Is there something like this for python?
The language used for this is incidental. The important part is all the OS interfaces exposed. If you know Python, you'll feel comfortable in Lua quickly.
Hammerspoon – Lua-based powerful tool automation of macOS
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Re: Hammerspoon – Lua-based powerful tool automation of macOS
#32One of my more useful things, cmd+shift+m and cmd+shift+u to minimize all windows and un-minimize all windows of the active application. The un-minimize gets used more often (e.g. I may have a few Chrome windows minimized during my workday that I want to un-minimize en masse after work is done). local cmdShift = {'cmd', 'shift'} hs.hotkey.bind(cmdShift, 'm', function() local app = hs.application.frontmostApplication(…
Interesting, I knew about cmd+option+m which does the minimizing part already. Weirdly doesn't seem to be an un-minimize shortcut though.
Re: Hammerspoon – Lua-based powerful tool automation of macOS
#33One of my more useful things, cmd+shift+m and cmd+shift+u to minimize all windows and un-minimize all windows of the active application. The un-minimize gets used more often (e.g. I may have a few Chrome windows minimized during my workday that I want to un-minimize en masse after work is done). local cmdShift = {'cmd', 'shift'} hs.hotkey.bind(cmdShift, 'm', function() local app = hs.application.frontmostApplication(…
Another fun thing you can do is install Hammerspoon as your URL handler, and make certain URLs open in different Chrome profiles--any work websites open in my work Chrome profile, websites related to a game I play opens in a Chrome profile specific to that, and anything else opens up in a personal Chrome profile.
I've also setup cmd+shift+1/2/3 to brings the aforementioned profiles into the foreground, so e.g. cmd+shift+2 brings my work Chrome profile to the foreground.
Re: Hammerspoon – Lua-based powerful tool automation of macOS
#34One of my more useful things, cmd+shift+m and cmd+shift+u to minimize all windows and un-minimize all windows of the active application. The un-minimize gets used more often (e.g. I may have a few Chrome windows minimized during my workday that I want to un-minimize en masse after work is done). local cmdShift = {'cmd', 'shift'} hs.hotkey.bind(cmdShift, 'm', function() local app = hs.application.frontmostApplication(…
Interesting, I knew about cmd+option+m which does the minimizing part already. Weirdly doesn't seem to be an un-minimize shortcut though.
> Weirdly doesn't seem to be an un-minimize shortcut though.
Yup, the existing minimize shortcut's missing twin led me to learn a bit more Lua so I could implement it :)
Re: Hammerspoon – Lua-based powerful tool automation of macOS
#35Love Hammerspoon! I wish there was an easier way to find great scripts, though. They seem to be all over the internet in random places.
Re: Hammerspoon – Lua-based powerful tool automation of macOS
#36Since we've hit the front page of HN again, I've just released Hammerspoon 0.9.92, which contains a few fixes and some additions, but mostly refactored a significant amount of internal project structure to allow our build system to be replaced with something that isn't 5 years old and terrible. As a result, it's possible that something broke which we didn't find in our internal testing. Please file GitHub issues :) H…
Please forgive what may be a naive question:
Speaking of old and terrible... Are you planning to keep the project in Objective-C long term? Any chance of migrating to Swift?
Merry Christmas and thanks for a great project.
Re: Hammerspoon – Lua-based powerful tool automation of macOS
#37Another happy Hammerspoon user reporting.
I feel Hammerspoon's Lua is to macOS what elisp is to Emacs. You can use it to glue all sorts of wonderful things.
I wrote a bit about it here: https://xenodium.com/emacs-utilities-for-your-os (building my own Alfred/Quicksilver-like experience) and https://xenodium.com/cycling-window-layouts-via-hammerspoon (cycle through my preferred window layouts).
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Re: Hammerspoon – Lua-based powerful tool automation of macOS
#38If anyone cares, here's my config: https://github.com/kbd/setup/blob/master/HOME/.hammerspoon/i...
It shows off a tiny bit of what you can do with Hammerspoon:
- window and app management
- keyboard shortcuts for common apps (eg. hyper+T for text editor, hyper+B for browser, hyper+S for shell)
- if you can code a tiny bit of Lua there's no need for apps like Spectacle, Rectangle, Moom, etc. because it's easy to position apps wherever you want. eg. hyper+L arranges my browser+editor+terminal in a standard layout, and I have other shortcuts to set apps to halves or thirds of the screen, or to another monitor.
- fuzzy-find popups (like Alfred/fzf) are built-in. I use it to choose audio input/output.
- a replacement for Caffeine (menubar icon to keep computer from going to sleep)
Re: Hammerspoon – Lua-based powerful tool automation of macOS
#39One of my more useful things, cmd+shift+m and cmd+shift+u to minimize all windows and un-minimize all windows of the active application. The un-minimize gets used more often (e.g. I may have a few Chrome windows minimized during my workday that I want to un-minimize en masse after work is done). local cmdShift = {'cmd', 'shift'} hs.hotkey.bind(cmdShift, 'm', function() local app = hs.application.frontmostApplication(…
Another fun thing you can do is install Hammerspoon as your URL handler, and make certain URLs open in different Chrome profiles--any work websites open in my work Chrome profile, websites related to a game I play opens in a Chrome profile specific to that, and anything else opens up in a personal Chrome profile. I've also setup cmd+shift+1/2/3 to brings the aforementioned profiles into the foreground, so e.g. cmd+sh…
I've wanted to send YouTube links directly to VNC for ages, while having all others open in the default browser, but have never taken the time to hack up a listener.
I already use Hammerspoon, so this should be a piece of cake to add.
Thanks for mentioning this ability!
Re: Hammerspoon – Lua-based powerful tool automation of macOS
#40I'm a big fan of Hammerspoon.
At least a few years ago, OS X's window management when plugging/unplugging external monitors was pretty bad.
Thanks to Hammerspoon, I don't have to think about it at all - I plug in monitors when I want to and all my windows resize and move themselves based on rules I defined.
It means stepping away from my desk or coming back to it is a no-brainer.
Maybe it's not needed these days, but it sure was a lifesaver back when I first adopted it.
My config, if people are interested:
https://github.com/NateEag/dotfiles/blob/master/src/.hammers...