Fixed a bug in the Kanata keyboard layout

hammerspoon.org

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #+author: Howard X. Abrams
 #+date:   2025-11-24
 #+filetags: emacs hamacs
-#+lastmod: [2026-02-04 Wed]
+#+lastmod: [2026-06-15 Mon]
 
 A literate programming file for configuring Hammerspoon.
 
@@ -32,12 +32,8 @@ To create special key bindings, I can:
           hs.application.launchOrFocus("Slack")
     end)
 
-  hs.hotkey.bind({"alt", "ctrl", "shift"}, "W", function()
-        hs.application.launchOrFocus("Spotify")
-  end)
-
     hs.hotkey.bind({"alt", "ctrl", "shift"}, "F", function()
-        hs.application.launchOrFocus("Firefox")
+          hs.application.launchOrFocus("Safari")
     end)
 
     hs.hotkey.bind({"alt", "ctrl", "shift"}, "C", function()
@@ -53,14 +49,14 @@ To create special key bindings, I can:
           hs.application.launchOrFocus("zoom.us")
     end)
 
-  hs.hotkey.bind({"alt", "ctrl", "shift"}, "A", function()
-        hs.application.launchOrFocus("Cursor")
-  end)
-
     hs.hotkey.bind({"alt", "ctrl", "shift"}, "Q", function()
           hs.application.launchOrFocus("KeepassXC")
     end)
 
+    hs.hotkey.bind({"alt", "ctrl", "shift"}, "W", function()
+          hs.application.launchOrFocus("VLC")
+    end)
+
     hs.hotkey.bind({"alt", "ctrl", "shift"}, "E", function()
           hs.execute("FOR_WORK=yes open -a /Applications/Emacs.app")
     end)
@@ -214,23 +210,32 @@ My company gave me a nice monitor … maybe a little too nice, as I don’t care
 
   function centerWindow()
      local win = hs.window.focusedWindow()
-        local app = win:application()
+     if not win then return end -- Safety check in case no window is focused
-        local f = win:frame()
 
-        -- Magic numbers figured out by trial and error:
+     local app = win:application()
-        f.x = 600
+     local screen = hs.screen.find("DELL P3424WE")
-        f.y = 30
+     local maxBounds = screen:frame() -- This gets the absolute coordinates of that specific monitor
-        f.w = 2200
+
-        f.h = 1470
+     -- 2. Define your desired size
+     local desiredW = 2200
+     local desiredH = 1470
 
      if app then
         local name = app:name()
-          -- If the application is Slack, adjust the height
         if name == "Slack" or name == "iTerm2" then
-            f.h = 1200
+           desiredH = 1200
         end
      end
 
+     -- 3. Calculate relative position based on the external monitor's bounds
+     -- This centers the window perfectly on the target screen
+     local f = {
+        x = maxBounds.x + ((maxBounds.w - desiredW) / 2),
+        y = maxBounds.y, -- + ((maxBounds.h - desiredH) / 2),
+        w = desiredW,
+        h = desiredH
+     }
+
      win:setFrame(f)
      hs.alert.show("Centered Window")
   end

laptop_keyboard.kbd

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
   mn (multi lsft lctl lalt lmet n) mm (multi lsft lctl lalt lmet m) m, (multi lsft lctl lalt lmet ,) m. (multi lsft lctl lalt lmet .) m/ (multi lsft lctl lalt lmet /)
 
   m (tap-hold $tap-time $hold-time m (layer-while-held HYPER))
-  c (tap-hold $tap-time $hold-time c (layer-while-held MEGA)))
+  v (tap-hold $tap-time $hold-time v (layer-while-held MEGA)))
 
 ;; The base layer is fairly normal, except we all out aliases defined
 ;; above, os the @a is both a `tap-hold' feature as well as a regular
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
   `     1    2    3    4    5    6    7    8    9    0    -    =    bspc
   tab   q    w    e    r    t    y    u    i    o    p    [    ]    \
   @caps @a   @s   @d   @f   @g   @h   @j   @k   @l   @;   '    ret
-  lsft  z    x    @c    v    b    n    @m    ,    .    /    rsft
+  lsft  z    x    c    @v    b    n    @m    ,    .    /    rsft
   @h    lctl lalt lmet    spc           rmet ralt)
 
 ;; The other layer is our `symbols' which allows me to hold down the