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Tools for macOS🔗

These tools are specific for macOS.

AltTab🔗

Hidden Bar🔗

Karabiner🔗

Raycast🔗

Rectangle🔗

dmenu🔗

The version of dmenu in HomeBrew is not working. The call to open XOpenIM is failing. Therefore, the tool must the compiled to support XQuartz.

brew install --cask xquartz

Download the sources of dmenu and change the following three lines in the file config.mk:

X11INC = /opt/X11/include
X11LIB = /opt/X11/lib

...

FREETYPEINC = /opt/X11/include/freetype2

Now dmenu is using the libraries of XQuartz and not those of Homebrew.

In order to use dmenu the focus must first be changed to the newly opened window and afterwards back to the previous application.

This can be achieved with the following snippet:

open -a XQuartz; ls | dmenu -i; \
  osascript -e 'tell application "System Events" to keystroke tab using {command down}'

Automator for running shell script via shortcuts🔗

  • Open the application Automator
  • Choose type from list: Application
  • Select Run Shell Script from the list and drag into the right space

  • Write the shell script, e.g.,

    source ~/.zprofile
~/bin/gnome-key-gopass.sh

    Sourcing the file ~/.zprofile give access to all tools installed via HomeBrew.

    To allow oascript send a keystroke within the script, the application Automator needs additional privileges. Open Settings > Privacy & Security > Accessibility. Allow the application Automator.