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# XMan
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A daemon to manage [xcape](https://github.com/alols/xcape) instances based on
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which app is in focus.
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Xcape allows one to configure any key to send an arbitrary key upon release (for
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instance, the Control key can function as itself on keypress and an Escape key
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on key release).
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This works beautifully except when one tries to switch to a virtual machine
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(VM), particularly a windows machine with an Autohotkey script to replicate the
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keymap in the host machine. In this case, any xcape'd keys will be sent twice.
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The obvious (and somewhat crude solution) is to start and stop xcape depending
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on which apps have focus.
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# Usage
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```
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xcape-hs [-t TIMEOUT] BINDINGS REGEXP [[REGEXP] ...]
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```
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Where `TIMEOUT` and `BINDINGS` are the timeout argument and the key bindings to
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be passed to the `-t` and `-b` flags respectively in `xcape` and `REGEXP` is a
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POSIX-style regular expression matching a window app name for which xcape will
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not be running when it is in focus. To find the app name for a window, use the
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`xprop` program and look for the first member of the `WM_CLASS` atom.
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# Dependencies
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* xcape
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# Installation
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Clone this repo and run `stack install`.
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