;;; keyboard.el --- Managing keyboard preferences with Elisp -*- lexical-binding: t -*- ;; Author: William Carroll <wpcarro@gmail.com> ;; Version: 0.0.1 ;; Package-Requires: ((emacs "24.3")) ;;; Commentary: ;; Setting key repeat and other values. ;; ;; Be wary of suspiciously round numbers. Especially those divisible by ten! ;;; Code: ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; Dependencies ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; (require 'cl-lib) ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; Constants ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; TODO: Support clamping functions for repeat-{rate,delay} to ensure only valid ;; values are sent to xset. (defcustom keyboard-repeat-rate 80 "The number of key repeat signals sent per second.") (defcustom keyboard-repeat-delay 170 "The number of milliseconds before autorepeat starts.") (defconst keyboard-repeat-rate-copy keyboard-repeat-rate "Copy of `keyboard-repeat-rate' to support `keyboard-reset-key-repeat'.") (defconst keyboard-repeat-delay-copy keyboard-repeat-delay "Copy of `keyboard-repeat-delay' to support `keyboard-reset-key-repeat'.") (defcustom keyboard-install-preferences? t "When t, install keyboard preferences.") ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; ;; Functions ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; (defun keyboard-message (x) "Message X in a structured way." (message (format "[keyboard.el] %s" x))) (cl-defun keyboard-set-key-repeat (&key (rate keyboard-repeat-rate) (delay keyboard-repeat-delay)) "Use xset to set the key-repeat RATE and DELAY." (prelude-start-process :name "keyboard-set-key-repeat" :command (format "xset r rate %s %s" delay rate))) ;; NOTE: Settings like this are machine-dependent. For instance I only need to ;; do this on my laptop and other devices where I don't have access to my split ;; keyboard. ;; NOTE: Running keysym Caps_Lock is not idempotent. If this is called more ;; than once, xmodmap will start to error about non-existent Caps_Lock symbol. ;; For more information see here: ;; https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/108207/how-to-map-caps-lock-as-the-compose-key-using-xmodmap-portably-and-idempotently (defun keyboard-swap-caps-lock-and-escape () "Swaps the caps lock and escape keys using xmodmap." (interactive) ;; TODO: Ensure these work once the tokenizing in prelude-start-process works ;; as expected. (start-process "keyboard-swap-caps-lock-and-escape" nil "/usr/bin/xmodmap" "-e" "remove Lock = Caps_Lock") (start-process "keyboard-swap-caps-lock-and-escape" nil "/usr/bin/xmodmap" "-e" "keysym Caps_Lock = Escape")) (defun keyboard-inc-repeat-rate () "Increment `keyboard-repeat-rate'." (interactive) (setq keyboard-repeat-rate (1+ keyboard-repeat-rate)) (keyboard-set-key-repeat :rate keyboard-repeat-rate) (keyboard-message (format "Rate: %s" keyboard-repeat-rate))) (defun keyboard-dec-repeat-rate () "Decrement `keyboard-repeat-rate'." (interactive) (setq keyboard-repeat-rate (1- keyboard-repeat-rate)) (keyboard-set-key-repeat :rate keyboard-repeat-rate) (keyboard-message (format "Rate: %s" keyboard-repeat-rate))) (defun keyboard-inc-repeat-delay () "Increment `keyboard-repeat-delay'." (interactive) (setq keyboard-repeat-delay (1+ keyboard-repeat-delay)) (keyboard-set-key-repeat :delay keyboard-repeat-delay) (keyboard-message (format "Delay: %s" keyboard-repeat-delay))) (defun keyboard-dec-repeat-delay () "Decrement `keyboard-repeat-delay'." (interactive) (setq keyboard-repeat-delay (1- keyboard-repeat-delay)) (keyboard-set-key-repeat :delay keyboard-repeat-delay) (keyboard-message (format "Delay: %s" keyboard-repeat-delay))) (defun keyboard-print-key-repeat () "Print the currently set values for key repeat." (interactive) (keyboard-message (format "Rate: %s. Delay: %s" keyboard-repeat-rate keyboard-repeat-delay))) (defun keyboard-set-preferences () "Reset the keyboard preferences to their default values. NOTE: This function exists because occasionally I unplug and re-plug in a keyboard and all of the preferences that I set using xset disappear." (interactive) (keyboard-swap-caps-lock-and-escape) (keyboard-set-key-repeat :rate keyboard-repeat-rate :delay keyboard-repeat-delay) ;; TODO: Implement this message function as a macro that pulls the current ;; file name. (keyboard-message "Keyboard preferences set!")) (defun keyboard-reset-key-repeat () "Set key repeat rate and delay to original values." (interactive) (keyboard-set-key-repeat :rate keyboard-repeat-rate-copy :delay keyboard-repeat-delay-copy) (keyboard-message "Key repeat preferences reset.")) (when keyboard-install-preferences? (keyboard-set-preferences)) (provide 'keyboard) ;;; keyboard.el ends here