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I just tried Hammerspoon for the first time this week and it's really, really powerful. Currently working on an automation suite for a bunch of tedious "micro-w

by lbotos 10y ago

I just tried Hammerspoon for the first time this week and it's really, really powerful. Currently working on an automation suite for a bunch of tedious "micro-workflows" that I deal with on a daily basis.

mooman219 10y ago
For windows users, I recommend AutoHotkey
- curiousgal 10y ago
  Are there decent Linux alternatives?
  - laktak 10y ago
    The closest one is probably https://github.com/autokey/autokey https://github.com/autokey/autokey
  - BoppreH 10y ago
    If I may plug my own free project, https://github.com/boppreh/keyboard https://github.com/boppreh/keyboard may achieve what you want. Also note it has mouse support now; it's hidden, but exists.
  - pbhjpbhj 10y ago
    Isn't Autohotkey just echoing a text or running a script for an associated key combination? KDE has that built in (I think they call it khotkeys?). I'd be surprised if other DEs don't have similar? IIRC Autohotkey makes an application from your hotkey choice that you then run (eg via autostart or using an icon) to instate the hotkey afresh every reboot. To this end it seemed inferior to the KDE equivalent for me, but that could just be familiarity bias.
    - throwanem 10y ago
      > Isn't Autohotkey just echoing a text or running a script for an associated key combination? Not just that, no. Its programming language is godawful, but the tight integration with the Windows API makes it powerful in a way that shell scripts and the like cannot easily match.
_vya7 10y ago
Really enjoying seeing a lot of new projects based on Hammerspoon. And very glad for the people who created it, because maintaining the precursor was a daunting job and took too much of my time and gave me too much stress.
- nathancahill 10y ago
  Thanks for starting Mjolnir though!
ryanSrich 10y ago
Is there a place to find inspiration or other examples of Hammerspoon extensions? Just installed and wrote a few simple scripts, but having a hard time coming up with anything groundbreaking that I'd want to build.
- weitzj 10y ago
  Check out the Hammerspoon Wiki on Github
- lbotos 10y ago
  I'm currently automating any workflow that I use daily: - We have a team call and a team agenda doc, I'm using a hotkey to open a chooser, which has an option "goto team call" that fires up the call window and the doc. - We deal with prod/dev so I made another item in the chooser "log in to dev server" which opens a chrome incognito window, presses the one password unlock shortcut and then I'm just waiting there to input 2 factor. As I uncover more of these, I'll be coding them up and using the master chooser to deal with any annoying workflows. :)
wingerlang 10y ago
Have you tried Keyboard Maestro?

by lbotos 10y ago

mooman219 10y ago

For windows users, I recommend AutoHotkey

curiousgal 10y ago
Are there decent Linux alternatives?
- laktak 10y ago
  The closest one is probably https://github.com/autokey/autokey https://github.com/autokey/autokey
- BoppreH 10y ago
  If I may plug my own free project, https://github.com/boppreh/keyboard https://github.com/boppreh/keyboard may achieve what you want. Also note it has mouse support now; it's hidden, but exists.
- pbhjpbhj 10y ago
  Isn't Autohotkey just echoing a text or running a script for an associated key combination? KDE has that built in (I think they call it khotkeys?). I'd be surprised if other DEs don't have similar? IIRC Autohotkey makes an application from your hotkey choice that you then run (eg via autostart or using an icon) to instate the hotkey afresh every reboot. To this end it seemed inferior to the KDE equivalent for me, but that could just be familiarity bias.
  - throwanem 10y ago
    > Isn't Autohotkey just echoing a text or running a script for an associated key combination? Not just that, no. Its programming language is godawful, but the tight integration with the Windows API makes it powerful in a way that shell scripts and the like cannot easily match.

_vya7 10y ago

Really enjoying seeing a lot of new projects based on Hammerspoon. And very glad for the people who created it, because maintaining the precursor was a daunting job and took too much of my time and gave me too much stress.

nathancahill 10y ago
Thanks for starting Mjolnir though!

ryanSrich 10y ago

Is there a place to find inspiration or other examples of Hammerspoon extensions? Just installed and wrote a few simple scripts, but having a hard time coming up with anything groundbreaking that I'd want to build.

weitzj 10y ago
Check out the Hammerspoon Wiki on Github
lbotos 10y ago
I'm currently automating any workflow that I use daily: - We have a team call and a team agenda doc, I'm using a hotkey to open a chooser, which has an option "goto team call" that fires up the call window and the doc. - We deal with prod/dev so I made another item in the chooser "log in to dev server" which opens a chrome incognito window, presses the one password unlock shortcut and then I'm just waiting there to input 2 factor. As I uncover more of these, I'll be coding them up and using the master chooser to deal with any annoying workflows. :)

wingerlang 10y ago

Have you tried Keyboard Maestro?