Hotkey Manager

an easy to use hotkey generator written in python

Quick Start Guide

1. using git, clone this repo to your machine by running this command in your terminal:

git clone https://github.com/Snailware/hotkey_manager.git

2. create a virtual environment to be used by running this command in your terminal:

python -m venv .env

3. navigate to the hotkey_manager directory and activate the virtual environment by running this command in your terminal:

cd hotkey_manager
source .env/bin/activate

4. download and install the required modules by running this command in your terminal:

pip install -r requirements.txt

5. edit the hotkeys.json file to contain your desired hotkeys. the file provided currently only has basic media controls, but it should be enough to explain what goes where.

6. now run the main.py script (or automate its execution if desired). you may need to modify this scripts permissions to allow execution.

Resources

• a list of valid keys can be found here.