sxhkd is a simple X hotkey daemon.

sxhkd [OPTIONS]

• -h: Print the synopsis to standard output and exit.
• -v: Print the version information to standard output and exit.
• -c CONFIG_FILE: Read the configuration from the given file.

Each line of the configuration file is interpreted as so:

• If it starts with #, it is ignored.
• If it starts with one or more white space characters, it is read as a command.
• Otherwise, it is parsed as a hotkey: each key name is separated by spaces and/or + characters.

General syntax:

[MODIFIER + ]*[@]KEYSYM
    COMMAND

Where MODIFIER is one of the following names: super, hyper, meta, alt, control, ctrl, shift, mode_switch, lock, mod1, mod2, mod3, mod4, mod5.

If @ is added at the beginning of the keysym, the command will be run on key release events, otherwise on key press events.

The keysym names are those your will get from xev (minus the prefix if any).

What is actually executed is /bin/sh -c COMMAND, which means you can use environment variables in COMMAND.

If sxhkd receives a SIGUSR1 signal, it will reload its configuration file.

If no configuration file is specified through the -c option, the following is used: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/sxhkd/sxhkdrc.

make
make install

• libxcb
• xcb-util-keysyms