• Hammerspoon

Hammerspoon

add stuff: open config, type in LaTeX, save, reload config

bind function to hotkey

hs.hotkey.bind({"functionKey", …}, "key",…, function()
  …
end)

functionKey: cmd alt ctrl
key: X \\ Left
the {} must stay even if it`s empty

show alert message

hs.alert.show("message")

generate system notification with title and content

hs.notify.new({title="title", informativeText="content"}):send()

define the current window as win

local win = hs.window.focusedWindow()

define win’s window frame as f

local f = win:frame()

position of f is (f.x, f.y) its width and height f.w, f.h

define the screen win at as screen

local screen = win:screen()

define screen’s screen frame as max

local max = screen:frame()

update the frame of win as f

win:setFrame(f)

hs.pathwatcher.new(.....):start()

reload config

hs.reload()

automatically reload config

function reloadConfig(files)
    doReload = false
    for _,file in pairs(files) do
        if file:sub(-4) == ".lua" then
            doReload = true
        end
    end
    if doReload then
        hs.reload()
    end
end
myWatcher = hs.pathwatcher.new(os.getenv("HOME") .. "/.hammerspoon/", reloadConfig):start()
hs.alert.show("Config loaded")

get the home direction of the system

os.getenv("HOME")

connect string to path

..

call function whenever changes in direction

hs.pathwatcher.new("direction", function):start()