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Use hammerspoon to rebind numeric keypad

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Assessment

Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Newbie friendliness
45/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
lua
Domain
desktop

Research direction

Start by locating the repository's Hammerspoon or Lua configuration, since no target file is named. Compare the existing setup with the provided keypad-to-top-row mapping and verify that numeric keypad keys work with the intended modifiers; done means the mappings are integrated and usable.

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Description

-- Function to remap numpad keys to top-row keys
function remapNumpadToTopRow(padKey, topKey)
    -- Bind the numpad key with all possible modifiers
    hs.hotkey.bind({"cmd", "alt", "ctrl", "shift"}, padKey, function()
        -- Simulate pressing the top-row key with the *actual* currently pressed modifiers
        local mods = hs.eventtap.checkMouseKeys() -- A helper to get current modifiers
        hs.eventtap.keyStroke(mods, topKey)
    end)
end

-- Apply this function for each number 1-9 and 0
remapNumpadToTopRow("pad0", "0")
remapNumpadToTopRow("pad1", "1")
remapNumpadToTopRow("pad2", "2")
remapNumpadToTopRow("pad3", "3")
remapNumpadToTopRow("pad4", "4")
remapNumpadToTopRow("pad5", "5")
remapNumpadToTopRow("pad6", "6")
remapNumpadToTopRow("pad7", "7")
remapNumpadToTopRow("pad8", "8")
remapNumpadToTopRow("pad9", "9")
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Avg merge
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Merged PRs (30d)
2

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