feat(macos): start working towards having shortcuts configuration#52
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This is inspired by https://github.com/nix-darwin/nix-darwin/pull/699/changes. It however simplifies the process by fixing all the "magic" values and only really needing to do basic addition for the mods and then string conversions. Currently it only outputs it to a file, next step is to start checking if it actually works to run against the actual system. As mentionned in nix-darwin/nix-darwin#699 (comment), I will use `defaults write com.apple.symbolichotkeys.plist AppleSymbolicHotKeys -dict-add magicNumber "<dict></dict>"` instead.
Currently it doesn't make the changes, but maybe on restart it will?
This is fun ok? I'm doing this to myself with enthusiasm!
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This adds support for configuring keyboard shortcuts directly into nix-darwin. This is not a new idea, but this looks like the only implementation that does it consistently, whilst introducing a very large number of options whilst keeping the default values available. This works by: - Create a mapping of all mods / keys. See `keycodes.nix`. I decided here to have the 'decimal' + 'ascii' values hard-coded. This took a while to get, but should save on future "maths" to get them. The keycodes are ordered directly from the source header file for consistency. In the future, I might use an AI for this, as it's a "simple translation". - Create a mapping of all* the available mappings and their default state/shortcuts. This enables a comprehensive list, ordered by Apple's sections. This also allows to "reset to defaults" if needed. Without a change, the default state/shortcuts will be used, which should create minimal friction for new users. - Add a `disableAll` toggle in case you don't want any of the default shortcuts. This is my case and I was really happy to see that I could just yeet all the defaults out, to only enable the ones I want. *: the list was compiled on my personal macbook, which is a 2020 intel with the touchbar. So I might not have all the configuration options. However it would be really easy to add new, since they all map to a unique ID. AFAIK, this is a good to go PR with no extra work needed. But I would appreciate any feedback nevertheless. This draws on inspiration from nix-darwin#699 and various online sources (commented in the code whenever necessary). This is also a single commit that is a direct `cp` of the head of nobe4/dotfiles#52, plus minor adjustments for inclusion into this repo. I use `nixfmt` extensively btw, hence the formatting. And until (if) NixOS/nixfmt#91 is solved I will format all my files 🤷.
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This is inspired by https://github.com/nix-darwin/nix-darwin/pull/699/changes. It however simplifies the process by fixing all the "magic" values and only really needing to do basic addition for the mods and then string conversions.
The current state is: working, and now only need to specify the
defaults.As mentionned in
nix-darwin/nix-darwin#699 (comment), I will use
defaults write com.apple.symbolichotkeys.plist AppleSymbolicHotKeys -dict-add magicNumber "<dict></dict>"instead.