M-x outside of emacs?
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trae · 2022-10-22 16:30

I'm really missing M-x functionality outside of emacs for tasks that I
do frequently enough that I assigned them a global shortcut, but
infrequently enough that I forget it!

On MacOS, I use Hammerspoon, and I assigned a shortcut to it's console
and then promptly forgot it. Would love to hit `M-x Hammerspoon-
console` anywhere and have it brought up.

Wondering if there's anything like that already available?

There's built-in spotlight, and [alfredapp](https://www.alfredapp.com)
but I would prefer to leverage emacs further.

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graduale · 2022-10-22 16:37

I’m not sure what your mean by “leverage emacs further”. Are you
thinking of using emacs to call Hammespoon, say, by typing “M-x” from
anywhere?

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blahgeek · 2022-10-22 16:56

I believe you can do that with exwm. But it’s only for Linux

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xenodium · 2022-10-22 17:20

These may help https://xenodium.com/emacs-utilities-for-your-os

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KaranasToll · 2022-10-22 19:31

Since you're on mac, isn't cmd+space basically what you want

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SenorSmalls · 2022-10-22 20:50

Quicksilver might allow you to send commands to emacsclient. I think
there’s a plug-in to run she’ll commands

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JDRiverRun · 2022-10-23 02:36

>Would love to hit M-x Hammerspoon-console anywhere and have it
brought up.

Anywhere in emacs? The Hammerspoon cli command is useful:

    (defun hammerspoon-console ()
      (interactive)
      (async-shell-command "hs -c 'hs.toggleConsole()'"))

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trae · 2022-10-23 03:17

It occurred to me that I already know how to do this: bind a global
shortcut to `emacsclient -ce '(execute-extended-command nil)'`. Then I
can build any workflow I desire including what you're suggesting.

Thanks!

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mickeyp · 2022-10-23 15:06

Not a 100% what you are looking for, but if you want some tips on how
to bridge the shell-Emacs gap, have a look at this:

https://www.masteringemacs.org/article/fuzzy-finding-emacs-instead-of-
fzf