deity

deity is a little program I wrote to simulate emacs' god-mode at a text-editor agnostic level. To use it, simply:

deity {-s, -t} <X11 Key Mask>

example:

deity -s ControlMask

where:

-s: shortened version of --state; one keypress is in "deity mode", then exit
ControlMask: an Xlib key mask, specifies to append C- to any incoming key

Therefore, the command above when ran would wait for user input, intercept the key (an "x" keypress, for example), and return C-x to the focused window. For more precise information as to how deity works, look over the --help output below or peruse the source---deity is ~250 loc with comments, and I like to think it's somewhat readable. :)

usage

Usage: deity [OPTION...] <MODIFER>
deity --- a daemon-esque way to simulate modifier keys

  -s, --state                Start deity in deity-state.
  -t, --mode                 Start deity in deity-mode.
  -?, --help                 Give this help list
      --usage                Give a short usage message
  -V, --version              Print program version

Report bugs to <hcurfman@keemail.me>.

install

deity comes with a Makefile, so just:

git clone https://github.com/hydra989/deity
cd deity
sudo make install

todo

• support for multiple modifiers
  • deity allows adding a mask to a keypress with modifier
  • next support passing multiple modifiers into deity
• better error handling