Amethyst blocks specific keyboard combination (⌥ Opt + ⇧ Shift + Q)
I've noticed a strange bug: If I try to type ⌥ Opt + ⇧ Shift + Q while Amethyst is running, nothing happens. This keypress should produce "Œ" (with the US keyboard layout). If I close Amethyst, the key combination works as expected.
I have no shortcut with this combination. In fact, Amethyst won't let me record a new shortcut with ⌥ Opt + ⇧ Shift + Q in the preference pane (as if it is already in use).
Can someone reproduce this? I'm running Amethyst 0.10.1 (37) on OS X 10.11.5.
dpfu
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There is an opt + shift + q, but it doesn't appear to be in the preference pane. I believe it focuses a 4th screen. It is definitely a bug that it isn't accessible via preferences.
ianyh
on 2 Aug 2016
In fact, it looks like the commands for focusing a third screen are also not there.
ianyh
on 2 Aug 2016
Thanks for the fast response! I'm typing on an german keyboard, where opt + q and opt + shift + q are used to get the Guillemet characters ("«" and "»"). I need them quite often, so this hurts.
Could I (as a workaround) use ~/.amethyst to globally change my meta keys or disable the opt + shift + q?
dpfu
on 2 Aug 2016
You can create a dotfile that looks like
{
"focus-screen-4": {
"mod": "mod2",
"key": "q"
}
}
This would map the command to opt + ctrl + shift + q instead.
ianyh
on 2 Aug 2016
That is, obviously, a temporary workaround. Those commands should definitely be available in preferences.
ianyh
on 2 Aug 2016
I tried, but sadly this workaround doesn't seem to work for me. I created the dotfile, relaunched Amethyst but still can't type opt + shift + q. (I can see that Amethyst finds the dotfile because of the "bad things may happen" warning that now appears.) I even tried different values for key, but still nothing.
But thanks anyway! Keep up the good work, I'm using Amethyst every day (I surely will find another way to enter my Guillemets … )
dpfu
on 2 Aug 2016
It is really strange. My opt + shift + q is blocked, even after I change mod1 and mod2 like this:
"mod1": [
"option",
"shift",
"command"
],
"mod2": [
"option",
"shift",
"control",
"command"
],
Here's the complete dotfile (based on default.amethyst):
{
"layouts": [
"tall",
"wide",
"fullscreen",
"column"
],
"Valid modifiers are": [
"option",
"shift",
"control",
"command"
],
"mod1": [
"option",
"shift",
"command"
],
"mod2": [
"option",
"shift",
"control",
"command"
],
"screens": 4,
"cycle-layout": {
"mod": "mod1",
"key": "space"
},
"cycle-layout-backward": {
"mod": "mod2",
"key": "space"
},
"select-tall-layout": {
"mod": "mod1",
"key": "a"
},
"select-wide-layout": {
"mod": "mod1",
"key": "s"
},
"select-fullscreen-layout": {
"mod": "mod1",
"key": "d"
},
"select-column-layout": {
"mod": "mod1",
"key": "f"
},
"focus-screen-1": {
"mod": "mod1",
"key": "w"
},
"focus-screen-2": {
"mod": "mod1",
"key": "e"
},
"focus-screen-3": {
"mod": "mod1",
"key": "r"
},
"focus-screen-4": {
"mod": "mod1",
"key": "q"
},
"throw-screen-1": {
"mod": "mod2",
"key": "w"
},
"throw-screen-2": {
"mod": "mod2",
"key": "e"
},
"throw-screen-3": {
"mod": "mod2",
"key": "r"
},
"throw-screen-4": {
"mod": "mod2",
"key": "q"
},
"shrink-main": {
"mod": "mod1",
"key": "h"
},
"expand-main": {
"mod": "mod1",
"key": "l"
},
"increase-main": {
"mod": "mod1",
"key": ","
},
"decrease-main": {
"mod": "mod1",
"key": "."
},
"focus-ccw": {
"mod": "mod1",
"key": "j"
},
"focus-cw": {
"mod": "mod1",
"key": "k"
},
"swap-screen-ccw": {
"mod": "mod2",
"key": "h"
},
"swap-screen-cw": {
"mod": "mod2",
"key": "l"
},
"swap-ccw": {
"mod": "mod2",
"key": "j"
},
"swap-cw": {
"mod": "mod2",
"key": "k"
},
"swap-main": {
"mod": "mod1",
"key": "enter"
},
"throw-space-1": {
"mod": "mod2",
"key": "1"
},
"throw-space-2": {
"mod": "mod2",
"key": "2"
},
"throw-space-3": {
"mod": "mod2",
"key": "3"
},
"throw-space-4": {
"mod": "mod2",
"key": "4"
},
"throw-space-5": {
"mod": "mod2",
"key": "5"
},
"throw-space-6": {
"mod": "mod2",
"key": "6"
},
"throw-space-7": {
"mod": "mod2",
"key": "7"
},
"throw-space-8": {
"mod": "mod2",
"key": "8"
},
"throw-space-9": {
"mod": "mod2",
"key": "9"
},
"throw-space-left": {
"mod": "mod2",
"key": "left"
},
"throw-space-right": {
"mod": "mod2",
"key": "right"
},
"toggle-float": {
"mod": "mod1",
"key": "t"
},
"toggle-tiling": {
"mod": "mod2",
"key": "t"
},
"display-current-layout": {
"mod": "mod1",
"key": "i"
},
"reevaluate-windows": {
"mod": "mod1",
"key": "z"
},
"toggle-focus-follows-mouse": {
"mod": "mod2",
"key": "x"
},
"floating": [],
"float-small-windows": true,
"mouse-follows-focus": false,
"focus-follows-mouse": false,
"enables-layout-hud": true,
"enables-layout-hud-on-space-change": true,
"window-margin-size": 0,
"window-margins": false,
"ignore-menu-bar": false,
"use-canary-build": false,
"new-windows-to-main": false,
"send-crash-reports": false
}
That's really weird.
ianyh
on 2 Aug 2016
Okay. I can reproduce with the German keyboard.
ianyh
on 2 Aug 2016
I found something like this, too. Amethyst blocks (almost) all Emacs key shortcuts that begins with M-s- and C-M-s. How to configure this?
cmal
on 26 Jan 2018
I found something like this, too. Amethyst blocks (almost) all Emacs key shortcuts that begins with
M-s-andC-M-s. How to configure this?
With option as meta, I've used this .amethyst with Emacs without incident—
{
"mod1": [
"command",
"option",
"shift"
],
"mod2": [
"command",
"option",
"control"
]
}
aparkerlue
on 9 Oct 2018
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That is, obviously, a temporary workaround. Those commands should definitely be available in preferences.