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ghostty: keep Hyper chords off the menu bar so herdr gets them #19

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66 changes: 34 additions & 32 deletions home/dot_config/ghostty/config
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Expand Up @@ -116,38 +116,40 @@ shell-integration-features = cursor,title,ssh-env,path

# Same chords as Herdr's [keys], so muscle memory carries over.
# While Herdr runs, the `herdr` key table below hands them to it.

keybind = ctrl+alt+super+i=new_split:right
keybind = ctrl+alt+super+slash=new_split:down
keybind = ctrl+alt+super+z=toggle_split_zoom
keybind = ctrl+alt+super+x=close_surface
keybind = ctrl+alt+super+equal=equalize_splits

keybind = ctrl+alt+super+arrow_left=goto_split:left
keybind = ctrl+alt+super+arrow_down=goto_split:down
keybind = ctrl+alt+super+arrow_up=goto_split:up
keybind = ctrl+alt+super+arrow_right=goto_split:right

keybind = ctrl+alt+super+shift+arrow_left=resize_split:left,10
keybind = ctrl+alt+super+shift+arrow_down=resize_split:down,10
keybind = ctrl+alt+super+shift+arrow_up=resize_split:up,10
keybind = ctrl+alt+super+shift+arrow_right=resize_split:right,10

keybind = ctrl+alt+super+c=new_tab
keybind = ctrl+alt+super+p=previous_tab
keybind = ctrl+alt+super+n=next_tab
keybind = ctrl+alt+super+comma=prompt_tab_title
keybind = ctrl+alt+super+shift+comma=move_tab:-1
keybind = ctrl+alt+super+shift+period=move_tab:1
keybind = ctrl+alt+super+digit_1=goto_tab:1
keybind = ctrl+alt+super+digit_2=goto_tab:2
keybind = ctrl+alt+super+digit_3=goto_tab:3
keybind = ctrl+alt+super+digit_4=goto_tab:4
keybind = ctrl+alt+super+digit_5=goto_tab:5
keybind = ctrl+alt+super+digit_6=goto_tab:6
keybind = ctrl+alt+super+digit_7=goto_tab:7
keybind = ctrl+alt+super+digit_8=goto_tab:8
keybind = ctrl+alt+super+digit_9=goto_tab:9
# performable: keeps them off the menu bar; a menu shortcut fires before
# any key table, so the table could never hand it to Herdr.

keybind = performable:ctrl+alt+super+i=new_split:right
keybind = performable:ctrl+alt+super+slash=new_split:down
keybind = performable:ctrl+alt+super+z=toggle_split_zoom
keybind = performable:ctrl+alt+super+x=close_surface
keybind = performable:ctrl+alt+super+equal=equalize_splits

keybind = performable:ctrl+alt+super+arrow_left=goto_split:left
keybind = performable:ctrl+alt+super+arrow_down=goto_split:down
keybind = performable:ctrl+alt+super+arrow_up=goto_split:up
keybind = performable:ctrl+alt+super+arrow_right=goto_split:right

keybind = performable:ctrl+alt+super+shift+arrow_left=resize_split:left,10
keybind = performable:ctrl+alt+super+shift+arrow_down=resize_split:down,10
keybind = performable:ctrl+alt+super+shift+arrow_up=resize_split:up,10
keybind = performable:ctrl+alt+super+shift+arrow_right=resize_split:right,10

keybind = performable:ctrl+alt+super+c=new_tab
keybind = performable:ctrl+alt+super+p=previous_tab
keybind = performable:ctrl+alt+super+n=next_tab
keybind = performable:ctrl+alt+super+comma=prompt_tab_title
keybind = performable:ctrl+alt+super+shift+comma=move_tab:-1
keybind = performable:ctrl+alt+super+shift+period=move_tab:1
keybind = performable:ctrl+alt+super+digit_1=goto_tab:1
keybind = performable:ctrl+alt+super+digit_2=goto_tab:2
keybind = performable:ctrl+alt+super+digit_3=goto_tab:3
keybind = performable:ctrl+alt+super+digit_4=goto_tab:4
keybind = performable:ctrl+alt+super+digit_5=goto_tab:5
keybind = performable:ctrl+alt+super+digit_6=goto_tab:6
keybind = performable:ctrl+alt+super+digit_7=goto_tab:7
keybind = performable:ctrl+alt+super+digit_8=goto_tab:8
keybind = performable:ctrl+alt+super+digit_9=goto_tab:9

# Herdr-only chords: swallowed outside Herdr instead of reaching zsh
# as escape/control sequences.
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5 changes: 3 additions & 2 deletions test.sh
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Expand Up @@ -112,9 +112,10 @@ grep -Fq 'herdr machine add evo-dev' home/.chezmoiscripts/run_after_60-add-herdr
grep -Fq '{{ if and (eq .chezmoi.os "darwin") .personal -}}' home/.chezmoiscripts/run_after_60-add-herdr-evo-dev.sh.tmpl || fail "only the personal Mac may attach evo-dev"
grep -Fq 'command = /bin/zsh' home/dot_config/ghostty/config || fail "Ghostty must launch zsh; herdr is started on demand"
grep -Fq 'config-file = ?config.local' home/dot_config/ghostty/config || fail "Ghostty must load the optional machine-local override last"
! grep -qE '^keybind = ctrl\+alt\+super\+[^=]+=text:' home/dot_config/ghostty/config || fail "Hyper chords must reach herdr, not be rewritten into tmux prefix bytes"
! grep -qE '^keybind = (performable:)?ctrl\+alt\+super\+[^=]+=text:' home/dot_config/ghostty/config || fail "Hyper chords must reach herdr, not be rewritten into tmux prefix bytes"
! grep -qE '^keybind = ctrl\+alt\+super\+[^=]+=[^i]' home/dot_config/ghostty/config || fail "Hyper actions must be performable: a menu shortcut fires before the herdr key table"
grep -q 'activate_key_table:herdr' home/dot_zshrc || fail "the herdr wrapper must hand Ghostty's Hyper chords to herdr"
[[ "$(grep -oE '^keybind = ctrl\+alt\+super\+[^=]+' home/dot_config/ghostty/config | sed 's/^keybind = //' | grep -v '+equal$')" == "$(grep -E '^keybind = herdr/.+=unbind$' home/dot_config/ghostty/config | sed 's/^keybind = herdr\///; s/=unbind$//')" ]] || fail "the herdr key table must unbind every Hyper chord Ghostty binds"
[[ "$(grep -oE '^keybind = (performable:)?ctrl\+alt\+super\+[^=]+' home/dot_config/ghostty/config | sed -E 's/^keybind = (performable:)?//' | grep -v '+equal$')" == "$(grep -E '^keybind = herdr/.+=unbind$' home/dot_config/ghostty/config | sed 's/^keybind = herdr\///; s/=unbind$//')" ]] || fail "the herdr key table must unbind every Hyper chord Ghostty binds"
[[ ! -e home/dot_config/ghostty/herdr.ghostty ]] || fail "herdr is the default; the herdr.ghostty overlay is gone"
grep -Fq "bind -n M-C-a if -F '#{@ssht}' 'send-keys M-C-a' 'switch-client -T prefix'" home/dot_config/tmux/tmux.conf || fail "Hyper chords must drive the remote tmux in an ssht pane"
grep -Fq 'tmux*:RGB:extkeys' home/dot_config/tmux/tmux.conf || fail "a remote tmux nested by ssht must get extended keys for Claude Code's Shift-Enter"
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