Macro support

I'd like to have the option to specify a key to start an "sync" command. I mostly work in ikhal modifying or reading events. Before or after that I quit ikhal start vidrsyncer and restart ikhal. This workflow isn’t that optimal. I could use a cronjob to sync any n minutes, but this isn't useful since mostly this cronjob wouldn't do anything, thus putting unnecessary load on the client and sever. Nobody is changing his calendar that often! Another option would be to wrap ikhal in a script which runs a sync before and after ikhal. Which does not solve the occasionally restarting of ikhal. A solution like mutts macros would be great, or a slimmed down version of that (like mutt's query_command ).