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Configuration file for my Slate setup.

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#Slate configuration Configuration file for my Slate setup.

Installation

Clone this repository to a folder of your choice and follow this guide to get going. This setup is using a "Hyper" key, we will assume you want it set to Caps Lock.

###Install PCKeyboardHack First step is to install PCKeyboardHack to bind the Caps Lock key to F19 (a key that doesn't even exist on most keyboards).

  1. Launch PCKeyboardHack
  2. Check the checkbox next to Change Caps Lock
  3. Set it to keycode 80

In order to not confuse OS X you have to disable to Caps Lock as well.

  1. Open System Preferences
  2. Go to Keyboard
  3. Click Modifier Keys... button
  4. Next to Caps Lock (⇪) Key select No Action (make sure you do it on every keyboard if you have more than one connected)

###Install KeyRemap4MacBook Now you have to install KeyRemap4MacBook in order to bind the F19 to "Hyper" key (Control + Shift + Option + Command).

  1. Launch KeyRemap4MacBook
  2. Go to Misc & Uninstall
  3. Click Open private.xml under Custom Setting
  4. Make sure it has the following content and save it.
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<root>
    <item>
        <name>Remap F19 to Hyper</name>
        <appendix>OS X doesn't have a Hyper. This maps F19 to Control + Shift + Option + Command.</appendix>

        <identifier>usercustom.f19_to_hyper</identifier>

        <autogen>
            --KeyToKey--
            KeyCode::F19,

            KeyCode::COMMAND_L,
            ModifierFlag::OPTION_L | ModifierFlag::SHIFT_L | ModifierFlag::CONTROL_L
        </autogen>
    </item>
</root>

###Final step Get the latest version of Slate then run this command in the terminal from the folder where you cloned the repository. This will create a symlink in the user folder that Slate can read.

ln config.slate ~/.slate

Open Slate and enjoy!

##How to use This setup uses the following keyboard shortcuts.

Shortcut What it does
⇪ + A First trigger: Move and resize the window to the left side of the screen, Second trigger: Throw window to screen to the left
⇪ + S First trigger: Move and resize the window to the right side of the screen, Second trigger: Throw window to screen to the right
⇪ + Z Undo last action
⇪ + Space First trigger: Move and resize the window to screen center, Second trigger: Move and resize the window to full screen
⇪ + X Hide the window
⇪ + G Show the grid
⇪ + 1 Switch to "Mail"
⇪ + 2 Switch to "Google Chrome"
⇪ + 3 Switch to "Skype"
⇪ + 4 Switch to "Messages"
⇪ + Q Switch to "Sublime Text"
⇪ + W Switch to "Google Chrome" (Still waiting for a good way to switch to Canary)
⇪ + R Switch to "iTerm"
⇪ + E Switch to "SourceTree"
⇪ + Return Relaunch Slate

##Resources and read more A blog post by Tristan Hume was the main reason I started using Slate and the Caps Lock Hack was taken from a blog post by Tenshu.

I'm always interested in enhancing my workflow so feel free to fork and make pull requests!

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Configuration file for my Slate setup.