"cmd": "slock"
}
]This sample uses lots of external tools :
xdotoolto get various informations for x11 clients- (dbus) to send messages to audio players
importfromimagemagickxclipto copy paste from X11 clipboardslockto lock screen