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I use this in combination with my rcmd app (https://lowtechguys.com/rcmd https://lowtechguys.com/rcmd) and I can finally say I’ve reached the perfect app/window

by alin23 4y ago

I use this in combination with my rcmd app (https://lowtechguys.com/rcmd https://lowtechguys.com/rcmd) and I can finally say I’ve reached the perfect app/window switching setup on macOS. Instant app switching with rcmd + visual window switching for multi-window apps like Xcode, Sublime Text etc. It’s similar to what I had on Windows with WinKey+number and their integrated AltTab thumbnails but better since I don’t have to count the apps in the taskbar to know which number to press, and I can AltTab only through the current app windows if I want.

lelandfe 4y ago
Woah, rebinding the right command key. I'll need to retrain my brain to get used to it, but this is really, really cool. Thanks!
- alin23 4y ago
  It was a pretty much useless key for me at first, but seeing how highly accessible it is for my right thumb, I prototyped rcmd in a day. I got used to it very fast. My colleague also got used to it in the same day, so we thought to share it. Most people trying out rcmd tell me that in less than a day it has become something they can’t go back from so it feels pretty nice to know I’ve improved at least a few workflows ^_^
behnamoh 4y ago
I wish something similar to Autohotkey was available for mac. Karabiner comes cloes, but it's not quite the same thing.
- PainfullyNormal 4y ago
- alin23 4y ago
  How about skhd? https://github.com/koekeishiya/skhd https://github.com/koekeishiya/skhd I use it to simply bind hotkeys to shell commands in a single config file. Given the full power of the shell, you can even use AppleScript (through osascript) if you want to automate the UI/system like AutoHotkey does. It can also send key events using the -k flag so you can remap keys to other key combinations.
  - philsnow 4y ago
    I haven't used Autohotkey or skhd but I use hammerspoon for any kind of macos UI automation and it's pretty great, and uses lua instead of applescript.
    - alin23 4y ago
      Oh yeah, Hammerspoon is a much better alternative to AutoHotkey, how could I forget about it. It can even create simple and quite useful UIs, here’s an example of someone using it to create a stack visualizer for the yabai window manager: https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1683979/90967233-08f6bc00-e491-11ea-9b0a-d75f248ce4b1.gif https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1683979/90967233-0... [1] https://github.com/AdamWagner/stackline https://github.com/AdamWagner/stackline
nsonha 4y ago
given this isn't free anyway, you could have both behaviors with a single app Witch (https://manytricks.com/witch https://manytricks.com/witch)

by alin23 4y ago

lelandfe 4y ago

Woah, rebinding the right command key. I'll need to retrain my brain to get used to it, but this is really, really cool. Thanks!

alin23 4y ago
It was a pretty much useless key for me at first, but seeing how highly accessible it is for my right thumb, I prototyped rcmd in a day. I got used to it very fast. My colleague also got used to it in the same day, so we thought to share it. Most people trying out rcmd tell me that in less than a day it has become something they can’t go back from so it feels pretty nice to know I’ve improved at least a few workflows ^_^

behnamoh 4y ago

I wish something similar to Autohotkey was available for mac. Karabiner comes cloes, but it's not quite the same thing.

PainfullyNormal 4y ago
alin23 4y ago
How about skhd? https://github.com/koekeishiya/skhd https://github.com/koekeishiya/skhd I use it to simply bind hotkeys to shell commands in a single config file. Given the full power of the shell, you can even use AppleScript (through osascript) if you want to automate the UI/system like AutoHotkey does. It can also send key events using the -k flag so you can remap keys to other key combinations.
- philsnow 4y ago
  I haven't used Autohotkey or skhd but I use hammerspoon for any kind of macos UI automation and it's pretty great, and uses lua instead of applescript.
  - alin23 4y ago
    Oh yeah, Hammerspoon is a much better alternative to AutoHotkey, how could I forget about it. It can even create simple and quite useful UIs, here’s an example of someone using it to create a stack visualizer for the yabai window manager: https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1683979/90967233-08f6bc00-e491-11ea-9b0a-d75f248ce4b1.gif https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/1683979/90967233-0... [1] https://github.com/AdamWagner/stackline https://github.com/AdamWagner/stackline

nsonha 4y ago

given this isn't free anyway, you could have both behaviors with a single app Witch (https://manytricks.com/witch https://manytricks.com/witch)